It does - in fact it even makes me eligible for the 'upgrade' price of future versions (I know this from Lightroom). It also allows for commercial use, whereas it didn't a few years ago.

That was my thinking: there's nothing I've particularly felt that I lack in the time I've been just using Lightroom with my K20D (2-and-a-bit years) so presumably my own photographic needs (or willingness to learn complicated image-processing ) don't need CS5. Just wanted to make sure there was no massively important feature I'd missed out on somehow before my discount eligibility expires. I might end up getting Elements since the content-aware healing tool seems quite capable even if it isn't quite the same as the one in Photoshop.

To cut a long story short I'll no longer be a student on October 1st, so I'm currently in a dilemma as to whether I should buy Photoshop at the student price before then. Could anyone who has both tell me what I'm missing compared to Lightroom? (purely for photographic use rather than the graphic-art side of PS)

Not sure how much weight to put on that site: the design of it looks dated and it certainly isn't compatible with any web standard written this century.

No, you put your username in the 'other comments' box on the checkout page

But not the same as a 70-200 (which every APS-C manufacturer makes except Pentax) on digital, which the vast majority of Pentaxians shoot.

According to the article her husband is Cory Doctorow, who knows a fair bit about copyright himself.

One clown in particular had a used FA77 (in mint condition mind you :roll listed for more than the SRS new price for about six months. Still on sale (for less) but for some reason nobody is taking the plunge

Since getting my DA35 I've used my DFA50 a lot less. It's a shame because it's a lovely lens. In fact of the two I'd say the 50 is definitely slightly sharper, wide open at least.

What sort of macro are you going to do with it? If it's for general close ups of stuff you see while out and about, then the DA35 would definitely be the better option. If it's for more traditional macro subjects (flowers etc.) 1:1 then the DFA50 or possibly something longer than that.

I've just noticed that you already have an A 50mm f1.7. That, in my opinion, weights the question slightly more towards the DA35: one of the plus points of the DFA50 is its utility for portraits as well as macro (it might 'only' be f2.8 but its bokeh is delicious). Since you already have a faster 50, you won't get that secondary benefit.

And then when the battery won't hold its charge Steve makes you throw the £1200 laptop in the bin and buy a new one. Whereas we Windows users just replace the battery

Other one to watch is "I don't really know about cameras, but to the best of my knowledge it's in full working order". This is on listings for things that people who "don't really know about cameras" might be expected to own: CZJ Flektogons, 50mm A 1.7s etc.