I'd be careful you don't get arrested - they are imposing full anti terrorist rules and that includes photography remember.

It's not the tiger's tongue that is blue. It is die sprayed on the meat to indicate it is not for human consumption.

I particularly like the leopard portrait (#8 ).

So you swapped sunny Spain for a very nice bit of England then .
Lots of great photo ops on your doorstep.

You can set in the menus for it to AF with the remote control. Can't remember off hand where exactly - somewhere in the User list I think.

My book finally arrived on Saturday, so there is still hope!

It was delivered by a private mail company. They are a right pain here in NL as they only seems to deliver when it suits them not on a regular basis. A lot of post from the UK seems to be handled by them nowadays too - Private Eye tends to be late, inspite of us paying for airmail/priority for it. We complain and for a while it arrives in an envelope and on time then it goes back to plastic bags and being late. Clearly the Royal Mail has different contract for different types of mail.
It's going to get worse here too, from tomorrow when the private companies can also deliver normal letter post. End of rant

That one is out of stock.

Sam and the Cat for me! And I'm not a cat person. 3 and 5 also stand out.
But they are all really good.
So whereabouts in the UK are you now you are back in Blighty?

Can you ask if you can wait a couple of weeks - say until the baby is four to six weeks old? It will be much more photogenic then, with it's eyes properly open and more facial expression, and a better colour. Newborns tend to be difficult to photograph well.

Thanks for the reply Tel. It sounds like the K20D will be easier to fix than Tracey's fingers! I hope you get the K20D back soon.

Good luck to both of you for May - is the op before or after the get together?

Is this a problem which recently developed or have you always had a problem with the camera?
I know I'm probably being a bit thick ( I blame it on the change to summer time) but how could a fault like that suddenly develop?

Tbh I didn't see much of a problem in any of your photos, as Tyr said maybe the focus wasn't where you wanted it but there was focus, and the second set, with the other lens, seemed to be in focus to me.

What did Pentax say when you contacted them?

At least you have Tracey's camera to fall back on for now. Sorry to hear about her fingers - I must have missed that news. It's not going too well with the female forum members at the moment, what with Fiona's ankle and Tracey's fingers!

I shall be extra careful on holiday