The DA 17-70mm quite appeals to me too, but may have to leave it for a month or two, bought a few items recently that came under the 'want' heading not the 'need' heading

I'd still like to hear/view any reviews/pics though ?

There's the Clarky - "Spider Virus" at work again !!!

I'm not laughing, I have a bit of a strange problem, where I get, what I assume is dirt on the sensor, but it only appears intermittently, maybe on 10% of shots, and not even on consecutive shots, note the top R/H corner,




a close up here,




I assume it's a virus I caught from 'Clarky', where one of his spiders just drops it in, to spoil my shots

I've tried blowing it out, ( rocket, not gob ), but to no avail.

It's easy to clone out, but it really bugs me.


Next attempt at getting rid of it will include, "Rocket Blower', Dyson vacuum cleaner, and a bottle of Jack Daniels, ( just to calm my nerves, you understand !!! ).

Fantastic, Martin

Well, at least I don't have to clean the sensor, just wipe the foot-prints off the lens

Good man Clarky, I quite like it too !!!

And, yes, I would like to see where everyone is posting from, we all know the regulars, Aussie's, Canadian's, some from Africa, and even some of 'us' Scottish people recognize the English, well at least when we are not eating deep-fried Mars Bars, oh and I believe someone even posts from the Isle of Man ?

For me the green icon comes on only if new posts arrive while I'm logged in. If I log out and then come back to the forum, any new posts that have been submitted when I was logged out, don't show up as 'green' or 'bold', so it's hard to see new posts.

K10D + Pentax 10-17mm 'fishy' @ 17mm - 1/40 @ f8 - ISO 100

"The pleasure of summer holiday"

Thanks Gully, I hope you are feeling better now !!!

Glad I didn't win, I couldn't have followed that excellent judging !!!

The 'Ugly-One' was an extreme close up of an old potato that started to shoot.

The picture was of the shoots as they emerged from the potato skin.