No need to remove them till you've sorted sopmething jacqui, I was just explaining the preferred route.

We would prefer them to be online and linked to as they also appear on the Gallery page and get mixed up with members' Gallery contributions.

Photobucket is free to join and you might find it useful in all sorts of ways to have a free account.

I've corrected the title for you.

Have a look at the Your Photos section and the top post details how to post images into the forum. If you have any problems, just ask.

No idea who he is, but you do what you want to do and thank him for his e-mail, at least he was motivated to comment and he hasn't been rude about it.

Some people do specialise in one particular style or genre, but personally I think it's good to be able to have a go at everything. He's, as a generalisation, right in one way, that to become a master in a particular field you have to dedicate yourself to it. But you don't have to be a master to actually still be good, over as many areas as you can cope with.

I could do that Chris, but just at this moment the purchase would be unwelcome on top of all the mundane costs of life. Car insurance, property insurance and all the other costs that come annually hit around now.

Try to avoid moving house on 19th December, it has many inconveniences.

Unfortunately I don't need another lens.

I do use the Zone System, but only in quite a simplistic way.

On film, I would over or under expose compared to the meter reading up to three stops either way, if the suject was predominantly dark or light. That would give me a printable range from about Zone II to Zone VIII, leaving a whisker of detail in both shadows and highlights.

On digital I have found I don't need as much correction, to two stops either way is usually the limit. If you look at the EXIF on all my EPZ photos it will show you the correction applied and the sort of image it was thought necessary for.

In all other respects, I would expose as though using slide film, so definitely no over-exposure.

That's a shame. If I was buying now I'd go for the 18-135mm option, but at least the 18-55mm WR is also a WR lens, so that is pretty useful in itself.

It's a good lens, I was concerned that buying a lens with the body would have been a much better deal than covering it afterwards.

Did you order a lens with the K-5?

That was a great opportunity and you've captured some really interesting shots.