http://www.pentaximaging.com/files/manual/AF240FT.pdf

It's a terrible copy but should give you all you need.

Not surprising then that it's commonly believed that humans descend from apes. Some at least have good taste .

John,

I'm curious. Your wife's shot of the monkey + lens looks like it could have been staged in a studio. Excellent lighting. Was the background added in PP?

Speak to www.harrowtechnical.co.uk or www.asahiphoto.co.uk (might be .com endings).

I doubt you'll have any joy in Spain though Mike.

John,

My experience shows that not all odd looking auction transactions are bad. But still, I prefer to err on the side of caution. These scammers take advantage of a very common human trait, greed. I don't mean that in any malicious sense. Let's face it, who can resist a bargain when something we want comes up at a price we can afford? Just let your sensible head make the decision, not your lustful heart.

Using terms like greed and lust here might not be wholly appropriate, but it does make the point. I'm not wishing to offend anyone so feel free to substitute your own words.

This type of hijacked account scam has been going for some time, a few years to my knowledge. I always check the sellers other sales. If they are not related to the item I'm buying, I always pass on it. As you say, "If it looks too good to be true . . ."

I did have some luck about three years ago when a woman was selling 2 *istD cameras and lenses with each. One had the FA 100mm Macro. These were her first two sales and it looked a bit dodgy. I wasn't really surprised when Ebay closed her account assuming it was a scam and removed the two items from sale. Later, they appeared again under the same user name.

I did some checking with the seller and Ebay. It turned out that the cameras belonged to her deceased husband and the sales were genuine. Ebay satisfied themselves that the auctions were genuine and reinstated her account. Eventually, I got a *istD and the 100mm Macro lens, both of which I still have, for £400. A real bargain at the time and probably still would be today.

To cap it all, the lady seller delivered the kit in person to my house and included 2 X Sandisk Extreme III 2Gb CF cards and a Jessops aluminium CF card storage case. I was well chuffed, and still am.

Lovely shots, well done. We have cicada's in Spain too but I've never seen a green one. All those that I've seen here are brown, but just as noisy and equally ugly. Ours have mostly perished now as summer is just about gone.

Thanks for dropping by but, haven't we seen most of these before? I seem to recall having seen one or more of them before.

Whipsnade has good cat enclosures too.When I was last there in August 2007, the Cheetah enclosure was about to be redeveloped. The Lion and Tiger enclosures are already done.

Oh well, never mind. We tried . . .