Welcome, Ray!!

Sounds like a registry corruption, or a broken.dll file. If you have the original disc to hand, firstly delete the existing version from your hard-drive, reboot, then do a fresh install. Once it's installed, immediately update it to V.4.35 - that way you avoid the corruption being carried through to the update.

Peter - see if this link works...

Hi, Malc - and welcome!! I don't think we have anything against Nikons, but we throw the occasional lynch-party for their owners - in the spirit of friendship of course!!

Don't worry about your skills (or lack thereof) with a camera - you'll find a lot of help here, although if the help is not almost instantaneous, it's just that Santa has all of us on contract as helpers. The Pentax User site is just a sideline for us all!!

If you want to reply in open comment, there's a white box marked "add a comment"... Just type in there!! If you are thinking more along the lines of a Private Message (PM), click the member's name to get their profile. There should be something there along the lines of "send message"...

Also, top-right, where your nick and member number appears, click "my messages". This opens up a page where you can select "send message" from there. Hope this makes some sort of sense to you!!

Oh!!.. And welcome!!

If it isn't, you've got a bloody-great scratch on your lens, Jeff!!

I thought "fast-bowling" was a cricketing term!! I also think a faster shutter speed is required (who'd have thought bowling needed anything done fast??)
In some of the shots, the green is a tad too green!!

I also found it very useful years ago if I was "uniformed-up" on my trips! I used to work for TNT Skypak back in the old days, and the bright orange courier overnight bag came in handy many a time! The UK ops manager at that time used to get me to bring him back 2 boxes of King Edward Invincibles, and a bottle of Remy Martin on the Corporate Visa Card!!.. Plus, the girls in customer services were usually all asking me to bring back perfumes for them too!! I daresay if I still done as much travelling these days, it wouldn't be a problem for me to take "orders" from the members here for Pentax accessories - duty-free, of course!!

Correct, John. I was in a wee bit of a rush here at work, as I had to get our own courier across to T5 in a hurry.

NaimKhan - in answer to your question, you can indeed fly cheaper in most(if not all) cases. Basically, the airline takes your baggage allowance (you are still permitted to take a piece of cabin baggage on board), and discounts your flight ticket. If you want further info, give the 0870 number a call, and they can send you an info pack.

I had to make a call to The World's Favourite (their choice of phrase, not mine!) Airline to get a price for a courier ticket. I found a contact number for their OBC (On-board Courier) hotline, which solo members here might be interested in. So, if you've ever fancied a trip to Rio to photograph the carnival, or visit Dubai's Burj Khalifa, or whatever, and found the ticket costs prohibitive, see what BA can offer you by way of prices and availability. Her's some info that I grabbed off their World Cargo website...