I think the main issue with the ads (forgive me if I'm wrong ) is that with the fixed size of the page, they won't shove off to one side when a large image is posted. Images are now resized to a maximum of 550 pixels on the longest side. I was surprised to hear '12 ads' mentioned, I was thinking of the Google Ads as one ad, when there are four links within them. I just don't find them intrusive.

I'm just about to submit some more reports for issues I've found now that the forum's being used live. These weren't really apparent when there were the relatively few posts going on during beta. I would encourage anyone with problems/comments to do the same, as well as comment on here.

Dan

[quote:3496ace15f="Unlocker]We used to have a small icon alongside each thread that took us stragiht away to the 1st new post in that thread, very easy to use, almost a necessity, now thats gone too![/quote]Hi Danny, just got in and had a look at the forum, and it's obvious that the change hasn't been welcome! You asked earlier about the beta testing; I was one of the testers, and found several bugs which have been fixed, made several comments, some of which were taken on board, and made other comments/suggestions/bug reports which were only partially dealt with, one of these was the point above, the 'new comment' icon. This obviuosly hasn't been implemented properly (I say properly, as it was working intermittently the last time I logged in and I was expecting further testing).

I have to say I felt there was a dealine the guys were working to. I also have to say that this forum is essentially a business. It's run by Magezine Publishing Ltd, it's not a charitable home for Pentaxians, so it's only fair and reasonable for them to try to cover the costs of, and make money from, the business.

I'm not defending the design of the Pentax User website, but I found it largely okay to get around, and features that I used were there, if in a different place. I can't say that the 'users online' feature is/was one I really used much , so in all honesty didn't notice that it wasn't there. It's obviously a pity you weren't chosen for beta testing as you'd have given it a different viewpoint.

So now if we want to put 2 pictures or more in a post thats going to take 2 days or more, really??[/quote]No, you can insert images in posts just as before. It's only uploading photos to the gallery that are limited (as far as I'm aware). This was a point brought up during the testing, when originally there was no option to use the [img] tags.

I'm going to back off now and read some more posts...

Dan

http://www.apple.com/uk/ilife/iphoto/

I googled 'iPhoto uk'...

Dan

Sun tan lotion?

Dan

Yes.

Dan

He's an idiot then, isn't he!

Dan

Canon are releasing a 1000D, below the 450D, so it makes sense to compete in this area. Perhaps the K200D will become a K200D Super, perhaps with the K20D's sensor, and the K2000D will be a cut down, no frills, lighter, smaller K200D... with no in-body AF motor. Retailing under £300 from new, just to capture some more of the newbies.

Dan

Ah, didn't know that, as I no longer have any non-A lenses.

Dan

I always use the green button to set basic exposure in manual mode (you can specify whether it changes the shutter speed, aperture or both), this will then leave the exposure meter active in case you wish to make any adjustments.

Quickest way I know of setting manual exposure.

Dan

Is the second one a reshoot of an older one, or have we seen it before?

Dan