Welcome back - hopefully the weather was better there than here. In fact I know it was. I'm beginning to lose faith in Piet Paulusma and his promises that it is going to get better!

myrdinn I have the magazine in front of me - it says that Adobe RAW (.dng) is better than PEF on the K10D and that jpegs are less sharp than the competition. Not owning a K10D I can't comment on that.
Nevertheless with a score of 9.3 it does significantly better than the EOS 30D (an , the D80 (a 9) and the Sony alpha100 (8.5) to which it is compared. Makes a very nice change! (and should cheer Petekd up a bit )

I am amazed that Zeta has even come back after some of the replies. I was once told, on this forum even, that there is no such thing as a stupid question, only a stupid answer. Well I think (s)he has recieved a few of those here. Give him/her a break guys! S/He is new to it all. AS Wintoid says S/he didn't blame the camera but asked if there was a firmware upgrade that maybe could help.

Zeta if you go to http://tinyurl.com/2sn5am you can see if you need to update the firmware.

With regard to the built in flash you can make a diffusor for it from an old film canister if you have one. A white one of course. Cut a channel in the side of it just big enough to slide onto the flash and stick the lid back on. Hey presto free flash diffuser.

Edit: just did a quick search on line - you can see what I mean here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/natuurplaat/10362363/

And here are some more ideas:
http://mgreerphoto.blogspot.com/2007/03/diy-lighting-equipment_17.html

Scott Kelby does a good one I believe.

http://tinyurl.com/3c3p69

No experience with anything but books and CD's but they kept to the estimated delivery time for those - and even sent one earlier than expected.
Amazon don't deliver electronics etc outside the UK, and Amazon Germany also stick to Germany and Austria, which is very frustrating as the are often the cheapest.

Ken theres a lot to be said for your style of wedding photography. I really hate it when the photographer hangs around the entire time and there is no chance to relax. Who really wants photos/video of Aunty Betty disco dancing anyway?
For my son's wedding earlier this year the photographer was a friend, who would have attended the wedding anyway, but they told him no photos after 7pm. That way everyone got to relax and enjoy the evening. At my nephews wedding the photographer ( a local professional) was still there snapping away at 1 am. Lots of photos of drunken uncles and the like. Didn't get the point of that.

Come on Pete tell us how did the wedding go?

I spent ages deciding on a new tripod. In the end after looking at the 055MF3/4 and the 190MF3/4 I went for the Velbon Sherpa Pro CF630.
Why? Because it felt better. It is tall enough for me not to have to use the centre column, increasing the stability and also making it easy to have it at ground level for Macro shots.
Initially I liked the idea of the centre column on the Manfrottos but in practice the carbon fibre tripods felt wobbly. I was disappointed in them, whereas the Velbon felt as steady as a rock.
The only downsides with the Velbon are it's length when folded, and that it didn't come with a bag or strap. i bought an OP/Tech strap for it.
I use a arkins Q-ball head on it.

I recommend you go and look at tripods before buying one.

Benjikan you are a terrible tease.
I shall hang on to my cash for a while yet. But I am interested to see whether the announcement is in the autumn, followed by a long long wait for the products (as per normal for Pentax) or whether they will get their finger out and actually have the products for autumn.