You're right to check that the other lens works or not, but it will only take a moment to find out.

F-- indicates that the camera can't read the lens aperture. One reason is poor contact, but the simpler reason can be a lens with an aperture ring where the ring is not set to "A". If the Tamron has an aperture ring, make sure it is set to "A".

Devon and Denton are a few miles apart, but considering the distance to Melbourne the difference is insignificant!

Just to clarify my tongue-in-cheek comment though, there was a K-1, a K-5, a K-3, a K20D and a K10D and they were travelling in a posse. Canon and Nikon users were fleeing in wild panic before us, other marques did not dare to do more than hide in the bushes. Yes, it was a Riley Family Photo Day.

So do people who write articles.

There is also a new 55-300mm on the way, the HD DA 55-300mm f/4.5-6.3 ED PLM WR RE, which will have much quieter focusing.

It's not actually available yet, so I guess we'll have to wait its arrival.

It's now ultrasonic, so there should be no discernable noise.

Excellent, they all hit the spot.

Go to Computer>Removable Disk (G and this will open the card. Reduce its size if necessary by clicking top right in the box, the middle icon, next to the x (close) icon. The drive letter may not be G by the way, but you should be able to identify the card. Delete anything off the card by right clicking and selecting Delete from the pull down menu that appears.

Left click and hold the .bin file on your desktop. Drag it into the card dialog box and release.

Now put the card in the camera, switch on and follow the on-screen prompts.

The root directory is the top layer of the card, in other words not inside a folder on the card.

I agree Steve, but this is all a bit tongue-in-cheek anyway. i'm sure not many of us go round stressing about how many Pentax cameras we can spot.

If you do see a Posee of Pentax Photographers say hello, it might be me and the family.