That and the "sherry" on the ferry

It was in fact an uneven pavement- they'd dug it up!!!

Spider - Luckily I had asked my son to take my camera bag in the "bakfiets" he'd hired as it is so heavy, so no damage done there.

Have a look at www.bakfiets.nl/eng to see what a bakfiets is

Just back from my long weekend on Vlieland. It was dry most of the time, though windy - but then it is March, and Vlieland is a patch of sand facing the North Sea.
Sadly no photos for you of this lovely island.
I fell and dislocated my elbow just after getting there on Friday, so have had my arm in a sling all weekend which rather drastically restricted photo ops.
Had the elbow put back in place by the local GP/vet, with the aid of the ambulance men and medicine designed to knock out a horse I think .

Anyway I am now going to catch up with the forum and all your photos.

Be careful with Eclipse fluid. You have to get the right one for your sensor or it will ruin it. Try an Arctic Butterfly from Visible Dust before going on to wet cleaning solutions. It is all I use on my Ds and it works just fine.

Saw this on the Beeb site today:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7351252.stm

There was an article about the perils of photography in London in February's Photography Monthly. Some things Brigdes, powerstations etc, are now seen as potential terrorist targets and are restricted, but generally you are allowed to photograph anything that is public. That doesn't however include shop windows as they are often copyrighted by the window dressers.

Should you get issued with a notice under the anti-terrorism laws (A very popular thing for the police and their volunteers helpers) to do, then get the name and station of the issuing officer and register a complaint against them.

The alternative is to learn to shoot from the hip.

Sorry Clarky. I am seriously thinking about it, but still debating whether or not to just get a K10D and be happy with that. I'm not sure I really need the extra MP of the K20D, and whilst live view would be very nice I'm not sure I want to spend so much just on a body, when you have a good alternative in the K10D.
The K200D is not an option for me because of the pentamiiror, I think, but who knows if I get my hands on one I may like it a lot and be happy to put up with a dimmer viewfinder.
If I had the time I'd go to the shop this week, but this weekend trip has been booked for months, celebrating the bill payers 60th birthday. (But in this case I am paying the bills - now you see why I'm having to wait so long for a new camera )

Finally the K20D and K200D are available in Holland, Konijnenberg has them both mark as in stock!
Maybe I'll make a trip to Den Ham one day soon.
It'll have to wait until after the weekend though as I'm off to Vlieland for a soggy weekend break on Friday. Pity I don't have a weatherproof camera, but I have packed the Ds's raincoat

Corwynt,
I think you got some very helpful comments on this forum, at least as helpful as those you received on Pentaxforums. It is really not done to slag one forum off on another forum, certainly not naming names as you did.
I think maybe you have already decided to buy the Samsung and the replies you received at Pentaxforums support your decision wheras here we gave you answers you didn't want to hear - such as given the minimal price difference now but Pentax.
Whatever you choose to buy I hope you will be very happy with it.
Maybe if you climb down off your high horse and join in the generally lighthearted banter here you really will learn a lot because there are genuinely knowledgeable and incredibly helpful folks that frequent this forum, even if their answers come with tongue firmly in cheek at times.

I was surprised too when I saw it. I haven't looked elsewhere for Samsung prices and as I say it hasn't even been launched in Holland so I can't compare Dutch prices for myself.
It's not even on the Samsung website here, it's as if it doesn't exist.

I'd rather buy a Pentax from SRS than a Samsung from Amazon anyday but at those prices you'd be insane not to.