Photoshop 7 is fine, but before you open an image it needs to be in a recognised format.

Typically the RAW file is opened in a Raw Converter and there is one provided with the camera - Pentax Photo Laboratory. Use this or a similar program to open the RAW file and then re-save it as either a JPEG or TIFF. PS7 will be able to open both of these formats without a problem.

Just going back to the camera locking up, if you read the instruction book it says that you should remove the battery, wait a moment or two and then replace the battery. If this works the camera does not need a repair. And it did work, so nothing to worry about.

Many thanks for the glow that illuminates!

If anyone at Dixons has any idea of what Miranda cameras were about, then I'll be totally amazed....

What a cryptic message, how about a link at least...

Here's a new thread for discussion of this new competition. This one might result in rather a lot of entries...it's a great choice for this time of year!

Whatever you decide to do will be moderated in the usual way, so I'll just delete any images over 800 pixels. Put your rules in the first post and I'll make it a sticky so it stays on top of the thread.

35mm lenses should be superb regardless. Personally I would go with the new 35mm Macro if I needed close focusing or any 35mm f2 if I needed speed. Any of these lenses should be fine.

Well I've changed my opinion on anti-virus programs. Norton has been removed from all my computers and replaced with AVG. Matt, you are quite right, everything is now even faster than it was before.

However, the main reason is a recent attack on our three forums (ADAPS, johnriley1uk and rileyuk) by a nasty little thing called Exploit WebAttacker. We will sort it out, but it will take time.

Norton just looked at the infection and shrugged its shoulders with a "cannot repair" message, but AVG has picked it up straight away and prevented further damage.

I'm not sure what sick people get pleasure from causing havoc, but I'm not letting it discourage me, despite all the wasted hours over the past couple of days!

They have the K mount but are own-brand models distributed by Jessops in the UK. The origin could be the same as the Vivitar K mount SLRs, but as for who made them, perhaps Cosina, perhaps someone else entirely.

I tried a new Vivitar version once in the shop and the K mount was so inaccurate that lenses would not lock into place reliably. Dreadful quality and even at half the price of an equivalent Pentax model, just not worth buying.