It suddenly makes the K-5II less attractive to me Chris - I paid £179 for one at your store about a year ago and that was the price I was looking at just before Christmas. I've been debating all weekend whether to make the short trip to Watford, and then to see I have to fork out £200 for a grip doesn't make the upgrade appealing at this point in time.

The fact that the grip has gone UP by £20 in the sale should NOT go unmentioned...

Well, I have been in the situation that I considered upgrading the K20D to the K-5II and relegating my current K-5 to 2nd body. After thinking long and hard about I still like the K20D and questioned whether I'd get enough use out of 2 K-5s as I also use my D3 and M645 (and Z-1/Z-1p) to justify the extra £600. In the end what crossed my mind was that the price of the K5-II will drop in time, a new top-end camera will appear in 2013, and Chris will have other offers..... So, no change for me for the time being.

And it's raining outside

Both my DA* zooms (16-50 and 60-250) suffered the dreaded SDM failure and on return from JPS they felt better than new. Until then I always considered back up lenses - the 55-300 didn't stay long with me and the 17-70 I tried in Jessops was faulty...a properly functioning DA* lens is excellent!

Welcome....

I hope it's Elvis's 300 that you managed to buy, was feeling sorry for the guy but already have the lens from another forum member.

Looking forward to seeing the pics

I'm 44 and half the average age of the Richmond and Twickenham PS members...guess half of them grumbled at the news of Fox Talbots discovery...all clubs have their core, at Ripon there was a family who thought the club was their domain, all very friendly until you did something they disagreed with...things came to a head and they left for another club.....

Photo buddy is a good option, keep an eye and good grip on your possessions is another tip and just be aware of your surroundings...I managed to walk from the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town to the Castle, then District Six Museum and to Company Gardens before returning to the waterfront, through some dodgy areas with my D3 and our friends who live there said 'YOU DID WHAT?' they were surprised to see us still alive and in full possession of our kit. So if I survive Cape Town you can survive Salisbury (unless you mean Harare!), just keep safe. Or paint your camera pink

delightful

Many many years ago, before I was born, comments were made when 135 format was introduced, and dismissed by those who continued with their (then standard) sheet film or 120 format cameras, saying it wouldn't last - it's still alive and kicking in the digital age (whether silicon or silver based) and the 135 is now the standard form - those with FF DSLRs dismiss APS-C as amateur/consumer - but it's just a natural trend - smaller doesn't necessarily mean inferior.

No I don't have the solution John (very smartalec reply there from you) otherwise I would have given one...since I live down the road from Chiswick I had wondered if Graylion lived locally as well.

Some of us are infected by the '*' thing as well...

you will understand only when you have an FA*85