Ditto to all the above

Some of the cameras "Program" modes may disable the dial, try switching to Av and try it.

Yes sorry, Not thinking straight

Although in my defense I'm pretty new around here so don't know the rules

Reminds me of James Mays Toy Stories visiting an auction, buying an old Hornby Engine and telling them to keep the box

It will be very interesting to see how much foreign aid arrives to help victims of these floods

Does the wife know of this new acquisition Stan

Seriously though, I wouldn't worry too much about all the doom and gloom stories, I've had my SDM lenses (both 16-50 and 50 -135) for many years and never had any issues, save dropping the 16-50 recently

As for motor upgrades, I also recall reading that Pentax had upgraded the motor or at least made some changes to the mechanics.

And those early Corgi JB models fetch a nice price today, especially if you have the box and the passenger with the gun hasn't been "ejected" and lost

As an online retailer myself I know manufacturers occasionally offer special deals to their distributors/retailers I would imagine this is the same no matter what the product.

What the retailer chooses to do with the discount is their business, some may take advantage of the reduced price in order to make a bit more profit, others may simply pass the same discount on to their customers, and then there are those who will try and stuff up their competitors by offering stock at not much more than what it cost them.

How fast the stock is moving can also see retailers selling at rock bottom prices. I've sold stock at below cost price in the past just to get rid of it, sometimes it's all about cash flow, buy 100 items at £1 and sell 99 of them for £1.10 each your still in profit if you put the last one in the dustbin

I can't think why anyone would want to buy a house next to a river, unless it was on a raft.

So glad were like HG and on a hill, must be soul destroying to see you home fill with water.

I've seen Whitby like that, and it was on a Goth Weekend too, we'd just come out of the Duke of York at around 10.30pm and the street was deserted

I like the second shot too, but disagree with DIngo about the car, yes it would be nice if you could clone the car out but I think the picture needs that bit of extra space between the Christmas Tree and the edge of the frame so cropping it out wouldn't be an option for me.