How much wood would a wood chopper chop if a wood chopper would chop wood?

: How can you have an off topic topic :. If every post is off topic, and the topic title is "off topic", it's gotta be on topic . . . I think.

Cold here too. Our local mountain is about a mile high and the top 25% has had snow cover for the last couple of days.

Northern European's and Canadians, look away now. Don't read the next bit.

Warming up nicely in the daytime though, 16 degrees C and clear blue sky today.

If you are travelling on the E15 to/from Murcia you're welcome to drop by for a coffee. I live about 10 minutes drive from the junction of the E15 and MU502 towards Aledo.

1: It was their mistake.
2: You've done nothing wrong as far as I know.
3: You got a good deal.
4: Tell 'em no thanks, you'll keep what you have, unless . . .

. . . you need that receipt to make a warranty or insurance claim.

Chris of SRS delivered my K10D and AF540FGZ to Spain, and some other bits and pieces. The only drawback was that my K10D had a 10 day holiday in Madrid before it was sent on its way by the Correos. Not SRS's fault, and the whole package is insured anyway. No real problems at all.

Whereabouts in Spain are you? Perhaps update your profile with your location.

Shop around, also consider the Samsung badged 50-200mm, they are the same lens. I bought my Samsung 50-200mm, brand new about 6 months ago for much, much less than £160.

SRS Microsystems have it for £85 with free delivery to forum members.

They also have the K20D for £679 & £100 cashback. As they are a Pentax Pro Centre, you'll get 2 years warranty too.

1Tb Western Digital Mybook is my (latest) choice. I use it to backup a 1Tb Netgear ReadyNAS NV+ system.

The K20D is not the best Pentax DSLR to use for IR images due to it's built-in IR filter.

Canon produced a 20Da model specifically for astrophotography. The normal IR filter which sits in front of the sensor is replaced with, near as dammit, plain glass to show the predominant red coloured clouds around various nebulae.

The *istD and possibly other older Pentax models have an IR filter which lets a bit more of the red end of the spectrum through to the sensor making them better, but still not ideal, for IR work.

Long exposures of several seconds are necessary, even with the *istD, unless you pay around £200 for a modification which replaces the sensor's IR filter with plain glass.

Once modified, the camera is next to useless for anything other than IR or astrophotography.

I very much doubt it.