I had the same thing recently when I verified my bank account with Paypal, previously I had just registered my card and it was instantaneous.

Never been my experience. I often over the counter withdrawals at banks and all they've ever asked me for is my A/C no. and a signature! I don't know whether this is a good thing or not though

Is that 'long form' or 'short form'?

Muslims use soap and water Don - no need to despoil a kitten only to have it come back and lick your face

I'm sure we've all had that bathroom moment of horror realising there's no toilet paper and the only choices available (assuming there are no passing kittens) are to use our socks or 'go Al-Quaeda'.

As far as disposable digital cameras go, you can get an equally crappy but reusable one for about 20 quid so I don't think many people will be getting one of those...

To cut a long story short, A3 prints looked the same, but the Pentax and Nikon were slightly ahead of the Sony on IQ, and the K5 came out on top overall, for features and build.

Someone always starts a thread when AP are perceived as biased against Pentax, so I thought I'd post this for balance.

There's an interesting article in there about why ISO and correct exposure (at the time of shooting) are no longer relevant, too. The D7000 was used as an example of how you can just select the desired shutter speed and aperture and shoot at base ISO, correcting the exposure in PP - equally applicable to you K5 shooters.

It'll be perfectly fine - probably better than a K20d as it's better in low light and faster / bigger buffer.

I'll be controversial and say take the 12-24mm and the 77mm. And why not the 43mm in the other pocket. That way you can mop up the ultrawide shots and the candids that your uncle may well miss! You are not the primary tog so you can afford to fiddle with lenses a bit, but if you take too many it could detract from your enjoying the occasion.

Schoolboys in the corner is the standout shot for me, nice sense of scale. What a cool building.

If there will be further magazine editions available in the future, I will probably join (however that is not made clear).

After all when I joined PU originally, the magazine didn't appear on my doormat the second I paid my subscription. In fact it was a few months!

Back issues would be nice too, but there's no rush for that... there's no 'I need to read Spring 2002's PU Mag and I need to read it NOW!!!'

I would have thought a quality photo frame to suit the winning picture, with a small inscription affixed to it, would be better than a trophy (so vulgar).

The spectators make the shot in no.3 though! Makes the action seem very close to the viewers. I'm glad you included the panned shot, it's good.

Good point Ken! The question should have been "I ALWAYS use a UV/skylight filter".

As I think this is what the OP meant to ask, I've answered "no".