Cheers to you, Vic!

Yeah, I remember oil-dripping Triumphs in the Marlon Brando days.

I've still got some 78's as well - one of my hobbies is trying to keep an old Fleetwood record player functioning and finding stylii!

Maybe it's time I got born again? Can't hurt! Right?

Has anyone got news regarding our friends in OZ?

I'm getting a little worried at not hearing from Clarky.

[Cheers[/quote]Still live in the old dog yet then.[/quote]Tel,

Yup! Might even learn a few new tricks - might even REMEMBER them

I was born in 1944 and remember the post war years, the advent of EVERYTHING - TV, Hi Fi, Stereo, Tape Recorders, electric guitars, Rock and Roll, video tape, computers (worked on Univac), transistors, LP and 45RPM records, cordless - cellular phones, film faster than 64ASA, SLR's, video games (yes, Pong), CD's, DVD's, computer core assemblies to memory, DNA testing, Sputnik, the Space Race, Mini Skirts, Peace, Love, the British Invasion, Bob Dylan, my '68 MGB, and everything else.

There will be even more and greater developments in the next 6 decades, but nothing as obvious or fun as what I've enjoyed.

It has been a great ride and I wouldn't trade it for the world.

If you don't want to do the math - I go on pension this year - if there's anything left

Cheers

John,

PM sent,

Cheers,

Mac

Well deserved, Mark.

3 marvelous photographs. I've always been stunned by the sailboat shot.

Congrats!

Welcome Annette!

Yes, like you I spent years as a lonely Pentaxian before discovering this site.

I believe that, along with all the warranties, manuals, CDs and other stuff we get with our cameras, Pentax should include directions to this forum.

Now, I yield the floor to the experts.

(Hi again.....)

We have an Optio 60, which is not so compact by today's standards and it gets jammed into all sorts of bags, purses, pockets, glove compartments etc.

I keep thinking I should put on some protection, but every time I look at it, it's fine.

Pete's right, and these screens may be tougher than the makers of protection devices would have us believe.

If the camera was indeed cheap, just take reasonable care of it and try to find a little cloth bag to carry it in your pocket. Small scuffs and grease don't show when you are reviewing a shot -ie: when the screen is actually lit.

Ask your ladies - they usually have cosmetics that come in little velvet bags.

Stephan,

Welcome to the forum - I like the shot in your portfolio very much. Personally I haven't had any problems with vignetting at wide angle settings with my 18-55. Are we talking vignetting or uneven polarizing?
It is virtually impossible to get even coverage over the whole image with wide angle lenses due to the changing angle to the sun.
Can you post a shot as an example? (I've left a comment in your portfolio regarding your lovely picture).
The PRO1 is very thin (way thinner than my clunky Hoya's) and should pose no vignetting problems (where the rim of the filter gets into the corners of your shot).

Oh, we are talking Digital camera? Right? The lens itself at anything under 24mm vignettes like crazy. Worse with any filter.

Cheers

Chris,

Best of luck with this.

We'll be there in spirt from over the pond!

Cheers!