I have just tried my Sigma 10-20 on the K-7 and I do not appear to have any problems with AF sel. My K-7 has the V1.01 firmware and I have tried it with both settings of new config option "operate at AF point "sel"".

Do you get the little 4-way symbol at the bottom LH side of the view finder that indicates that the 4-way buttons are being used for AF selection?

My Sigma 10-20 is the older, non-HSM, version that I bought in March 2007. I believe that there have been some problems reported with Sigma HSM version lenses on the K-7. Is your 10-20 one of these?

Glyn

I think Energizer Ultimate Lithium, disposable, AA batteries will be fine in your DL for tomorrow. I have got my mother using these, found cheap on the web, in her compact camera as she is always forgetting to charge up the NI-MH set.

I agree with George though that in the long run you should sort out your charger and/or get a decent set of rechargeables.

When I bought my *ist DS new, way back in 2005, it came with a pair of CR-V3 lithium, disposable, batteries. I put these to one side and went down the rechargeable NI-MH path. However around a year later I suddenly needed a spare set of batteries and used them. I was very impressed about their longevity in the DS. I then always kept a pair as an emergency backup until I replaced the DS. Again to be economic you have to hunt around on the web and look out for special offers.

Glyn

Just for fun I have now put the full image of Hipperty with his carrot crop into the gallery here.

Hipperty has asked me say thank you to all the people here that have enjoyed the picture of him dreaming about his favourite subject

Glyn

Thanks, but it was rather a tongue-in-cheek submission. I am however amazed by the number of different people who have looked at the image. It might just break 100

My favourite is Snappycaz's "Waiting for the Water Imps" I thinks it is great and with so many shots, including mine, that are combinations of more than one image, it is as shot apart from some cropping and fade applied around the edges.

Glyn

A list of the Vulcan's planned outings can be seen here.

It is also worth looking at the top of this site for news about cancellations.

Glyn

If its like the K10D then when you connect the video output the on-board screen is disabled. A TV (composite) output is also not very high resolution making the pictures look a bit soft.

The K-7 has an HDMI output allowing an HD output, which does look good, but again disables the on-board LCD when in use.

Glyn

I'm using a Samsung NC20. It was really bought for my wife to use at the record office for family history research but it seems to run Photoshop Elements without any apparent problem. I have been using it for presentations.

Battery life is a bit down on the NC10, probably 6 hours max, but it has a bigger 12" screen making it almost a lap-top

There are some concerns that it does not have a multi-threading processor but from my direction this has not been a problem. I have of-course upgraded its memory to the 2G max and I also bought an external DVD drive but most of the time this stays at home.

Glyn

While slightly off-topic my spare battery arrived today, £55 post free, from SRS and I find it ironic that while it took over 6 hours to charge the original battery, today the new spare only took 4 hours

Glyn

I think quick-shift focus deserves a mention here.

Most DA lenses have a clutched focus ring so you can manually change the focus point even when the camera is set to AF. I have found this really useful when shooting fast moving distant objects, like aircraft and birds.

It allows you to get the lens roughly in the right place and then let the AF finish it off. Doing this usually avoids the problem where the camera chooses to to perform an end-to-end focus hunt while the subject vanishes over the horizon

Glyn

I think you are probably right. The battery terminals are labelled "+", "T" & "-".

Glyn