This is an age old argument, so C&N may have more lenses, but be totally honest how many of us could afford half of them even the Pentax 560 (when it arrives) will probably be beyond many peoples budgets.

Canon 400mm £1160? plus entry level body £360? that would buy you the Pentax DA*300mm and a Pentax 1.7 converter (if you can find one) giving you the option of both 300mm and 510mm lenses, and if you were planning on something more than an entry level Canon body then you could probably also upgrade the K-x to the K30 for the same amount

THAT looks......yellow

Dave and I are meeting up in Saltaire this Weds. why don't you bring the Spotty along to Fannys and we'll give it the once over

Speaking as someone who will never need another image to use as a blurred background, I delete just about everything that's out of focus or the exposure is way off, or the composition didn't work etc etc.

For me photography is about capturing the moment, not creating it later in photoshop, so if the image isn't worth a slight tweaking out of camera then it goes in the recycle bin!

Digital photography has made a lot of togs very lazy, I think it's time we strived to get one decent shot out of 36 frames again instead of rattling off a 4gb cards worth and hoping we can rescue something

Oi! Smeggy, get your fingers in your pocket, it's only a few quid a year, that goes for the rest of you freeloaders too

But seriously, I have to manage both my own and the wifes website and it isn't easy, especially when you don't know what your doing

Anyone offering your work for sale (or even for free) without your permission is guilty of theft, regardless of the intended use, if you find anyone doing this write them a polite letter asking them to cease using the image, also include an invoice for the use they have already had out of the image in question

Just think of all the people your keeping in a job

Even if the camera appears to be OK it would be worth asking your insurers to cover the cost of having it checked out, especially as it won't have any additional effect on your excess etc. Better to find a fault at this stage than it go wonky 6 months time.

I will expand on the last post:

Tamron are renowned for their Macro lenses, as far as I am aware they have never made one that has been less than excellent.

They say things like this always come in three's

Will two others kindly drop their cameras before I touch mine again

Seriously though, that's tough luck John but if it's just the lens that's damaged are you sure it will be worth an insurance claim taking into account any excess and subsequent higher premiums?

I think I am correct in saying that Asahi is a popular brand name in Japan, Asahi meaning Morning/Rising Sun, it's obvious that this beer has nothing to do with Pentax simply because the bottles aren't K mount.

And it's not that bad, though quite mild tasting for a 5% beer.