Perhaps a good compromise would be the SMC Pentax-DA 16-45mm f4 lens, which is a superb professional quality lens. It is also quite a bargain at the moment, I think £199 from SRS and with Casback available as well.

That could well be a strategy that would work, in the mediun to long term. In the short term selling lots of K-m cameras must help cashflow.

Pentax were once one of the "Big Two" which were of course, Nikon and Pentax. Those were the days when all sorts of professional accessories were made, some quite exclusive. For example, the Nocta surveillance system, or the UV lenses.

It seemed to go wrong when Autofocus arrived and, for whatever reason, Pentax lost ground continually until probablty the advent of the MZ series started to pull things back.

Promotion has also been a Big Problem in the UK...

Well I was waiting for the Post Office to open the other morning and two young women were chatting to each other nearby. What struck me was that, although they clearly could communicate with each other, as regards speaking English they could barely stitch more than two words together to make a sentence. There would be many people who wouldn't have understood a word they were saying.

In the context of the forum, my only comment was that to ensure that the most people possible actually read something, without turning off, then it is better to break things up a bit.

If you read a book, then you will find it is split into paragraphs to assist the reader.

Whether or not anyone wants to take that advice is entirely up to them, but I'm sure it shouldn't be a major discussion!

greyhoundman, that is one very sharp moon. Excellent!

Just out of interest, traditionally astronomical photos were always presented with South at the top. Is this still the case, and what do you guys do?

If you make a report describing the problem, then IT can look into it.

Cheers!

It might be an alignment issue between the viewfinder and the sensor, or indeed it might be a displacement of the sensor due to SR.

Nobody has really come up with a definitive answer, but it is true that most of us have always tilted horizons from time to time. Some images have contradictory lines in them and can be difficult to make straight looking at the best of times.

It could be that to totally correct this discrepancy would cost far too much in the manufacturing process....I'm guessing like everyone else.

SD cards can behave oddly. I had one that would not format in my K10D. It formatted in Sue's just fine and thereafter was OK with my camera as well.

What make of card is it?

Some cards have higher failure rates than others, and/or more bad sectors. Perhaps the card is faulty.

I have been very pleased with the Pentax 50-200mm and 55-300mm lenses, which are both very good indeed.

As is well documented, I would say stick with the Pentax lenses and there will be a much lower possibility of disappointment.

I noticed in AP (new issue due out Tuesday) there is an advert for the K100D with lens for just £199.00

That could do very nicely if you are looking for a low cost camera.

As for black and white, with digital cameras you shoot in colour. You make the black and white conversion in the imaging soft ware, be it Photoshop or something else.

Hope that helps!