Yes, but the k7 hasn't arrived in force yet, or been fully promoted yet. Then those newcomers would need to have found Pentax User, registered and feel they wanted to answer your poll.

It's cutting down the odds a bit!

Perhaps I wasn't clear that the subject was lit by a torch from 50 feet away, not by a torch that was 50 feet away.

As for did I have another for comparison, well, about 40 or so I think, but that's a long story....

As with many polls, you've skewed the result by the way the questions are posed.

Why six months?

I'm telling you now.

I was in the service tunnels under Victoria Baths and one was literally pitch black. I lit it from 50 feet away or so with my pocket LED torch and it enabled the K20D to instantly snap into focus. It also made possible a very long exposure by torchlight and you can see the result on my ePHOTOzine gallery.

As an aside, as Gwyn siad, a lot of this thread does seem to come from those who are now using Nikon or are moving to it. You don't need to justify that here on PU.

Pentax 12-24mm without a doubt.

Virtually no distortion, superb sharpness, great build quality and a consistent colour balance with your other Pentax lenses.

The trouble is, there can't be a flexible rule on this, otherwise what is the difference between "only USM tweaks" and then perhaps "a slight colour adjustment" and where does it stop?

There is no time restriction in the weekly competition, and never has been.

The fornightly competition was started (By Dr Mhuni?) some time later with the express purpose of the shots being taken for the competition within the two weeks.

Well you could buy a K7 body, but on the other hand a longer lens might do the trick...

Not really. The idea is to get your image sorted out and then the die is cast.

This is to prevent the possibility of an entrant upgrading their entry in the light of more recent ones, which would hardly be fair.

Let's leave that up to seller and buyer, the point has been made.

As this isn't an eBay auction, when the buyer pays by PayPal they will be given the option to pay the charges if they wish to.