missed the lions when I looked - must have missed out that whole line.
Can't wait to get back to E. Africa!

I particularly like the bat, the owl and the fish (a marlin?). From the red elephants I see you went to Tsavo! No big cats? Looks like you had a great time anyway.

Welcome to the digital age!

Hama do a cheap USB card reader that will read any current memory card, but there are plenty of others out there.

I have a Pentax IR remote. Disadvantage on my Ds is that it only works from the front, but I believe on the K10D/GX10 that it also works from behind. It is very small and I like it a lot.

http://nedbunnell.blogspot.com/2007/02/16-50-vs-16-45.html
For a comparison of the 16-45 and the 16-50*.

I saw that too last year in Tanzania! Crazy. Or with a tiny point and shoot with 3X zoom trying to get a photo of a leopard up a tree. Well I just about managed it with my 300mm lens but 500 would have been better. Still it's the experience and the memories as much as anything....

That said I now have my Bigma and hope to go back to TZ next year

Look forward to the photos

More news here:
http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-news-releases/3582-pentax-announces-ne...

In Holland it IS illegal to take someone's photo without their consent. Furthermore you need their written consent to publish it - including on your own website. In practice it very rarely happens that someone takes offence. I did once when someone photographed me when I was walking my dogs - we had an argument about loose dogs and kids. My dogs were loose, as they were allowed to be, his kid, in a pushchair was unattended while he was off in the wilderness taking pics. He accused me of letting my dogs attack his brat. Anyway my dogs were no where near his brat, and I said he should pay more attention to his kid. He then stated taking photos of me. i said stop and delete them - he refused, so I got out my phone to call the police. He deleted them then! And I made sure he had done by formatting his disk. Mean of me but .......

Marc's problem is that he tried taking several photos then wanted to change the settings, and had to wait while all the photos were written to the card, thereby missing his next shot. He tried it several times apparently and couldn't change settings, whilst he can on the D. He always shoots RAW.
He wondered if it was only on the Samsung that this was a problem. He is a die hard Pentax fan, but works for a big retailer and so was able to borrow the Samsung to try out - they do this so the salesmen know what they are talking about!
I think he has decided to save his money, and maybe invest it in new lenses when they come out - he has a serious LBA problem