Brilliant! A fantastic evaluation, and it wasn't an easy one to do. Very well done to all, but especially to our winner, Galoot.

So, Galoot, you know what you have to do....we await your challenge!

We now await the Judgement with bated breath!

I think you got your tags a bit confused. First click into the message area to get a cursor flashing. Then hit the

You need to have the image somewhere on the web so you can lonk to it. Right click on the image, whewrever it is, copy the URL, then come back to here, use the Img tag then the URL then the Img* tag.

Voila! Well, that's the theory...

Personally I would use matric metering and set the auto exposure lock to the focus point (see the custom settings). If you also use the centre focusing spot only then it's a simple matter to focus, lock with a half pressure on the shutter release and then recompose before taking the shot.

I think this might well do the trick.

Welcome to the forum.

As there's no possible resolution to the discussion, time to rest it I think.

It's not unique to Pentax that items are not available.

Some Nikon lenses have taken over a year to arrive in the UK. Canon have had to recall batches of lenses that have proved to be faulty. Sigma have had their stock stolen twice, or at least some of it.

Tamron and Pentax have done deals on lens manufacture. So have Tokina and Pentax.

Somewhere there is the product Pete wants, but I'm not sure what was wrong with the Pentax flash. I used the same flash for a wedding recently and it was just fine.

We'd love to see some of the wedding photos Pete. You can see mine on my EPZ page - no need for any special permission, the bride and groom were delighted with their 15 minutes of fame.

Notwithstanding delays on new products, in which case patience is required with all manufacturers, I've never had a problem getting any Pentax stuff within a few days.

My usual suppliers are Jessops, SRS, Park Cameras, Pentax Club and others and between them the stuff is usually available.

I even found a Dental Macro Kit for someone just recently, thanks due to Chris at SRS. You don't get much rarer than that one.