I have never owned any of the Pentax brand P&S but i have seen the the results of a couple (sorry the model names escape me) and i was less than impressed with them. I own 2 Fuji finepix P&S the Finepix S3000 3.2mp with 6 x zoom and the smaller and more compact FinePix A700 7.3mp with 3 x zoom both of which i found to be excellent in thier picture quality. In fact i still prefer the S3000 over the A700. You can pick up these cameras on E-bay for the price of dirt
So if you don't mind going away from the Pentax brand i would go for the Fuji every time.

Oh i forgot too add the 3000 has a view finder but the 700 does not. I also prefer a view finder over the LCD screen

I use a HP w19e 19" wide screen and i love it. I got it for 150quid and as Hefty says the extra width is great for the floating tool bars.

Thanks Matt
Here is the worse one of the bunch. And it was a very bright day

I used my newly acquired Pentax A 100mm f2.8 It has wonderful contrast I have too say.

I am a little concerned about the halo effect in the background of number 2 is this a character flaw with the lens or something i am doing wrong :
I had several which were much worse than the one i posted I believe its just me and the positioning of the sun :

I took these shots in a friends garden i usually don't go for the flowers but these were wonderful and begging to be photographed so i obliged

I think this is called a palagonian but i could be wrong




This is a Waratah my states emblem




And i am not sure what this is but the bug is a hoverfly




Taken on my trusty K10

Oh deer (sic)

Nice shots Dan number 1 for me. He looks like he was warning you off. Did you have your eye on one of his lady friends

I was going to order a 50-200 in the next couple of days, Mainly due to the reasonable price and my limited budget at the moment. I see what you are saying with the heavy crop. Do you recommend this lens or should i wait and get something a bit more up market. I would use it when walking the trails and general wildlife pics.

Your a wizard Matt
Great job. Can i send you my whole album

Chris if you have any sucess with fixing your shot can you post the results here and explain the procedure Thanks

I decided to change my entry
This was taken of the oil refinery across the road from my work




K100d with kit lens 6.7 @ 1/250 200iso