Maybe.....

Thanks to all who PMd me with offers and I now have sourced a Pentax hood.

The deicated hood is the same one as for the 50mm f1.4 - same angle of view as a 50mm lens on film.

The bad news is the £59.95 price tag, the good news is the quick release clip method of attachment. I haven't used screw-in hoods for a very, very long time.

I thought I'd have a look at one of the JJC replacement lens hoods as the Pentax one for the 35mm f2.4 lens is a cool £58-odd.

The JJC one was less than £20 from Amazon, and it's going straight back. If doesn't fit properly and is made of cheap plastic that looks like it won't last like my current Pentax one. That was bought in 1985 and is still going strong.

Looks like I shall have to spend £58 after all - no point having cheap alternatives that are no good. Back to my own rule - Pentax only.

Which eye may have a profound effect upon our photography. The areas of the brain that are involved in creative thinking and logical thinking also receive primary signals from one eye or the other. The left eye, for example, is processed on the right side of the brain.

I can never remember which way round it is, but I think the creative side may be the left. Does this mean that right eyed people produce more creative images and left eyed people produce more logical, graphic design type images? (Or the other way round)

If any research has been published relating top aertists or photographers that would be Quite Interesting. Perhaps Stephen Fry would know.

Just wait for the light on the back to stop blinking and you'll be fine if it's the buffer filling up. How many shots are you taking and how quickly?

Thanks for that, I for one certainly hadn't noticed anything about it.

iPhone brings Internet (and Pentax User) almost anywhere, plus, if required, a whole host of photographic apps.

I've not tried the exposure meter one, but that's just one interesting idea.

Except that you can't guarantee that any hand held speed will be fast enough. We shake. A fast enough shutter speed will mean an acceptably sharp image, but in the end the only really sharp image will be on a tripod.

That's not to say that we can't hand hold, but it's not as predictable. For this reason I always take more than one shot. Compare three shots and one will be the best, at any shutter speed.

But don't take my word for it, try it.

I don't think anybody is saying this is a problem, just defining how the SR works to best advantage.