Canoeing, as opposed to kayaking has always appealed to me too, but I am not a good swimmer, which puts me off more than a bit.
My son has a two man canoe he uses when not sailing, and he has threatened to take me out in it sometime. If I like it I shall have to improve my swimming and sign up for canoe lessons.

We did think of hiring a canoe last year in the Pacific NW, but it was spring and the rivers were in full flood, so it was not a good idea for novices.

Thanks for the advice and help everyone. I shall put it to my son and see what he thinks.
It's either the K-x or a Nikon at this point, (though I have seen a good deal on a couple of Olympuses) and I'd rather she was a Pentax User .

The boat is a bit worrying but I'm sure she will be careful with whatever camera she has. She works as mate on the boat so is not likely to be taking too many photos whilst actually sailing - too much hard work to do. Plus she skippers on occasion to give my son a break.

you'd think they'd have told us here too.
What about those of us with subscriptions into next year? Do we get a refund?? I still have a full year of European subscription to run.

Edit: I see they will contact us by post. I will lose money on it no doubt though as I'll have to bear the bank costs .

Welcome back HG! did you have a good time? Where did you go in France.

Forgive me if you've already told us this before

Sounds very similar to the Smythe rumour on the other forum.

Only a couple of months and we'll know the truth.

Of course, being Pentax, announcing them in September is one thing, having them in the shops is quite another.


Meanwhile I'm going to enjoy the summer .

Hopefully people will think beyond pretty girls for this one and come up with some other glamorous things too .

Not much glamour in my life right now so I shall be interested to see what people come up with.

Pentax are poorly represented in the Netherlands too.
They are not sold in many shops where people go to buy a camera - Dixons and the like.
Yes the big camera shops have them, but nowhere near as well promoted as the others. In one well known store they have all the models from the others on show for you to play with, but not a single Pentax.
Many smaller camera stores also no longer stock Pentax. You really have to want to but the brand here, and go out to your way to do so.

That explains why people don't buy Pentax in the first place, but not really why they change brands having gone to the effort of finding Pentax stuff.

Congratulations to your little sister .

Interesting to read your views on the other cameras as this helps with my quest for a camera for the daughter-in-law.

Forgot you are being inundated up there is Glasgow.
We are enjoying a few more days of sun and warmth. 25C here at the moment, tomorrow around 30 and then thunderstorms again on Wednesday .


Just looked at the forecast for Glasgow . Looks like you'll need a snorkel on Wednesday.

SOunds like the bouwvak here in the Netherlands. Nearly all building trades get the same 3 weeks off, though like the school holidays the weeks vary depending on where you are in the country.
No fair to kick it all off though.

Get out with your camera and take some fair photos

Over 1 million Dutch people are away on holiday this week. Schiphol handled some 450,000 people coming and going over Saturday and Sunday.

It is nice and quiet around me at the moment with most of the neighbours away.

Next Saturday is Black Saturday when driving on the roads of Europe is equal to insanity. It was bad enough this weekend with queues of 5 hours for some alpine tunnels, and the inevitable massive jams on French motorways, but next Saturday is supposed to be worse.

Makes me glad I don't have to go away in school holidays .