It looks well though Richard. Emiliarts would probably ask £50 for that on ebay. Glad you didn't try this with any of the products Reuben mentioned...

It's obviously broken, and worthless. Don't worry though, i'll give you fifty quid for it

I use hoya skylights and uvs on most of my lenses because I am a bit paranoid about what happens when I forget to replace the lens cap when switching lenses in a hurry or if it comes loose in my bag, as some of then seem determined to do. I haven't noticed any issues from doing this. But the DA16-45 is the exception - the large hood, I feel, is enough added protection. None of the others have hoods (apart from the pull-out one on the 135).

Did you try it in av mode? Suspect you can't set a 60sec exposure manually, but the camera can be 'tricked' into doing it. Try it with the lens cap on. I might well be wrong!

It was Leamington. Stefan, we were specifically taking about DSLRs - I doubt he was a Pentax expert but you might expect him to know about upcoming models he was going to be selling in his shop!

Went to LCE this afternoon to have a peek at the K-7 and K-x. Both very desirable cameras! I asked the salesman about rumours of a k7 with the new sensor they are using in the K.x. He said the only new Pentax he was aware of was something BELOW the K-x.

That's very interesting. Would be useful to see 100% crops from before and after the update.

One of my friends who owns a Canon semi pro DSLR was envious of the fact my k200d supports wireless flash, whereas only the top of the range canons did unless you purchased a wireless flash adapter. This is an example of how Pentax tries to bring pro features into the range of the amateur enthusiast, and that is probably the core brand value, rather than creating a genuine pro system. I'm comfortable with that, and knowing some pros use Pentax is nice, but not essential to my decision to stick with Pentax. Of course, the upcoming 645d will be 'pro' through and through!

Look out for smc-a 28 and 50mm primes. Not only are they nice, they are rock solid investments if you buy at the right price! If you do find yourself with a bit more money, the 16-45mm is the best bang for your buck upgrade lens, I upgraded a couple of months ago and absolutely love it.

I can sympathise with you fully, similar thing happened to me last year. I wasn't so lucky, my whole bag got nicked with my dslr and two film bodies. So I am glad you got away lightly in terms of what was stolen, although I can imagine what you must be going through especially with with a wife and kids in the house.