If that had been me the wife would have snatched it out of my hands as soon as I walked through the door, then wrapped it up and put it under the chritmas tree

I seem to recal a review for the istD, cant remember which mag, but the reviewer gave credit to Pentax for letting the user decide the degree of sharpening required instead of letting the camera software do it.

Hmmm!

this would have been better posted in the troubleshooter forum.....

Anyway, its quite possible you have some sort of virus or your PC is infected with spyware which will slow IE to a snails pace, check your PC with Spyware Doctor or similar, failing that re-instal XP and make sure you download ALL the service packs and updates. Then make sure you have anti-virus protection.

So is this the same remote that the K10D will use?

I got mine from Jacobs Photo, cost me about £19 at the time. they had to order it tho'. any dealer should be able to get you one.

I assume the remote is the same as the istD one, which also to my delight fired my MZ7.

IMHO that lens isnt worth the effort, A visit to any camera fair will often yield such lenses in mint condition from £10-£15, now had it been an A series lens then things may have been different.

I dont really have one, I used to buy Practical Photography a lot so I suppose its that, and occasionally AP and the odd "other" mag, then I realised I wasn't learning much from them so saved my cash and bought good books instead, though I had to curtail that cos' the bookcase was getting a bit full.

I just browse mags now and see what each one offers, I'm not really into manipulation, prefering to get it right in the camera*, so digital mags aren't really for me.


*apart from screwing up the white balance setting

Agree...to a point, it only takes a moment to run over your text for typo's before posting, but some of us just cant remember how to spell certain words, and life is way too short to turn to a dictionary everytime I post on a forum

And yes I have posted with typo's and spelling mistakes.

In the case of Pentax equipment surely that should be "Discerning Advanced Amateur"

I am begining to feel quite green

All this finding fault with this that and the other it makes me sick.

Why do people go looking for problems, life is just too short , get on with it and make the most of what you have, if you dont like it then buy something else.