Er but if you are snowed in how do they get the delivery to you? Or does being snowed in only work one way - ie you can't get to work/school/shops but anyone can still get to you

I have an HP too - the Photosmart C5280 all in one. We needed an all in one, much as I would have like a dedicated photo printer, and I chose this one because it can take the HP100 greys cartridge for b/w photos. It also can print CDs, but that is something I am unlikely to ever use.

Get either the Arctic Butterfly brush or the Pentax 0-ICK kit to clean your sensor. Better than a blower, which as you have found just moves the dirt around in the body.

I have never seen Pentax gear at Schiphol and when I have asked they always say they do not stock it.

Nah! I'd hate to be 17 again. Now 30 maybe, but 17 - no thanks .

Ken, post the URL of one of your photo or PM me with it if you prefer and I'll give it a try.

Great Shots Mike - of course you only took them to make the UK members green with envy!
Makes a nice change from snowy shots .

Yes you can get it freely on internet, and from far better shops than Pixmania. But that is not the point. People want to be able to see and hold a camera. That is very difficult to do with a Pentax camera, certainly when the likes of Sony are offering salespeople bonuses for flogging their models.
It would tempt any sales person to flog you a Sony over a Pentax, no matter what their personal opinion if they know they will get a little extra in the pay packet for doing so.
If Pentax don't market their cameras then newbies are not going to know about them and are just not going to buy the, Pentax needs to be in every camera shop not just a selected few. People will walk into a Dixons or a Jessops or a Mediamarkt or a BCC (in NL) and want to look at what is available - answer - not Pentax!

Does Flickr allow hot linking? If so then you copy the URL of your photo, then on the forum click on Image in the tabs below the add a comment section. You then need to paste the URL between {img}(square brackets though!) and [/img]

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Yes that will work with it - but that is a cable release, not an IR remote. It doesn't have a very long cable - only 80cm - is that enough for you? Which do you want cable or IR remote?