I'd go along with the principle George raises - other people's work is generally not ours to take and modify or copy as we will.

One of the unfortunate things is that people can be very selective about their defence of copyright though. I have known people who are paranoid about the copyright on their holiday snaps, but see nothing wrong in downloading music and/or films from suspect internet sites.

These things need thinking through sometimes.

Have you checked the fuse in the plug and the trip switch at the main board?

Also, worth checking that the power lead has not become loose where it is plugged into the printer.

I think the difference is that corporate identity was involved, just like the battle between Apple and Apple.

If the price is right for you I'd go for the K-5, with its improved low light capability and slightly higher resolution.

It isn't so much that 50mm lenses are better or worse (apart from the cheap ones of course) but more that they are different.

Having their own characteristics, one type may well be preferred by a particular photographer for a particular purpose, for example, maybe for portraits. As I've mentioned before, careers were made with cheap 50mm lenses, the prime example being David Hamilton.

Not really a Leads to Deals, but I'll shift it to general Chat for you. There's very little in here that's for Pentax Users and we don't normally link to auctions.

No stereo photography, but Sue and I went to Mere Sands Wood and Martin Mere yesterday. A couple of images from the 18-135mm are now in the PU gallery and more will follow, plus more on ePHOTOzine of course.

Both lenses are fine, focus quickly and silently and perform exactly as expected. At £299, a real bargain and a very useful general purpose range. The close focusing is a bonus - not a macro, but still usefully close.

In a world without batteries, there are lots of manual shutter SLRs, including plenty of Pentax models, that use that quaint old-fashioned thing called film.....

In an even more primitive world, we can coat our own home-made emulsions, but it might be easier to use glass plates if we do that.

If you ask a question, bearing in mind it's a Pentax User site and should have some relevance to Pentax Users, then someone will answer, but nobody can offer an opinion on some aspects. For example, "is this a good buy?" is OK as a generic question, but no-one has seen the actual item so no judgement can be made on an individual seller's item. Having said that, there are often clues in the pictures and description offered.

It's also true that in general not everyone likes eBay auctions to be highlighted to everyone. It puts the price up and stops people getting the odd bargain here and there. Posts saying some gem seems to have been missed make the one person who might have noticed a bit disppointed...even miffed.

Questions in the example you've quoted might be better phrased as whether one type of tripod is better that the other. The auctions themselves don't even need to come into it.

One answer is to use an additional modelling light via a bracket holding a small low powered flashgun. This will add a small amount of shadow and some nice highlights.