Ah-ha! I had noticed that there was some 'creep' in the actual WB when using fixed WB settings - very annoying when the whole point of the fixed settings should be consistency! Would be grateful if you could confirm how this can be turned off, John.

Don't hold your breath, Peter!

You'll have to ask Smeggy youself on the EU forum. I hadn't looked there for ages (last time I checked it was rolling tumbleweeds), but this little storm in a teacup got me checking it out since I know Smeggy is a member and could contact him there. Anyway, the place seems to have picked up considerably!

Banned.

Very crisp professional looking shots.

Don't worry, I'm sure many people have reacted a lot worse to being called a paedophile in front of their own kids. It does sound a bit strong, but we weren't there.

Mmmm, kind of. I've struggled with my 50/1.7 and 135/2.5 wide open, personally, although I love the effect when the focus is dead on. With some subjects the dof is narrower than appears through the viewfinder. Hard to describe. Resorting to magnified live view increases the keeper-rate from a focus point of view, but often the framing suffers when you can't see the whole image!

If they come near me and my camera, I will detonate my explosive photographer's vest.

+1. Immoderator might be a better job title!

Of my three batteries, the 7-day shop ones are definitely a little shabbier than the original Pentax one, in terms of the label. However I can confirm that the quality of the label does not appear to have an impact on performance, which is definitely in the same ball-park as the Pentax.

I'm torn on this issue. On the one hand, I want to help fellow Pentaxians save their hard earned £££. On the other hand, every original Pentax battery sold must represent a very healthy profit to Pentax, so is good for the brand!

If that was the case, I would understand Plod's reaction. Completely. Anyone actually found waving one of those around at an airshow deserves an extremely bumpy ride to the station in the back of a Police van. But there's no evidence that this guy was, so...