The books are now back from Blurb, all the way from the Netherlands.

They are fine. Image quality is excellent, the black pages are perfect, the binding strong and neat, the dust cover fits properly, the colours and brightness are spot on with the originals.

There is now no need for me to pay the higher price of the iBook.

Excellent, quick and trackable delivery.

Does your camera club send on prints to the umbrella oranisation pr Federation? If so, you might want to enter some in the wider world.

I use Jessops mounting board and 3M Photo Mount spray (red can) - it must be this one and not Spray Mount (blue can.)

If you want tot re-use mounts you can make a window mount, but leave one edge open. Prints can then be slipped in and fixed with tape inside the open part of the mount. It works, you can even have a few different sizes of aperture, but to be honest I prefer the permanent mounting solution.

At an exhibition I pointed out to the Sigma rep that a lens was sloppy and badly made. He said "It's been used a lot" so I take that as a confirmation of what I long suspected, that they are good for light use.

A friend used to use Olympus for heavy professional use, but bought Tamron 90mm macro lenses. He only ever bought one Olympus lens of each focal length he needed, but in 15 years went through four Tamrons. "They wear out," he explained.

Pentax lenses, like the Olympus example, are better lenses and are better made, and so far I haven't worn any out. They have all stayed good with no real signs of wear apart from cosmetic scuffing now and again.

Wthether it should or it shouldn't you end up with the same problem.

Perhaps a friend or relative where you can take the code? You might run into problems when they try to verify your account though, because the phone number and the address won't match.

Why not ask eBay what the solution is. You can e-mail or phone them.

The easy way is to set the camera on a tripod, set the aperture required in Av or manual (the aperture should stay contant for each exposure) and use the exposure compensation make several exposures at different levels.

5 exposures might do, but I usually go for 7 spaced half a stop apart. I then make the HDR image using Photomatix.

I think HDR is already starting to fade away as a technique. It gives very dramatic images with the right sort of subject, but it is pretty obvious and very often way overdone.

OK, you've narrowed it down and know what you want to achieve. It looks to me as though you are leaning towards the 35mm Macro. However, it is worth mentioning that the 16-45mm is absolutely good enough for group shots and even for portraits, and certainly more versatile in use. I use this lens most of the time.

The 70mm would make a good portrait lens so I might be tempted by that along with the 16-45mm that you already have.

As a macro lens, the 100mm is much more generally useful.

This all depends on your individual need though, so really only you know precisely the sort of images you shoot.

My concern is that you are asking which one of two totally different types of lenses, rather than which of two similar types.

Have you decided what you want the lens for? When that choice is clear then the choice of lens may be clearer.

Nikon may not be as intuitive to use as Pentax. At a recent shoot a friend of ours got in a terrible tangle with his new D300, despite having a D200 for some time. He ended up taking no pictures for a good 45 minutes whilst he tried to get to grips with the new menu system.

The Pentax users were taking pictures with no hassle...

Welcome to the forum.

I have handled, but not actually used, Nikon DSLRs and although the IQ is excellent I do find them more "clunky" than Pentax The Pentax design is very elegant and efficient.

The IQ of the K20D will not be a problem.

The 35mm lens will have to be the 31mm f1.8 Limited, a lens with a legendary reputation, or the newer 35mm Macro which is rapidly gaining a similar status.

The 3fps you are stuck with, so that's the only thing that might be a problem to you.

The AF is absolutely fine, especially with the new SDM lenses.

Hope that helps!

If you really need to know, then a solicitor specialising in copyright law is the only person whio can give you a proper answer.