Interesting point this.

What's the difference between someone occasionally selling a few photos, and being officially self-employed (which is what this registering within three months is presumably all about here)?

Can you be self-employed, with all its NI implications, as well as being a full-time student?

Definitely forget K or M series lenses then. Get A-series or later, and if the lens has an aperture ring, set it to 'A' and on the K10D, set the aperture from the body.

It is a real shame, but it's hardly recent.

A nice ideal, but to actually achieve this would completely change the sort of people supermarkets would have to employ.

It takes little in the way of intellectual abilities to stack shelves, but considerably more to memorise the amount of knowledge you seem to want - which the supermarkets would have to pay for.

Sadly, it's a fantasy that will never be realised.

Welcome!

What camera are you planning to use the lens on?

There are also the A-Series 50s, the commonest being the F2 and F1.7, though there's also the F1.4, and, I believe, the extremely rare F1.2.

Indeed there's lots of lens info here.

Possibly more than you wanted!

But it would be best if you told us what camera you're using first, and then advice will be easier to give.

I took a picture of a rainbow yesterday. I was sitting in my office, and it had been raining hard. I looked out of the window, and the sun had just come out. Idly, I thought, 'I wonder if there's a rainbow', so I looked outside and my jaw dropped as I saw the brightest bow I've seen for years.

I rushed for the camera, and although I caught it Ok, the view was just looking down the street, so no particular composition of note.

However, the question did occur to me, can rainbows be done effectively in black and white?

http://www.srsmicrosystems.co.uk

Many of the people here (myself included) think they're the best place to get Pentax equipment.

Chris, who works there, and is a member here, is a thoroughly nice chap, and gives excellent service.

It's less then 2 years out of date - there's a good chance it's perfectly Ok. I wouldn't chuck it till I'd tried at least one roll out of each box. On something non-critical, of course.

I had some exposed films kicking about in a cupboard not all that long ago that were almost four years out of date, and when I got them developed they were fine.

The photos were still mostly rubbish though.

I reckon boats will be easier than quad bikes.

You'll be a lot further away, so the relative speed will be less.

Not 'as it passes through' - just before.

Agreed, although auto-AF point selection and AF-C will be fine if they're moving roughly past you at right angles.

What lens are you planning to use?

The camera absolutely has to be moving, to achieve this.

[Edit: well, for it to be motion blur, which is very different from the background just looking out of focus.]

No probs

You're kidding, right?

Seriously, I don't think it matters.

The powers that be would have no reason to object, since it's not taking up more space, and (I still think that) if you want a proper discussion about a picture, you're more likely to get it in the 'Your Photos' area. Nothing wrong with putting the same thing in the gallery as well, IMO.