The one that will hit me hardest is the Photography>Books, manuals and magazines. Books in particulat can be very heavy and expensive to post, so the idea of free P&P is slightly bizarre.

So the price will indeed have to go up.

Sharpening is usually the last step in the process. It introduces artifacts, so you don't want to further compound the degradation by further processing after sharpening.

These days I make an A3 of any image I process and save it unsharpened. I then do the final sharpening before printing, or after reducing in size for web, depending on the final use. In this way I could also make different sizes of print and sharpen each size in a more appropriate way.

Nice textures.

Digital cameras are indeed analogue devices and the signal is digitised after the sesor has relayed its information.

There is ironically nothing analogue about film. Each and every silver halide grain either does or does not react with light, 0 or 1 so to speak. Film is therefore as digital as it gets.

But having said that when we speak of analogue and digital cameras we do really know what we mean.

I use the Trailwise Photo Shoot which is the usual sort of extending walkers' stick, but when the top is unscrewed it reveals a tripod screw. This can be used as-is or a ball and socket head could be attached.

That's OK, we know this and you know we know, but....it did need saying.

But the question then is what new term could we use for an EVF camera with interchangeable lenses, given that an SLR is the nearest thing to it? Interchangeable Lens Compact Digital EVF Camera is a bit long winded...:

In some browsers you will need to click on the image to see the full width, but even so I do feel it is a little cramped, so it's a fair point.

Unfortunately if we widen the field of view it's not helpful because of what's there and if we reduce the height we get a wider shot but lose IMO too much reflection....it's a tricky one, so I'm glad that we're getting a few ideas coming through.

If anyone lives near enough to Gawthorpe to have a go, it would be really interesting to see what they made of it. With the hall at your back, just walk up the steps opposite into the woods and within 100 yards you will be there.

The HDR has had the effect of warming and softening the image, presumably because of the movement in the trees. It's debateable whether it was worth it as I really don't think it's made much difference. Yes, it could have been achieved without HDR.

Deleting is not good housekeeping, because you leave folders and untidy bits on the card. The capacity of the card will slowly reduce and eventually it could fail.

Formatting gives everything a spring clean and sets the card up for the camera with maximum efficiency.

The thing is that some people may see it as a desireable camera because it will be lighter and more compact. Not everyone wants to use manual focus lenses, but I agree that MF with an EVF is not very practical.

As long as DSLRs continue side by side I have no problem with EVF SLRs and bridge cameras. If there's a market it will bring in more profits and there will be more cash for R&D in all areas.