Yes this one is better, but as with your zoo photos can you please reduce the size so i can appreciate properly, now I have to scroll to see it which makes it hard to view properly.

I used an old film box as a diffuser on my Ds. Can't see for spending silly money on such things when there is perfectly good free stuff to use!
Well done for spotting it would fit! looks better than a film box in any case.

I particularly like the third photo, a lovely portrait of a lemur. Looks like a good place to visit. next time I visit my nieces in Ambleside I'll add it to the list of things to do.

Hope the rain holds off for you! It is a lovely day here today.
Great dogs, I love Rotties, a much maligned breed imho. Hope they aren't get scared of the fireworks.

My local shopkeeper laughed at me when I asked about the Ds when it came out, and continues to laugh at me whenever I am foolish enough to try to buy anything from his shop. He has lost my custom for ever now.

Provided you pay all the duties/VAT due on the lens Pentax UK should honour the guarantee (provided of course you provide proof that you have paid them!) - lenses have an international guarantee normally. However if you import marked as a gift or whatever so as to avoid duties then they will not honour it and it will have to go back to HK if there is anything wrong.
You should check with HK as to the guarantee status of lenses you buy from them.

I know someone here who imports a lot of his stuff from HK and has never had a problem, also never pays import duty/VAT, but I would be a bit wary of doing it myself.

Have you looked at US sites? The savings may not be as big but the likes or B&H and Ritz are, I feel, more trustworthy. They will only send things legally - ie you must pay duty/VAT.

Given it has the same sensor as the K10D I would hope it would get a high score for image quality!
On the whole it seems a fair review to me.

Happy 4th of July to all our US members - looking forward to some fireworks photos maybe??

I shall show this to the bill payer - he used to work at RAL on astronomy satellites - at least until Maggie got her hands on the money

Just because it's announced at Photokina doesn't mean it will be available then.