My cheap little Sony Erricson phone shows em all too! They look lighter on my iMac screen though.

I did. No sign of the earthquake though!

Here's a graph showing the K-7 price curve (Holland). It might foreshadow what you might expect with the K-5.




Am I channelling Stefan....

VLC seems to handle anything thrown at it, it'll even mend broken / corrupted files. And best of all, the program icon dons a little santa's hat during the festive period!

A tough underwater S95 or LX5 would indeed be marvellous. It would be the ultimate adventurer's second camera for places even the K-7 couldn't go

Or something I could use on my annual half-hour's snorkelling expedition!

Fabulous photostream. I think you're right in that it won't be an issue with AF on centre point. You'll still get the green hexagon focus confirmation in the viewfinder. What a bargain - go for it!

Edit: Although I just noticed you already have a K200D. I would be less sure about switching from that model. I thought you were upgrading from a compact...

Set off early for work anticipating watching the solar eclipse. Sun failed to make an appearance despite promisingly golden backlit clouds. Still late for work

There was an account of a black bear attack on tonight's show - the bear was successfully fought off though. The guy made the mistake of trying to run away, which must have triggered an attack response. The bear was shot later, and found to be severely emaciated.

It was mentioned that there was approximately 1 bear per 1.5 sq. miles in those woods.

Tim Treadwell was killed (along with his girlfriend) by a grizzly. If you saw the movie by Werner Herzog (download it now, it's great) you'd see the ridiculous risks he took. The guy had major issues. These black bears seem to be a different beast altogether, and seem to have been excessively demonised, although of course you treat any wild animal with respect. I think i'd be at least as scared of a stray rottweiler as one of them, and would probably try to react in a similar way.

A similar documentary on black bears last year showed these bears to be pretty benign creatures, a shame this programme seems to be making them out to be fearsome (so far)...