Bill - I believe the latest Pentax firmware is designed for this very situation. That being the case, Then I guess that as well as the obvious transfer speeds from card to computer, you should see an improvement in transfer speed in-camera. Imagine if you were taking rapid-fire multi-frame shots of a F1 car - on a Class 4 card you might successfully capture 4 images before lag kicks in, for example. A class 6 might give you 6 before lag takes over. Using that rule of thumb, I'd imagine that a Class 16 writing at 567x should happily manage to capture 16 frames minimum before it needs to catch its breath!

If anybody's looking for a fast SD card for their DSLR, have a look at:

http://www.xstra.eu/

They are the only place I can find in Europe that currently stocks a Class 16 as fast as this one! It has a read speed of up to 90Mb/s, with a write speed of 45Mb/s!

I'm sure anybody here into action photography will find it useful, having this in their armoury!!

Geoff - I think Pentax have upped the RRP, and this indie dealer is simply selling stock he purchased at the previous wholesale price. If it's being sold in the UK via a retailer, it shouldn't matter whether it's a grey import or not since, if the product proves to be defective, your recourse is with the seller. It is then down to them to argue it out with Pentax.

If you're gonna buy at £659, go for it - with absolute confidence.

Annie - it doesn't augur well when a "specialist" camera retailer points you in the direction of a supermarket, does it?

Hi, Tom!.. I think you will find all the tips and help here that you need. If not, feel free to ask!

Shaun - my interpretation of what you've been told is that Jessops are trying to apply pressure on Ricoh Pentax to come up with a marketing strategy that will re-enhance the Pentax brand name. As a retailer, they probably don't really care whether they sell more Pentaxes than Nikons, etc - but I have a sneaky feeling that individual staff member, if pushed, would put their weight behind Pentax.

Pentax's "problem" IMO was that they were late developers (no pun intended) of digital SLR's and were always going to play "catch-up" with Canon, Minolta, Olympus, etc.

Perhaps it's going to take something like "Hubble Telescope 2" with Pentax optics coupled with a light sensor developed by Ricoh to put the "name in the frame" once again. One thing's for sure - Ricoh Pentax need to review their marketing strategy and pricing policy, PDQ!!

I though you meant the sort of person that some people here travel to Whitby every year to see.

G[/quote]George - rumour has it that the UN Headquarters are moving fron NYC to Hounslow!!

"Hounslow, Hounslow - that's the place for me" is not a hymn, George - it's a football chant!

I'm guessing your grasp of Punjabi is as good as mine then, George??!!

Judderman - that post reminded me of Jocky Wilson's funeral service recently. It was a humanist service, and Jocky's friend and MC, Tony Green turned to the assembled mourners and said "let us all sing Hymn number ONNNNE-HUUUUUNNNDRED AND EEEEIIGGGGHTTTTTYY!!".