Thanks Stuey, good slug of Grouse finishes the day off beautifully How are you doing now?

Had the twins today, grandad was told off (nothing unusual there then) took them to see Mrs Cedric`s Grandaughter, quite amazing to see the interaction of a 15 month old girl and a pair of 8 year old boys. Wicked seeing the boys playing with baby toys again. All 3 rolling about the floor without a care. Ah the innocence of young children.

The DA*300 is awsesome I had mine originally on a K10 and now use it on either a K5 or K30. I also use a 150-500 Sigma which I find perfectly acceptable on both too. I must say though that for wildlife the 150-500 has the extra distance which is most useful however it`s IQ is so much better at full stretch using a decent tripod. The K5 is a different creature to the K10 and the K5ii has I`m led to believe a better AF so if you are into wildlife or sport photography would be a good way to go.

I would have visited Chris but our twin grandsons are here for the day and one has had grommets removed from his ears today. Think it will be a Lego and Meccano day I`m afraid.

Had 3 fingers tonight and I`m not cured. Oh well another 3 coming up. I gotta sleep tonight!

Wretched case of man flu beginning to develop here in the far East. Ruining my idea that alcohol kills bugs,

Good to hear from you, hope you are fighting fit again soon.

I have had an X5 for over a year now and have not experienced any form of lock up at all. Had a problem with my K5 locking up and unresponsive. Maybe wisdom rules and if you have the opportunity to return that would be a sensible solution for the long term. I`m saying this as removing/replacing the AA`s in the X5 is nowhere as fast as doing the battery in/out in the K5.

Had a lock up with K5 and Tamron 28 - 300. Removing the battery sorted it and it`s been fine since. I seem to remember (I think it was John Riley) that it could be a static electricity issue.

Hmmm, I thought the answer was 42 but I can`t remember the question either. Wish my brain was the size of a universe then I might have remembered.