The Pentax kit lens is not at all bad, so to really upgrade significantly I would still stick to the Pentax lens range.

Although not totally free from problems (what is?) if you look over these forums you will I think find far less problems with Pentax.

The 55-300mm looks attractive as a proposition and we may well end up going for that.

How close does it focus?

There were reviews of this when it was released that were very positive.

You should see the other images, she was happy to climb all over the rusty engines and a great time was had by all. What's a dress compared to getting the picture?

Fair enough, but a new post explaining that might be less confusing?

Well I'm glad to be able to correct the suggestion.

A couple of threads have been closed as, for a short while, there was a perceptible increase in the number of aggressive or argumentative posts/threads. When these went too far they were closed and it was as simple as that.

Right at the bottom of this page select Report Problem.

Interesting set of comments.

I'm sure we would all hope that a judge would want to and would actually judge. If they don't then they aren't really taking full advantage of the opportunity.

Having said that, there's no way to force people to judge or to stop them entering either, so we all rely on veryone's co-operation and willingness to have ago.

Nobody should judge the judge, so just go for it and put that comment under every image. Have a look at "JR's Competition" to see my example of how to go about it.

I can only speak for myself, but this assertion is incorrect. The site owners put no pressures whatsoever on the Moderator Team.

Speaking as a subscriber though I'm quite happy to get something extra for my money, just as I'm happy to pay to be an e2 member of EPZ and be able to post larger images.

Unfortunately in the case of the PU Gallery I havent had time to take advantage of the facility, so it's made no practical difference.

The best way is to make a report. Why send a PM with no subject though? When people send me an e-mail with no subject and I don't recognise their name then it gets deleted...