I know what Merlin would say......Magic!

IMHO I still think that film is probably just a little ahead of Digital in the quality stakes.....

As for polls, who really believes they are fair?

As an example I will start a poll here and now:

Which is the best DSLR on the market today

A) Canon
B) Nikon
C) Pentax

Answers on a postcard please, plus if you send me £25,000 and an Aston Martin I will send you three packet tops and the best reason in ten words or less why Pentax are the best

Tremendous!

I have a Dell Inspiron.....2600 I think, its a bit dated now and comparatively slow, but it has been very reliable. My only gripe is the plastic on the lid near the hinge has cracked and has steadilly got worse.

My son also works in IT, (networking) and he says Dell are OK. coming from him that is a compliment

You could always try a little subterfuge, the dealer wont know you only want to try a lens to test the camera

Chris, that was the lesser spotted vampire roach I hope you didn't get too close

Seriously tho', keep up the macro work, I wont say anything else as others have beat me to it.

Its all an illusion!

IMHO, 3/4 of the work in shots like this is in the preparation, the skill of the make up artist in making "a silk purse out of a sows ear" (not that I'm suggesting your friend looks like a sows ear), Plus of course that after such a makeover most women will lose their inhibitions and be 99% willing to be provocative in front of the camera.

The website looks OK, so either tell her to go for it or suggest she glams herself up and lets you get creative with your own camera and save the poor girl a fortune

PS Benjikan is probably the most qualified person on this forum to give you advice.

The birds in the wrong place, it needs to be over on the left, and I cant see any catchlights in its eyes!

Pete,

Will you please stop getting better than I am

I like this...very much, dont know if I'd crop into a letterbox or not : but it is a VERY pleasing image just as it is

your eye for an image is definately inproving leaps and bounds.

PS; Please make cheques payable to A.F. Chapman

Quick edit......just had another look, the brightly coloured thingys in the bottom left corner grab the eye first, then the eye wanders along the railings to the cliffs and the buildings the eye then wanders in search of something else of interest by scanning the sky, finding nothing the eye settles back on the coloured bit and bobs. maybe a seagull in the sky would add a little bit more interest. As your name isn't Chris( ) I would suggest cloning one in

Just tired the eycup from my MZ7 on my istD, it doesn't fit, it seems slightly smaller, the istD eycup fits the MZ7 but is a bit loose.

I presume the eyepiece will be identical on all the ist series.