If you want to check the speed of your broadband, the www.speedtest.net is a good way to do so.

The feeling is that probably this is to do with a particular ISP or a particular path from user to server, but it is being currently investigated.

I'm not havong a problem here, and others are not, so it is specific to some users.

In a general sense, if your broadband slows suddenly to a crawl, try rebooting the router, which will then resynchronise with the exchange.

Don't worry, if anything is not OK it will be mentioned.

Cast your mind back to when someone referred to a spam message that was hitting the Private Messages...they copied the message into the forum, thus repeating the dubious links, etc.

In this case it was just in case the destination website was a problem - we wouldn't want to be sending lots of people there unnecessarily, would we?

Links that are commercial advertising are also removed - for example some of the ones to online shops having everything from shoes to anything else not photographic.

It's not something that should normally worry anyone as common sense is the only thing that needs to be kept in mind.

Thanks Martin, very interesting. Seeing I can't afford a Pentax 85mm f1.4, I might well be tempted by this lens as a portrait lens.

Is the the fairly new 85mm f1.4 that's appearing under various names? Of so, it does look tempting at the prices being offered.

I haven't seen a test of it yet - anyone know where there is one?

The new issue of AP (out tomorrow) actually carries a Lens Test covering the Nikon and Tamron 10-24mm lenses.

If you are thinking of buying the Tamron then it might well be a very interesting read for you as it does cover the sort of qualities that the Tamron has been designed with.

I'm quite sure they would if they could get away with it. Especially when people are asking them to "do something" - this opens the door.

I wonder what you mean by capping? eBay has been successful because the format has been right. It's a successful business model if you like. Is the lack of competition eBay's fault? Should runaway success then be penalised?

In other words, do we have a society where it's OK to be successful, as long as we're not too successful? And by who's standards and perspective?

I'm not offering any answers by the way!

Ricoh lenses may jam onto the Pentax K mount cameras, but Pentax ones will be fine.

No problem.

You should get earlier nights then Tel!