I have to disagree The 16-50 is my everyday lens and is the one that is routinely attached to the camera. I believe that George L. keeps one of his two K10D's with the 16-50 permanently attached

If you are worried about the weight of the 16-50, then you will only ever use longer lenses on a tripod, which is somewhat restrictive

I would definitely get the K10D (absolute bargain at the moment).

The lens question is more difficult.

The Mk 11 kit lens appears to be well regarded but equally the 16-45 is now a bargain.

New Pentax lenses have a habit of turning up late, so something pencilled in for Summer 2008 on the Pentax Roadmap is more likely to be Autumn 2008 IMHO.

It is difficult to know where the truth lies.

With computers at work, we work on the placebo effect.

Someone says that their computer is running really slow and unable to handle the graphics information quickly enough. So my IT colleague waits until the person with the 'apparent' problem is out of the office for a day and then tells them upon their return that he has installed another 2GB of RAM. The person switches on their computer and says that it has transformed their computer, when actaully nothing has been done to it

How are you reaching this conclusion i.e that is does not seem quite sharp enough, but it is very slight :

Are you talking about the lens not being quite sharp enough or do you think that you have an autofocus problem :

If you think that you might have an autofocus problem, you could take a series of test shots on a tripod, half using autofocus and half manually focussed.

Which autofocus settings are you using : It definitely makes a difference depending on the subject matter.

My entry in this week's competition was taken using the DA* 16-50 and the result seems o.k. to me

If you submit some photographs, I am sure that some comments will follow.

I am sure that there is some misinformation about this lens on the internet.

It was tested and well received (in Tokina form) by AP a few months ago.

I have recently realised that many years ago, when I was at school and the careers master said to me "what do you want to do in life" I should have said " I want to become a manufacturer of AA batteries".

I woud now be a multi millionaire sitting on my own private island somewhere

The girl with the green eyes photo is particularly poignant when seen alongside more recent photographs of the same girl (now believed to be in her late 30's).

Gwyn,

What is Photoshop Elements (other than a piece of software) ?

Pentax User.

But basically I rely on this forum for informed comment and information.

A young work colleague is trying to decide which camera to buy and I am recommending the K10D to him, since he is interested in the creative side of photography.

At lunchtime he asked me "what is ISO" so I started to embark on an explanation using the example of film speeds and he said that he had never used a film camera, only P & S digital cameras

I must be getting old

I don't envy George his judging task this week - a wide variety of images