One potentially serious problem, as mentioned, is the trigger voltage of the gun. If this is too high it can damage the electronics in modern cameras.

Flash units operate with very high voltages, so due care should be taken.

Don't forget that insurance companies are not there to be kind and supportive, they are there to fulfill their obligations only. They are not going to be paying out to see if something you have is damaged so they can then pay you money to replace it...

If it's damaged, you make a claim. If not, there is no claim.

I think you will find that suggesting you're not sure if it's damaged is pretty much the same as no damage being discernable, so no claim.

If this is an older flash then it might not be compatible because of polarity differences.

You really need a modern flashgun such as the Pentax ones or one of the alternatives on the market. I believe Metz are quite well thought of.

NT and EH manage different sorts of properties, so it's not really an either/or in that sense.

We are members of both and find that the best way to cover things when visiting a new area. Plus of course there are the old favourites to re-visit.

Hi Andrew

If that's the information you have gleaned from this, then I think the thread has done you a disservice.

Overall, the K-5 is a much better camera than the K10D, notwithstanding a bit of nostalgia and maybe a point about ISO100 images. Although it's not something I ever really noticed.

There won't be a voting system, so don't worry about it. Some problems have been identified with voting that are unlikely to be solvable.

First, there's no mechanism for this to be done automatically. Second, if there are very few entries then there would likely be few votes and no clear winner. Third, if there are lots if entrius, making a poll would be very time consuming. Fourth, this would introduce a delay and take time off the one month allocation for making the images.

Those who do not want to judge could always ask someone else to do so, but it does defeat the purpose.

Try to avoid making this too complex because at the moment very few people enter the fortnightly, so the major objective should be to be more incluseve, make it easier and to stimulate our photography by making us go out and shoot something.

If people like it they will join in.

Open to all members.

We will make sure there's no glitch in the system in due course, but a few minutes is the most that should be expected. If this wasn't the case, someone could change their image in the light of something better having come along and that would hardly be a fair competition tactic.

I don't think anything is ever planned but not done because of the fear it might not work. The current fortnightly isn't working spectacularly well, so what is there to lose? In any event, that could even continue when the monthly one starts, although that seems unlikely.

It seems a bold effort and I'll post the initial guidelines soon, with full credit to Barrie of course who has done all the detailed thinking.

In the meantime, please support the currrent weekly and fortnightly competitions!

To answer Frankie, you would need to be very quick to replace an entry in the Gallery. Once it's there. it's there.