Excellent pictures (and band)! Like the audience interaction in shot 4.

Have you tried this for searching for your images on the web? https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tineye-reverse-image-search/

Not true... Windows XP is really good, don't confuse it with the travesty that is Vista. Macs are great but the interface and way the windows work needs to be much simpler and intuitive for my taste (as I have bleated on about previously).

I heard our secretary today telling a colleague that Snow Leopard will be arriving on Tuesday, followed by the Ram. For a minute I thought I was in a Narnia-like parallel universe, until I realised he was just upgrading his Mac-book.

Ryanair are fantastic... I'm quite willing to forego the extras you get on other airlines when the prices are hundreds of pounds less.... It's funny when people fly out to Spain for 20 quid and moan that the meal wasn't free etc.... lol

Trial running Ubuntu (running it from the CD) on my desktop PC... looks promising. It works well so I think it's going to go on the laptop soon! Strangely the fonts are different on Pentaxuser.... Times New Roman I think, and basic text in the comment box!

Great pics! I'm sure you'll be OK Smeggy. We're all exposed to asbestos to some degree, it's in the air. A bit worrying re kids playing in there for long periods though....

Very nice set! Great panning work on the plane, and I like the shot of the row of helicopter rotors.

No. 3 is absolutely superb! I'd crop a little off either side to make it a regular aspect crop.

Having downloaded and tried to watch AVHDC video from other brands, and 1080p footage, I'd call the motion jpeg format a bonus.

It's the only format that plays smoothly on my PC!

I would say that in a sector where, to be honest, ALL cameras take pretty much equally good pictures, and are well designed, video is becoming a differentiator between models. Therefore it seems to be given a slightly unfair prominence. The mere fact that the K-r takes K-mount lenses would more than cancel out any slight shortcoming in the video mode.

Very interesting and (apart from the first one) sharp shots. Crane drivers really do have nerves of steel... I'd be worried that I'd smoosh the ground crew to pate, and take out a couple of neighbouring buildings!

BTW I don't think the driving test is too easy or needs tightening up.

Strikes me the most dangerous drivers breeze through their test, then promptly start driving as if they're in Grand Theft Auto.

The test is very expensive and difficult for nervous drivers to get through, and these tend to end up making pretty cautious drivers who are unlikely to end up crashing into a tree or pedestrian.

Basics and road safety aside, the real learning process begins when you are out on your own, without the instructor... putting what you have learned into practice.