Ball heads are great, but I wouldn't trust the low range one, and therefore they are expensive. The monopod's inherent freedom, reduces the added advantage. It is quicker though.
I have a ball head on my tripod (came with) and find it very quick, but depends on what you're shooting, a pan&tilt can be better.

Paul, I cannot understand your OP, can you explain?

Well, unless your pretty sure they always be a certain distance away, a prime by itself would be restrictive. If you have another body, your sorted.
The Sigma 100-300mm might be great, if its good for the sport in question.

234rc I have it and like it, works well and is compact, quick release is very convenient.

Well, that was daft of me...
The Vivitar is K
Sigma is KAF

Just to add another vote for parkcameras. Good service.

Hi all.

I've got for sale a couple of zooms. I will upload photos of the lenses later on.

Vivitar Series 2 28-90mm F2.8-3.5, end caps not original, body in excellent conditions, minor dust inside. £40 shipped to UK.

Sigma UC 28-70mm F2.8-4, original caps and hood (small crack), body in excellent condition, tiny specks of dust inside. £50 shipped to UK.

SMC-F 28-80mm F3.5-5.6 in excellent condition (I'll try to find caps for this one). £20 shipped to UK.

I will probably have a couple more lenses and other stuff to pay for the pricey Kata 3n1 (love it) and maybe get other lenses.

Payment by paypal or bank transfer.
EDIT: Forgot to say trades will be considered, especially interested on Vivitar 28-85mm or tele-lenses.

I'll have another round of cleaning up soon, have 28-80mm and 28-70mm and 24-70mm lens to go, plus some bits and pieces...
Gotta clean the closet before leaving Edinburgh

Are you lumping all digital camera sales together? Because Samsung has a a P&S section which is older and independent from the collaboration with Pentax.

Pentax needs marketing and product placement.
Sony, Nikon and Canon are the obvious, recommended and well exposed options for new DSLR users. Pentax, Olympus, Samsung, Sigma, Panasonic are not.

Really good stuff there.
I would choose a bit more space in the upper rigth corner of the 1st pic for better composition. How about playing with contrast and B&W. I think some of them would be really awesome.

Thordell, in terms of shutter speeds, milky effect looks great and imo fast ss works well in waves and spectacular white water. An intermediate ss would work in splash to see droplets shooting of and leaving a trail... An idea...