The other example from the field of computing is disk. By using the American spellings of these two words for the specific meanings of a set of instructions to a computer, and a magnetised platter for storing data, we have been able to bring back a bit of precision of meaning.

Which is a blessing in an age when people can't distinguish between infer and imply, uninterested and disinterested, who and whom, and while and whilst.

To name but a few....

G

The last ice age* was a blip, viewed from the perspective of a palaeontologist. It lasted a mere 10,000 years, or so.

Don't put your woollies away yet.

G

PS: We are meant to say "glacial period", nowadays.

Rex, if you have ever visited Christopher Wren's tomb in St Pauls, you will have read the words: "If you would seek his monument, look around you".

On a slightly more modest scale, if you would seek SRS, look around this page. You'll see their ad. somewhere.

But Clifton are also a Pentax Pro Centre, and it sounds as though they are offering a good deal.

Unless you have any specific requirements, then simply take the "kit" lens, which is amongst the best of its kind. I refer to the SMC Pentax DA 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 AL WR, to give it its full name. This will allow you to tackle anything from buildings to portraits. Note that WR stands for water-resistant, so you can do portraits in the rain. If you want to. Pentax think of everything.

For not a lot more, you can usually add the 50-200mm telephoto zoom, which will give you more reach. When photographing bulls, a telephoto lens is much to be preferred over a wide-angle.

Good luck.

G

BTW, Ted, forget HDR - PLEASE!

G

You are much too modest, Fritz.

These are excellent shots, not only because the light is quite superb, but also because it's not just one shot but a series, including, as Snootchies says, the classic shot with the fish in the beak - which is then followed by the poor little beastie disappearing like a coffin at a cremation.

Super.

G

You will always find a broad selection of views and advice on the Internet.

Only you can decide whether to follow the manufacturers' recommendation (they're the people who designed and built the camera, and who know what needs fixing, and how to do it), or alternatively to follow the recommendation of somebody you have never met or heard of, and who knows very little about the camera at all.

It's very easy to do, and provided you don't try it with an almost fully discharged battery, it is EXTREMELY unlikely that anything will go wrong.

G

If white looks grey, then it's under-exposed!

I do agree that the second is over-exposed (easily adjusted if you shoot RAW) and the first is perhaps slightly under-exposed (though that might have been intentional).

G

If it only locks with one lens, could it not be a problem with the lens?

G

Are you two some sort of double act or something? I'm going to call you Mary and Bear.

Mary had a little bear,
It wasn't hard to find.
For everywhere that Mary went,
You saw her bear behind.

G

You must take a lot of pictures then, because the ones in your gallery are more than respectable.

G