The announcement is due on April 24th. It is expected to be on sale soon afterwards.

I'm not sure any passing South African/American/European/whatever would know the law, and given they are on holiday would hardly risk being arrested. Indeed many tourists may come from countries where the police are even worse than the Met and will go out of their way to avoid a confrontation with the police.

I suspect it was actually over zealous PCSOs rather than actual police officers.

Hopefully they were able to recover the deleted photos with a recovery program.

What is Britain coming to? This story has put a few people off visiting London! (Including me.)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/apr/16/police-delete-tourist-photos

There also seems to be an extra button in the centre of the dial.
Someone also thought the strap lugs were old fashioned rings.

My magazine has arrived Not as fast as last time but still pretty good.

Yes there is, and it sounds to be a goody too. More and more of those in the know are dropping hints about it. Someone I know "in the trade" can't divulge much but he is excited by it.

https://www.pentaxuser.com/forum/topic/New-Pentax-camera-11411

I'm not joking with this one Yves.

Next PU get together :

Don't forget to also check on the weight the head can carry, and the weight of the head - you need to add that to your body+lens calculations for the tripod too.

Sounds like a trip to Churchill is required