Martin, I agree with you absolutely.

It just needs explaining, especially for the benefit of new forum members.

There are many different kinds of bridges, so this is an interesting subject. There are man made bridges but also the bridges made by different people reaching out to one another.

I wonder how much lateral thinking will appear in this one.

Judging "new-style" is actually easier than before because the picture is right there without scrolling and you can put the comments underneath it.

However, it does take a bit of time and anyone who enters the competitions should really be prepared to win and prepared to do the task of judging. Just to be fair to everyone who puts the effort in.

It's only been a problem recently, so I'll be posting some new guidlines soon, but first we have to check out any alterations to the gallery so that we all know what to do.

Moves are afoot to make it work, please be patient and see what happens next.

The most cost effective solution IMHO would be to buy the SMC Pentax-DA 50-200mm and use that alongside the 18-55mm kit lens and the Sigma 10-20mm. The other lenses could be sold.

Your requirements seem confused so this could be a very expensive exercise as you buy things, find them unsuitable and then buy others.

After you have sold the unwanted lenses, this course of action would have cost you nothing and could well fit the bill anyway.

That was me as I wanted to make sure all our comments were preserved accurately in this thread. If anything got changed then it could be very misleading.

Excellent image that fitted the theme very well.

Not very good at all. At distances such as even at f4.5 there should be enough DOF to cover any slight error, but this is just not sharp at all.

I'd chuck it back from whence it came and order a Pentax one. I know you'd expect me to say that, but it's issues like this over the years that have led me to the conclusion that I only buy Pentax. It is cheaper in the long run.

Please don't misunderstand, it's just that an answer one way or another could change the nature of the thread I I wanted the opinions of the membership, not me. I know what my opinion is and that has been stated elsewhere.

Pete is away at the moment but he will be back very shortly and will be able to read this thread then.

I didn't think anyone was piling any acrimony on me, by the way. It's not a problem - if I seek opinions as here, I really mean it!

Sorry for deferring my reply to a couple of points directed at me when courtesy demands otherwise, but I don't want to influence this thread in any way.