What might be more interesting to some is the K20D price from Simply Electronics. In stock (apparantly), and free delivery for £489.95.

The name circular polariser has nothing to do with its shape. There are circular and linear polarisers and the former is said to be best for AF systems. The results are very similar.

I've never seen a circular or linear polariser that is not round in shape, but apparently there are square/rectangular ones available.

I have no personal experience of the Jessops flash but as far as I know, none of them is P-TTL capable, they are TTL flashes.

The only Pentax DSLR's that are TTL (and P-TTL) enabled are the *istD and *istDS.

None of the newer Pentax DSLR's (including the K10D and K20D) supports TTL flash metering, only P-TTL.

If you were told by the store that a TTL only flash would be fully compatible with a K10D, you were misinformed. All third party Pentax dedicated flashes can of course be used in manual mode, including Jessops products.

Having re-read my own post, the trip to the vet's might appear cold and heartless. It was actually a heartbreaking decision to make and it ruined our holiday. The whole family loved him and he'd never exhibited such behaviour towards humans before, other than what I've described above.

He could only ever be walked on a lead though, even through woodland. If he came across another animal with four legs, all hell broke lose. But another dog can usually defend itself by either running away, being very submissive, or standing firm and having a go. A child can do none of these things.

The above link doesn't seem to work. Here is another.

Mine's a Barmah and they are surprisingly cool in the spanish sunshine. For the brits reading this, sunshine is derived from that big yellow ball in the sky. You may remember it being talked about in your schooldays.

My Pentax upgrade path (the cameras I've actually used) has been Super-A > MZ-S > *istDS > *istD > K10D > K20D and I've not regretted any of them.

I've had 2 x *istDS's, 5 x *istD's, and I still have a K10D and 2 x K20D's. I will not be upgrading to the K-7 for the foreseeable future due to a: it's high price, and b: the reported quality issues.

Is that for PC, Mac, or both?

You have a PM.

If you were in Europe or USA I'd say that it would be cheaper to replace than repair. Black 'gaffer' or duct tape would seem the best option, but even that dries out eventually.

I think you are right in thinking the bellows are made of a paper product and I suspect that the break is due to wear rather than drying out.

I doubt any liquid substance would help, but a wax based product might. Something like 'Dubbin' (we used to use it on leather football boots for waterproofing or Barbour wax for waterproofing their jackets.

Just an idea, if it doesn't work, don't hold me responsible.

The last dog of mine that looked like that actually followed it up and bit me. I'd given him the benefit of the doubt a few months before when he bit me for the first time and I was playing a bit rough with him.

The second time we were on holiday and his attack was entirely unprovoked, except he wanted to come shopping with us, and he wasn't allowed. He jumped in to the back of my Mazda 626 eatate car and when I went to get him out, he leapt at me and pinned me up against the side of our caravan.

Within 30 minutes he was in the vet's and on his way to that big kennel in the sky. I couldn't risk having such an unpredictable dog around my then two young son's, one of which was actually about the age of the child in your photo.

That's him in my avatar, Keri. An otherwise brilliant dog but he got a very high opinion of himself. We'd had him about 6 years.

And thoughton is quite right, ears back and teeth barred, means 'one sudden move and I'll have you'. It is most definitely not smiling.

If this is not a trained stunt animal, please be careful with dogs that display this behaviour. One day you may push them just that little bit too far and come to regret it. Sometimes, just direct eye contact can trigger this behaviour with a dog that's having an 'off' day.

I trained dogs for about 12 years and worked with RAF dog handlers. I've seen this expression plenty of times and it most often ends in grief.