I have one of these and keep it in a blue box.

It's a bit like them saying "You paid £500? I could have done that for £450," whilst secure in the knowledge that they don't have to. Some salespeople use all sorts of tricks.

Don't forget that some are straightforward though.

£886.95 excluding VAT - it makes you think doesn't it? That's a lot of tax to pay just for the privelidge of making a purchase, especially as the income we purchase it with has already been taxed.

I've always thought the moral argument for VAT is pretty shaky. What gives a government the right to tax us on what we do with our own money, apart from the fact of course that they can...

Thanks David for making arrangements to have Internet access on the Wednesday next week, as detailed in the Competition section of the Gallery.

As mentioned this is competition #99, so will the winner please post the next competition (#100) as soon as possible next Wednesday. Skipping ahead, will the winner of #100 please make it possible to e-mail me their entry ASAP after their win becomes known, as I will try to get it to PU Magazine in time for next issue.

It's very tight, so swiftly please for these next two weeks!

If it isn't super-smooth it isn't right, so don't force anything.

The D-FA has a bayonet lens hood, not a screw thread, and needs only the lightest of turns to lock it in place. It's also round, so alignment is not an issue.

I'm puzzled as to what is going wrong here - do you have the right hood?

Many screw threads can be a bit tricky. Sorry if this is obvious, but try turning it backwards initially so that it can just slip into the thread before turing it to tighten.

Sharing your images and getting feedback is very important, so why not post one a day on ePHOTOzine, which is intended for that, and you could also join a Photographic Society and enter competitions and get your images exhibited.

Reach out with your best work and it will have a purpose beyond personal satisfaction.

But we know that this is the same battery, don't we? So this is a spurious point really.

It's simple logic that if something has a different capacity then it is different, that is, not the same. Whether it's relevant or not is the bit that could be debated.

I just think it would be better if we didn't propogate inaccuracies on the forum if we can avoid it, especially for the benefit of those who are new.

By and large this forum has items for sale, Pentax and Pentax related only. The eBay issue isn't a problem as long as it's relevant and it doesn't take over. After all, we are all capable of looking at eBay if we want to!

However, no need to create a problem that doesn't, so far, exist. If something crosses the line, it gets deleted.