Welcome to the site, buddy!!.. Looking forward to giving some of your pic's some constructive C & C's!!

Jonathan - that phone number is indeed a Doha number. If your wife hand-carries the defective camera over it could be that Mathers have a delivery company that offers international delivery options, such as TNT Express Worldwide (or equivalent).

Jonathan - if you are looking to courier this to Mathers, try Aramex for a quote. They may be cheaper than the big boys (DHL, UPS, FEDEX, TNT). Our company uses them for all our Middle East exports, and their service is very good. Try telling them that a friend (that's me!! ) that works for Corniche International in London recommended them, and see if that can cut you a wee bit of a deal. The local office number is: (4) 4200100

John - I just clicked on one of the photos in the link you provided. If you then scroll to the very bottom of the page, there's your clue!

Under UK law, goods purchased must be "fit for purpose", so the fact that you've only just seen your warranty expire, I'd say you have legal recourse to the company where you bought the goods. Give your local CAB or Trading Standards a call, and explain that this appears to be an inherent fault with the camera, and if neccessary, back it up with evidence which may be posted by others with a similar problem on internet forums. Worst case scenario?... Get in touch with the BBC's WATCHDOG programme. I'd say that you are entitled to a brand-new camera, but CAB/Trading Standards should be able to confirm or deny this is the case. Good luck!!

Edit: I just seen that you are in Doha - will you be in the UK soon? Or did you purchase your K5 in Qatar?

Shaun - for Firenze, if you plan taking photos from the piazza near the railway station, then a wide-angle. Get a polariser on the lens as well. I forget the full name of it, but the Duomo not too far from the piazza is worth taking some shots, and I'd recommend walking down a few of the lanes nearby - there are a lot of leather shops, so you should see lots of vendors selling Italian leather products. You might even find a nice leather camera bag!

I'm going to be controversial here...

Are the people "slapping this down" being a bit snobbish in their comments?

Be honest - we all take photos on our cameras that, despite our best efforts, are not quite what we were aiming at, so we choose to tweak the image digitally - usually with the aid of Adobe's Photoshop, or Photoshop Elements. The reason why I suggest a degree of snobbishness is because some folks might think negatively of free software (Microsoft Live Photo Gallery, and similar), or "cheap" software such as this program. How many of you have bought plug-ins (or downloaded freeware) to enhance the Adobe suites? Aren't they in essence designed to do pretty much the same thing as this program?

This program might not be everybody's "cup of tea", but that's not to say it's total rubbish. It "enhances" images in the same way as Adobe and others - it just may be a bit too garish for peoples' tastes.

I thought it was simply Nikon's clever marketing ploy, aimed at folk who are irritated by shutter lag on digicams. I know from experience that I've tried to capture movement on my Optio A40, and what I thought was dead-centre when I pressed the button is not what was written to the sd card. I guess what it does is that when you initially press the shutter button half way, it "dumps" the image in some sort of buffer memory, and the final push on the shutter simply transfers the buffer-memory image over to the sd card.

My mum lives up in Provanmill, Ken. Her house overlooks Robroyston Park, and we've seen foxes, deer, sheep, heilan' coo's, and I think recently there were reports of a wolf (although I think it's more likely to have been a "Provanmill Poodle" aka an alsatian!!)

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/editors-choice/2012/03/23/gallery-husband-and-...

Nearest I get to wildlife on my front doorstep is the occasional drunken fight outside the Red Lion pub!!