Some are, but only to special order and the FA20 isn't one of them unfortunately.

If you want "new" and you don't mind manual focus then I'd suggest the Voigtlander Color Skopar SLII 20/3.5 which is available around the £350-400 mark in Pentax KA fit.

Or from the same production line (but a lot more money and still MF) there's the Carl Zeiss Distagon T* ZK 21/2.8 - expect to pay around £900-1100 for one.

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Although as I can't see myself upgrading any time soon (and I have dozens of PS5 actions already in use) I can't promise I'll remember it for too long...

I don't have CS2, but Photoshop from V5 onwards supports "actions". You'll find a panel for them with a set of controls that look like those on a tape recorder - you basically press "record" (the circle), open / resize / save a file, then press "stop" (the square).

Then point it at the next file(s) and press "play" (arrow) - it'll just go through the same motions and you can record as many or few steps as you like (adding sharpening possibly or raising contrast +1 or whatever).

There probably is a dedicated batch processor somewhere in CS2 but I've never upgraded that far so I haven't used it.

Try www.gimp.org

Looks like I'll be free so put me on the guest list.

It's not just corrections (although admittedly many are), there are also new features added. For instance the K10D with the original firmware doesn't support wireless flash control or SDM lenses - both effectively given "free" to existing users via the firmware once the technology allowed (there were no SDM lenses in existence when the K10D launched so the feature would have been pointless at the time).

Upgrading the firmware is easy enough to do and almost always results in a net gain.

To be fair, if I was a pro then I'd probably stump up the 80 quid just to avoid customers giving my kit funny looks. As I'm an amateur though, and I only really use flash around my own house, I'm happy to save the money - if they fall apart I can always make more...

The problem's more likely to be with your computer - I've had instances before where the OS has updated itself and the process has knocked something askew in another programme that had worked fine up to that point.

Having said that, John's suggestion of getting a card reader is a very good one. They're faster at downloading pictures than your camera will be, are pretty much foolproof and dirt cheap these days.

You want one that will read SD cards and 7dayshop are currently selling those for £1.99 - plus it's a buy-one-get-one-free offer with free UK postage, that's less than the price of a pint!

I haven't used these but I've made similar items from cornflake packets and gaffer tape which, while not as pretty or professional looking, seem to do the job just fine.

It is actually normal for lenses to behave differently (in terms of front/back focus) under tungsten lighting compared to daylight or flourescent light. Often you won't spot the change as the depth-of-field is sufficient to mask small discrepancies, however, when you use a lens with a very wide aperture then obviously critical focussing is more, er, critical. I tend to stick to manual focus under tungsten, especially with my 43 and 77.

Apologies to those respondees hoping to pick up a bargain - I promise not to answer any more questions for at least a week...