You're unlikely to have SDM failure as there was a design tweak that meant lenses from the past several years will be fine. Unfortunately, once a problem is highlighted it never goes away on the internet.

Atherton and District Amateur Photographic Society. That's quite a mouthful, so you can see why we generally refer to ADAPS!

Hi David

There are two distinct types of competition. The first is the Quarterly, which is judged by the Editorial Team. Winners and runners up are published, but there is no feedback.

The second type offers feedback by the judge. Look at the menu bar and go to Gallery>Competitions.

The Weekly has been running for over 400 weeks now. The judge chooses a winner and also provides feedback. The winner sets and judges the next week's competition, and so on. Images can be any age.

The Monthly is similar, but entries must be shot specially during the month of the competition. In this way, challenges are set.

In the forums you'll find a Competitions section, and this is where competitions are discussed. I'm moving this thread there now.

Hope that helps!

Thanks for the comments Nigel.

Kris, yes still using Blurb. The quality is a step up from the local printers, although the price may be a little higher it's worth the extra. We usually do ImageWrap hardcovers.

Thanks, Pentax getting two camera awards is pretty good. They are also listing the K-S2 as advanced.

This time around I've used my own image on the cover of the ADAPS Year Book. Although there were plenty of great shots to choose from, they were pretty much all too busy to be able to read any text properly.

The nearest one was member Andy Butler's image, but I felt the background was too bright and overwhelmed the subject.



Image by Andy Butler

Lat year the image was clear 12 months in advance and as soon as I saw it this was going to be the cover:



Image by Neil Higham

It's an enjoyable task putting the yearbook together but I'm always glad when physical copies start to arrive and it looks as good in print as on the screen.

It got a bit tedious to be honest, flippant yes, and not very methodical in approach either.

The product shots were not mine, so I can't comment on those, but the rest was.

Reviews demand some cons, and the only cons really relate to the camera being from the lower cost plastic bodies range rather than the higher priced magnesium alloy range. As far as the camera goes, it's absolutely fine for its purpose , as described. If you want the features that are extra, then the K-3 is the camera, otherwise the KS-2 is my choice for sure.

I am very tempted to buy two for our general use, but the K-5 bodies we have are worth next to nothing and have masses of life left in them.

I've just reviewed the K-S2
http://www.ephotozine.com/article/pentax-k-s2-dslr-review-27269

No 3 is stupendous!