Having had a hard drive corrupted at work by a power cut, I decided to purchase a Seagate Freeagent 250gb external hard drive.

It cost just under £50 and works just like a giant USB stick.

A worthwhile investment as losing all my digital photographs would be a real pain.

George,

Your knowledge of the south coast is amazing, given your home address

I had originally intended to take the photograhs at 10mm in the hope of having curved masts on both sides of the picture, but the yachts on the right hand side were too far away.

They were a few other logistical problems, it started to rain, a metal railing security fence prevented me from moving any further forward or back (since it then appeared in the photograph) and a lighting column also posed a problem (subsequently cropped out).

However overall, I am reasonably pleased with both versions.

Yes - your photograph is taken down by the Mermaid pub and mine are taken near the lock end of the marina.

Yes - the 10mm version is below :-

Pentax DA 10-17 @ 17mm 0.7sec f4.5 iso 400

Thank you for the various suggestions.

I bought two of the JJC versions (one infra red and one wired) from e-photozine for £16 inclusive of postage.

Does anyone know where I can buy a Pentax Remote Control F :

Apparently they are as rare as hens teeth at the moment

Really nice shots, Pete.

You have come a very long way in the 12 months that I have been using the forum.

No. 1 sums it all up for me.

Noted

Having got my tripod out of the cupboard for the first time in years, I realised that you cannot use an ordinary cable release on a K10D. With the tripod sitting on a squashy carpet, every time I pressed the shutter release on the camera, I created a small amount of movement.

My New Year's resolution (photographically speaking) is to buy a Pentax Remote Control