John - I bought my wife a Q for her Xmas, but she's only ever used it outdoors in daylight, so it's good to see the quality it can produce indoors. BTW: you look lovely with a flower in your hair, but I don't remember FV & T4S being "big" during the Summer Of Love!!

Actually, having seen this photo, I must say that never having met you personally, your avatar here comes across to me (and perhaps others too) as being a sort of "authority-figure", but in this shot, you are much more relaxed. Not intended as a "put-down" by the way - more of a personal observation! And incidentally, in the above shot, you bear a remarkable resemblance to Pete Waterman, the record producer.

All in all, it seems you all had a great evening (somebody's was even better, judging by the empty wine goblet!! ). I also notice that there's a Pentax-branded Q bag sitting on the table-top. It needs airbrushed out of the shot in the event that if you don't, and my wife spies it, yours truly is gonna be a few quid poorer!!

My very first Pentax was a k1000. I tried holding the likes of Yashika, Nikon, and an Olympus. None of them felt "natural" in my hands. Pentax did.

Can you be a bit more specific??

Don't knock it, Nigel!! Rumour has it that if it wasn't for Smeggy, David Dickinson and Dale Winton would never made our tv screens!! As for TOWIE.... Well, that's anybody's guess!

Being "Thai" skin tones, it looks a little "false".. I reckon if the shot was taken with perhaps 1/2 to 2/3 stops slower, the skin tones would be pretty much "spot on".

Although there was a bit of lipstick involved, the lips in the above are too red.

Hook the camera up to the pc. Browse to it via the control panel, then look to see what's on the MASS STORAGE DEVICE (it might actually name your camera, but at this stage, it's "seeing" it as another hard drive). It's possible that the photos (well, some anyway!) were saved to the camera's internal memory. This being the case, import as you normally would to your pc's photos folder.

Also - I just had a wee thought... What position is the sd card's lock switch on the upper left-side in? Is there a chance that you inadvertently locked the card prior to inserting it in the camera yesterday??

I've done a bit of work to this shot, but I've tried not to lose the texture and tone of the skin. The background is quite sunny - does anybody think that perhaps I should edit in an overhanging tree branch, to suggest shade in the shot?

As for the hair - I've got a hold of a tablet and pen, so I will draw the hair back in as best I can when I'm feeling up to the task!

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, folks!! You have all been fantastic so far!

Do the contacts on the card look a bit grotty?.. If so, a wee drop of isopropyl alcohol (or vodka) on a cotton bud should shift the muck. Otherwise, all I can think of is that either the contacts inside the camera are dirty, or they are no longer touching the contacts on the card. If other cards are okay, then try holding the camera so that the card slot is pointing to the floor, then scoosh a puff of air into the card slot using a blower brush. Other than that, it might be a wee trip to the camera hospital!!

@ Alexfoto - there's no guarantee this'll work, but whilst you are waiting for the Linux version of this program, try running RUN AS DATE. Simply follow the instructions on their link website, and you may be able to get round the trial period expiry.

Note to Win8 users - Win8 is having none of it, unless you allow it past the UAC (User Account Control).

I tried to download and install it, and Mr Gates' "beast from Hell" decided to block it "to protect my computer"...

Now, if the program was called something like PORNSPAMVIRUS, I could understand it, but is Microsoft really that scared of freeware??