It's Infinitely Improbable that there should be two burglaries...Must be aliens.

It sounds very much like Eric Fishwick's place was in Haydock. But they couldn't make it pay and I think they diasappeared in the late 1980s.

I wouldn't wish for Jessops to bite the dust, why wish all those people out of work? Jessops have been offering some fantastic DSLR deals, including Pentax, for some time. They also frequently run "any price in this magazine matched" offers. You just have to buy the magazine and follow the instructions.

If they can turn things around, we will all be better off for that. Which other high street store could take their place in so many locations?

And a warm welcome to the forum!

How come you use many different screens? I only ever do my PS work on one screen and everything is set up to maintain that consistency.

Perhaps you could concentrate on one PC set up and see an improvement as a result?

Talking about sharpening, either the camera or the PC are doing this. The camera does not have the computing power of the PC, which is why sharpening is best done in Photoshop (or alternative) and is always done last.

The results from this process should be superior and i wouldn't really want Pentax to change that, at least not while CCDs perform as they do today.

Of course there is always tomorrow...

I was reading an old Internet book and came across the concept of Gopher, as far as I can see the precursor to the World Wide Web. Veronica was one way to browse it, although modern web browsers can often handle it too.

It may still exist to some extent. Anyone have any recollection of Gopher?

Nice images, well done.

People who bought Pentax, Nikon, Canon, Leica, etc. 35mm SLR film cameras are still in the game. Where are those who bought Rollei, Mamiya, Prinzflex, Miranda, Chinon....the list is long.

Also, don't forget that Samsung cameras are Pentax this year, but next year they may be sourced elesewhere. Samsung don't make them, so when the contract is up for renewal anything could happen.

Don't worry about the lens forum issue - we can cope...

The SMC Pentax-FA 24-90mm is a professional quality lens, but it is indeed a variable aperture.

On digital, because of the 1.5x crop factor with the APS-C sized CCD, the SMC Pentax-DA 16-45mm f4 is the standard zoom of choice and this has a constant aperture. It will not cover 35mm frame, but actually does at most focal length settings remarkably well. Think of it as a digital-only lens though.

For something wider the SMC Pentax-DA 12-24mm f4 is superb. For something longer the SMC Pentax-DA 50-200mm is very low priced but excellent, although we have a variable aperture again.

So for digital the choices are well defined. Also, all the AF film lenses (F, FA) are useable and some of them will be superb on digital. We use the 100mm f2.8 FA Macro lens and get very nice results.

The digital route is a very exciting one, and if you take this then you may rarely look at film again. You don't need to do lots of computer work if you don't want to, but it will pay dividends to invest some time in that to get the best results.