I store lenses on the shelving in the computer room. It's warm and dry and plenty of air circulates. There is not a huge amount of dust in here, but in any event both front and back caps are on each lens.

Nothing stupid about the question at all.

In software we set ppi (pixels per inch) and 300ppi is ideal. There is no point in going higher as our eyes can't resolve any more.

dpi (dots per inch) refers to how many dots of ink a printer lays down. The term is often used incorrectly, even sometimes in places where people should know better.

If you look through the lens against a bright light, fungus shows up as small spidery areas. It eats into coatings, but eventually etches the glass itself.

Fungus enjoys damp, dark surroundings, so a closed camera bag stored in a damp place would be ideal for its growth.

Lenses are best stored on open shelves, but not recently painted or varnished ones that are giving off lots of chemicals.

If you want feedback, the competitions on Pentax User that offer that are the weekly and monthly ones. The quarterly one is run like magazine competitions used to be - winners shown, but no correspondence entered into!

I'm Chairman of ADAPS, in Atherton near Manchester, and we've been looking for an overseas club who might like to have a "battle" competition via the internet or via exchanging CDs even.

This isn't the place to discuss that, but if you'd like to see if your club is interested then drop me an e-mail or PM and we can discuss it.

I was out judging again tonight, this time at Prestwich CC. A great bunch of people, and it struck me that there are plenty of good camera clubs out there. They really do help people to improve their photography, be it by competition or by simply seeing the work of others and talking to like minded photographers.

I know that sometimes camera clubs in general get a bad press, as do judges for that matter, but it's worth trying out more than one until you find the one that gels for you.

Pentax don't seem to overdo it like some makes do Nigel, but the MX-1 and WG series, and indeed the X-5 and similar bridge cameras, all will look sharper than the DSRs do. The Q seems similar to the DSLR output, but I do have it set on moderate settings.

Small sensor cameras are usually used in JPEG mode. Their output is more aggressively sharpened than a DSLR, so images will be bright, sharp and contrasty and make nice prints without any further user input.

There are plenty of compact Pentax lenses that would be ideal with, say, the K-S1 or new K-S2 and they don't seem bulky or heavy to me. The K10D is quite old and relatively heavy compared to current cameras, or even to the K-5 series.

I'm surprised that we think Pentax DSLRs are heavy. Compared to the SLRs we carried in the days of film, they are very light. Have we all become weaker?

A certain amount of weight is helpful though, because the lighter a camera is the harder it is to avoid camera shake. It's all a personal thing in the end and no doubt we would all balance the equation at a different point.