You need to check that the setting on your camera (sRGB by default) is the same colour space that Photoshop is working in. You will find this under Preferences. Go carefully through the options until you find the colour space box and make it sRGB.

You don't need to be using anything else but sRGB and at least that will be one variable done away with.

Then you need to make your image look good on screen and then adjust your printer dialog to match it. If everything is on default it should be very close to start with, but it would be much easier to troubleshoot hands on.

They arrived safely today, first batteries are charged and Sue has beaten me to it with a faultless shot from the TV screen.

We've both set up the cameras the same, so when we work together every shot will match as well as possible.

All very nice and smooth, ultra-quiet shutter, and an effective LV for when it's needed.

Will report back with samples after the obligatory trip to Arley Hall on Sunday!

All my images are shot as JPEGs. Some manipulation is done in Photoshop as required.

Frankly, cameras have improved immensly and the difference between JPEG and RAW capture has narrowed. It is not possible to see the difference between my A3 prints and those of RAW shooters. Technique is much more important.

Where available, use the Premium JPEG setting.

All images being printed need sharpening, so perhaps in the case above they need more sharpening than is being given.

When it comes down to it quite a lot of flashes at 1/1000sec or even 1/10,000sec each would be needed to have any effect whatsoever.

However, no flash seems to be trundled out as a reason, just as "insurance reasons" used to be...it's all meaningless and unproven and just reflects that basically some people just love to make rules.

Tony, are you sure you want to put your almost complete address on the internet?

Depth of field is what we are talking about. Depth of focus refers to the allowable error in the position of the film/sensor.

If you have the same magnification you will have the same DOF regardless of lens. Of course, the perspective will be different as you will be a different distance from the subject.

And perhaps only a tiny minority who can afford them.

Not if it's outside the 30 day limit it wouldn't. If your camera is faulty though approach the supplier and they will sort it out. If you are in the UK and want to check your rights then:

http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/

Don't forget there is a supply chain. Not every camera is faulty and there are lots of suppliers who have taken deliveries all over the world. Things don't happen instantly. Cameras have been collected, returns have been processed to Pentax, Pentax have supplied new cameras and they have found there way back to the buyers. It is all a process that takes time.

Some less attentive suppliers may even have older stock, some of which is potentially faulty.

The picture is indeed far too big - please resize to a maximum of 800 pixels on the longest side.

It's a lovely picture of the cild with an expression full of joy. The parents will see that and nothing else, and that's fine.

As regards an image that we might use in a competition, or publish in a book, then there are lots of distracting details in the background that are rendered quite sharply. It may be that a widish aperture has been used to attempt to tone them down, but they are still quite dominant.

With a different background, maybe trees or bushes, and cropping out the handlebars, then there's a very nice shot in this.