The WR is liberating and enables photography in dreadful weather. The photo possibilities of bad weather are very exciting, full of potential.

Water inside lenses can cause corrosion, can cause misting of elements and certainly is not a great idea. Water is very invasive.

Like many things, just because we can get away with something it doesn't mean it's a good idea. Not with £500 of lens especially.

Is this a really accurate test? Are you sure those three batteries are exactly parallel to the sensor plane? If that hasn't been measured very carefully and they have all just been placed by eye then the adjustment may not be meaningful.

I suspect no-one on this forum has ever tried to order a brand new 600mm f4 Pentax lens, but do correct me if I'm wrong!

It's of similar use to the 1000mm f8 lens on film, but a little faster.

I never felt a need for a 1000mm lens.

Full marks to SRS for starting a service and making a splash advertising it.

It's what quite a few people have been crying out for, so now you have it and SRS are only a phone call or mouse click away!

I recently had a warranty repair done by TechGuys and they trashed the machine whilst "repairing" it. Eventually, the purchase price was refunded.

When I say trashed they replaced the screen, but when reassembled they probably split the data cable, definitely over-tightened all the fixing screws cracking the case, reassembled it all misaligned, returned it with bits rattling around inside, scratched the case and screen....and it still didn't work either.

We have now discovered our local computer repair/supply house and we deal with Chris and Paula who know what they're doing and do it in-house wherever possible.

If you can find such a place where you live, then go for the local suppliers if you can.

It would not do any harm for this to be a civil discussion. It's not necessary to be so aggressive.

In that instance Chris we would still be using the AF system to confirm focus.

If the camera's collimation is correct then using our eyes should get the right point of focus, subject of course to our ability to judge that point.

Light is an enemy of old books - it fades covers and spines very quickly.

We store our old books in a dark room (not a chemical darkroom!)with modest central heating. Cool and dry and out of strong light.

Is there a problem posting in the gallery? I'm also concerned that you say excluded again so if there's a problem with anyone being excluded from anything do please PM me with details and I'll certainly look into it.

The easy way is we start a competition in the Gallery. At the end of the competition we put up a thread here with a poll to vote. We then tick the winner in the Galley and that winner sets the next one up ready for voting the next time around.

Just the same as the weekly competition but without whoever sets the competition choosing the winner.

Of course the anonymous thing can't be done this way, but there's no evidence that it matters. Nobody would get people voting for them because of who they are, why would they?