There are some good Podcasts for Lightroom about, and free too.

Thanks. I was looking under K20D

A SMC Pentax-FA* 200mm Macro would be top of my list.

I can't see it with that link.

Thus propagating the rumour.

On the K20D you can change the file naming. I suggest you change the P in _IGPnnnn to a 1. When it clocks over again, change it to a 2, etc., etc.

If you had the DA* 55mm Mike, would you take it out in the rain?

Go for the body upgrade. Camera that is

These are known as Periodical Cicadas and it's 13 or 17 years.

Most Cicadas live underground for many years but not all species are synchronised in their emergence like the Periodical Cicadas. This behaviour is apparently to avoid clashes with a predatory wasp.

The following text is copied from Wikipedia:-

There are seven recognized species. Three species have a 17-year cycle:

* Magicicada cassini (Linnaeus, 1758 )
* Magicicada septendecim (Fisher)
* Magicicada septendecula (Alexander and Moore, 1962)

Four more species follow a 13-year cycle:

* Magicicada neotredecim (Marshall and Cooley, 2000)
* Magicicada tredecim (Walsh and Riley, 1868 )
* Magicicada tredecassini (Alexander and Moore, 1962)
* Magicicada tredecula (Alexander and Moore, 1962)

Generally, the 17-year cicadas are distributed more in the northern states of the eastern United States, while the 13-year cicadas occur in the southern states.

Why so much hysteria surrounding Cicadas? They are perfectly harmless assuming you ignore the fact that the noise they make is relentless and will drive you mental.

We have them here in the summer. All summer, every day, from sunrise to sunset. When they stop making their racket, the crickets take over.

Sticky, wet, but it is a Pentax product. My personal preference is actually the Arctic Butterfly from Visible Dust. Works every time for me . . . so far.