I thought that too, Smeggy... But, How Can I Be Sure, In A World That's Constantly Changing?"

Glad to hear you noticed a marked improvement in the K-5 II's quality, Gary!! Do me a favour though - next time, please take along something that improves the quality of Justin Beiber's voice as well!

Never having held a K5 in my hands, I honestly don't know if I'd personally benefit from the extra bells and whistles it has over the Kr (which I do own). I don't even know if my level of "competence" with a higher-spec camera would be beneficial to me, so I suppose the Kr suits my own "comfort-zone". Like Col55555ine says, it's easier to upgrade, than to downgrade, what with "missing" features of the Kr to what you are used to seeing in the K5.

Does that make any sense to you??...

No - me neither!!

I don't have learning difficulties - in fact, I got nicknamed "the professor" at school! Even now, if I'm interested in a subject, I love to "scratch below the surface", always asking why a thing is as it is, etc.

In 2002, I was involved in a serious car accident - one that almost ended my life. I suffered from severe anxiety, through to the most deepest, darkest thoughts (I'm talking suicide here), and found that I had to keep switching medication in order to cope. I was so bad, I was also drinking copious amounts of alcohol along with the depression (not a good thing to do, I know!!), but thankfully the one thing that I found extremely therapeutic was to pick up my camera, and head off somewhere, whether here in the UK, or overseas (I used to do a lot of travelling in my job). My photographic skills(?) are next to zero, but as long as I get a sense of "inner-being" from what I'm doing with a camera in my hand, I don't really think about what others think about my photos.

When I was much younger (early teen years), my dad had a severe stroke that left him paralysed, and I had to help with things such as dressing him, and at the earliest stages of his stroke, wipe his backside (literally) for him, so I totally empathise with the caring profession. It's from this experience that I learned to try not to judge people by their perceived disabilities, but to try to make them feel part of wider society.

All I'm trying to say to you is: If what you are doing makes you happy, then who are others to knock your efforts? The best judge of your abilities and shortcomings is yourself!

Good luck, and keep your chin up, Louise!!

I use Nero Back It Up 4.

The problem with the "open with" command is that you will have to do this each time you want to open up that particular file type in a particular program. By using my suggested method, it is pre-set, and should the OP of this thread want to open up these file types on an ad-hoc basis, then your suggestion would be valid, Gamka.

Before you perform a system rollback (restore), try changing the FILE TYPES ASSOCIATIONS. In Win7/Win8, open up the CONTROL PANEL, then look for DEFAULT PROGRAMS. Open up DEFAULT PROGRAMS, then click on the link entitled ASSOCIATE A FILE TYPE OR PROTOCOL WITH A PROGRAM. Browse through the list of file types, and once you arrive at [.PEF] in the list, click on this until highlighted within the list. You should now see a button on the top-right of this dialog screen, called CHANGE PROGRAM. Click this, and you will be offered a list of possible programs that can open these file types. If Adobe PSE is not in the immediate list, simply click the link at the bottom, marked MORE OPTIONS. You should now (hopefully) see Adobe PSE in that list. Simply click on Adobe PSE, and the computer will begin the process of associating .pef's to that program.

Daniel - I dunno how Smeggy did it, but I think it can be achieved with Microsoft Photoaynth, or something similar.

All the best, Andrew!!

Smeggy - I done a pano about 2 years ago, and got it published to the following sites:

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The purpose of both sites is so that folk with 2, 3, and even 4-monitor setups on their computer systems have one continuous image across the monitors. Maybe this is something else you may be interested in?

Ralph - quite simply the better quality mike will offer better quality sound. A few years ago, I managed to get my hands on a Sony digital microphone for my Minidisc recorder (yes - I was that person that thought it was the bees knees!!), and done a comparison test with an old analogue mike. The difference was night and day! Thankfully, I got the digital mike on the cheap, as Sony was one of our customers. As it stood at that time, there's no way I would have parted with around £200 (RRP) for it. By the sounds (no pun intended! ) of it, the Zoom Hi is what you should go for - although it's entirely your choice.