So if I told you Clarrie had wreaked havoc at Home Farm, thanks to eddie's undercooked sausage which had given her a gippy tummy, it'd mean nothing to you? Perhaps unlike f1, there are some things you're better off without

It is worth it particularly on the high iso and dynamic range front. But I suppose you have to ask yourself how much these things are limiting your photography at present, and what new body Pentax might bring out next. And then you need to think about the cost. If you tend to shoot on sunny days and don't do any post processing, it might not be worth it, although there still would be some improvement. If you shoot low light and like to play around with lightening shadow areas etc, it probably would be worthwhile. The improvements in speed and focusing are far less dramatic than the new sensor as far as I can tell.

I listen to the World Service every night (nearly). It tends to be quite 'worthy' but there's some interesting stuff, and it's slightly geared towards developing countries, which is laudable. I quite like 'The Forum' which is one of the programmes made specifically for the World Service rather than nicked from Radio 4.

The important role for the World Service is to provide 'real news' to people in countries with poor or propadanda-filled news and media, and where MW radio is more accessible than the internet.

I don't know how relevant the Now Show would be abroad. Ex pats can get it online as you say. As for the Archers, we could use it to drive out hostile regimes, by broadcasting at them 24/7...!

Not for long, unfortunately. Soon license payers will be moaning about their license fees going on stuff for people overseas, and it'll get cut back so we can have more episodes of Celebrity Snog, Marry, Avoid and big budget Holby City specials.

Oh dear, here come all the glaringly obvious puns...

The crop of no. 3 works really well, and the colours are more realistic than no.1. I would pull back on the vignetting though. I'm all for a subtle vignette effect but this is a bit too dark for me. It looks quite good cropped so that the horizon is halfway too - making it a letterbox format panorama.

Usual place for discussion...

If you prefer automation, perhaps you would be better off with a p&s as you say. But most of up prefer having control, and that includes using RAW to create that image we saw in our head when we took the picture.

Don't hold back Robin. Say what you really feel!

Well, the adverts are quite interesting... I flip straight to the Mr Cad second hand listings etc, unless there's a 'controversial' test to pore over.

Nice shots. I love the sense of speed in no. 7.