Brent is a borough in west London. It is situated around (mainly) the Greenford area. I believe there is actually a River Brent that runs through it, but don't quote me on it! Try looking on Google Maps for it, Chris!

Now that you've pointed it out, I see it!!.. Mind you, it could be some strange alien life-form you would possibly meet in Hounslow High Street!!

George - it must be my eyesight this morning, but I can't see any purple fringing!

By the way - I've never seen the water level that low at Brentford before.

On the Yahoo! Answers photography section, there's more than a few keen amateurs thinking of dipping their toes into the world of DSLR. It seems that they are being advised by the CanNikon snobs that probably couldn't tell the difference between an F-stop and S Club 7! I always try not to talk down Canon and Nikon gear, but instead try to promote the Pentax brand. Where relevant, I also leave links back to here, so that people can get a better understanding of what Pentax offers as a brand, and the satisfaction we all get from using Pentax over other brands. The CaNikon snobs are easy to spot - they always thumb down any mention of Pentax!

I reckon Ricoh Pentax will come to their collective senses when sales of their equipment don't appear to shift off the shelves as quickly as they used to, and in the case of lenses, when they realise that the likes of Sigma, Tamron, etc are outselling Pentax-branded lenses on a massive scale. It might be worth hanging on a few months to find out if this is going to be the case.

Simon - I already posted a thread to the members about this. The changes in import regulations were enforced from 1st April, and it's HMRC clamping down on the loss of revenue caused by offshore companies selling cheaper goods to mainland Europe and UK. The loophole was that a buyer was technically exempt from paying VAT on goods imported from outside of the EU. Previously, the loophole allowed these goods to be VAT exempt because the purchase transaction was conducted with a supplier that did not have to register for VAT because they were outside The Community. The closure of this loophole has happened because HMRC successfully argued that since the transaction was not "complete", the purchase was being made by a UK (EU) resident with the intention of obtaining goods intended to be used primarily within the UK (EU) in a manner similar to purchasing goods from a local shop.

It's rather a complicated subject, and HMRC are even as we speak, not 100% certain how certain parts of the new regulations should be applied!

Anyway, here's the link:

https://www.pentaxuser.com/forum/topic/for-your-information----34081

There are one or two netbooks out now that use proper Intel processors - not the Intel Atom. I think Dell are the market leaders in this. As you can imagine, they are between a "proper" netbook and a lappie, size-wise. Similarly, price usually falls between the two as well. I seem to recall that Samsung are another company that dipped their toe in this market too.

As Cabstar pointed out, you will probably need about 2Gb of available RAM to run any of the Adobe suites. Because of how a lappie's screen works, there can be quite a variance in colour rendition on the screens.

I'd say that if you are selling the prints online, keep the price to a reasonable minimum - £10 may be about right. To make it attractive to the potential customer, price the photos at perhaps £8.50 ON THE DAY, but price them at £12-15 for non-online orders (postal requests, etc) thereafter.

I'm guessing your actual overheads (labour, leccy, ink, wear & tear on the printer, wastage) will not exceed (at a maximum) £2.00 per print, so there's a generous profit margin.

Dunno if this is of any use:

http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=4507

I converted my missus!! In 2008, she asked me to get her a Fuji compact digital. Last year (without telling me) she gave it to her brother in Thailand, and "commandeered" my Optio A40. When my iST went on the blink last August, I persuaded her to buy me the Kr, despite her trying to cajole me towards Canon! Ignoring the fact that I already had a few Pentax K-mount lenses, she thought it was a good idea to not only buy Canon, but invest in Canon-mount lenses too... Then she swiftly changed her mind when she saw the price! To date, I've probably fired off no more than about 50 frames on the Kr - Mrs 9761 has been experimenting with DOF, macro mode, digital filtration (in-camera), and I recently noticed that she's set the camera to HDR!! She used to moan at me if I upgraded my computer software, but since getting the Kr, she hasn't said a word about me upgrading to PSE10 recently!!

Although some of the Pentax kit is made in Thailand (they have a factory in the ancient Siamese capital, Ayutthaya), Pentax is a bit of a rarity in Bangkok's camera shops.