You can't draw any conclusions from a snapshot - a single magazine - but you can from the general run of them over a period of months.

I think that AP have really taken on board their perceived bias and do try to be impartial to a degree beyond what most magazines do.

In what way would you find them totally uncontrollable? Surely a continuous light source (the sun is one as well) would be the most easy to control of all?

Is there really a conspiracy around every corner?

Your camera is still clearly under warranty, so the supplier (the shop) has the responsibility of sorting it out. If there hasn't been impact damage then I don't see how the shop can judge that there has been, so you need to get tough with them. I also don't see why you should pay anything.

If needs be you could presumably pursue them through the small claims court, but hopefully they would see sense long before then.

Hope that helps!

AP has published its First Look at the K7 - I've just finished reading it.

I suppose stung by accusations of Canon/Nikon bias, the wording of the article is so neutral and carefully worded that I could imagine I almost felt the pain of the writer. Poor Angela was given this task, but she does survive it fairly intact!

I think, but I could be wrong, that she likes the K7...

Nice shots that could do with a bit more sharpness. None of them are really crisp, so maybe have a look at camera movement as a possible cause of that. If so, a higher shutter speed or ISO or both should do the trick.

Focusing on the eyes is also a good idea, as the eyes are probably the most important part of any portrait, be in human or animal.

Have fun!

I've never had any problems anywhere, but of course I don't know for sure why not.

I've always assumed it's partly a matter of confidence - if you look like you know what you're doing and you should be doing it then nobody bothers you. Probably the fact that Sue and I often shoot images together helps, but I'm only guessing.

The general principle in the UK has always been that if something is not specifically forbidden then it's fine, but there's always pressure on to change that as fashion dictates.

Have a great trip!

The Inland revenue run courses (free) on becoming self employed which are both friendly and helpful. You can go on a course before you start trading if you want to.

I thought so.