It's a tripod spacer. Some very wide diameter lenses may foul the tripod mount so the focusing ring cannot be moved. This spacer allows a bit of extra room. It is used between the camera and the tripod, the hole is for the tripod screw to go through.

An HDMI cable would be better - the Dell came with the cable included so you might not need to buy an extra one.

I shall move this to Classified Ads, as you seem to be selling it.

What price did you have in mind? Will you split the items?

OK, but let's call it quite on the politics now.

No politics please guys, we digress from Aura Todd's question.

I either take a chance that the camera will be OK (it can stand to be dropped or crushed) or I find some way to tape it to the door. No spin cycle or drying cycle though. And no detergent either - it might be abrasive on the lens.

We have just taken delivery of the £40.88 Chinese adapter, which has been whisked away again as I'm told Santa Claus has to redeliver it on 25th December. An amazing duplication of effort if you ask me.

A quick check made sure it was OK, so no comments on optical quality yet, but I can say something about its physical quality.

The finish is excellent, the brass Q fit side fits like silk, just like a Pentax bayonet would. The steel K mount side is OK, not as good as a Pentax bayonet, but on a par with Tokina and others. Not too tight a fit, but not quite as silky as Pentax. The lens release button is basic but sound. A substantial tripod socket is fitted.

Worth the money, without a doubt, and turns a 100mm Macro into a very impressive 550mm-equivalent Macro lens. Let's not rehash the technicalities of that!

Report to follow properly after 25th December. Hang on, that might be the sledge collecting at the door now.....

The camera was just fine. I left it overnight to dry so that no water could drip past the seals when I opened the card chamber.

I think I'll try the washing machine next, but the vacuum cleaner? I'll think about that....

In the Gallery (top menu) it's best to keep to 100px or so and a reasonable file size (up to 400K) just to speed up loading and also to stop the forum software resizing the image too much. This has not changed.

In the forum 800px on the longest size is what it will end up, so close to that is best. It will handle 1000px if you upload directly into the forum, with minimal quality loss, but if you link 800px is probably still best.