Make sure you have the 'beep' set - and if you can't see the green hexagon in your viewfinder [ it's on the bottom of the view ] which tells you if the focus is spot on , then you will hear the 'beep' and it's safe to press the button GENTLY all the way down.

If you 'snatch' at the button your camera will move and the focus will be off .

My poor elder grandson .

Wakes up this morning with the mother and father of a severe cold

Snag #1 - he's due at RAF Cranwell for a 4 day Selection Board - so he's going despite the cold

Snag #2 - having got a leeeetle damp getting to Kings Cross for the train to Grantham, where they get picked up by RAF minibus, there's a lightning strike on the signals at Stevenage - so train cancelled He's now on a train to Leeds which stops at Grantham but will be later than expected .

Oh well - it's a good test of his ingenuity

One of the advantages shooting in RAW - your original is always available and you can work on a 'copy' till you are satisfied and if you hate the result you can sling it in the trash and start again

Gwyn - a visit could be fun , but I doubt that. No I'm trying to learn as I need to persuade some folk that I'm really human and not anti Ukrainian - sorry it's all rather complicated

Good luck with the surgery - hope it all goes well

Yes please - indeed step it up please - there's a huge set of grey clouds just appeared

I've work to do for my next language lesson on Thursday [ a lot of work - Ukrainian is NOT easy ] , I've housework piling up and my K-x is beginning to look forlornly at me saying " Come out to play with me "

Believe it or not - some blue sky today , bit of a breeze but quite pleasant .

Hopefully it will last till the afternoon as I'm really having to do some stuff this am . If it holds I'll try and get out in the pm

OOOOOOH I really like the second one

Thanks for the offer of help - will let you know how it goes

Kindly send some up here - grey sky [ again] damp at times [ again ] and decidedly chilly for the end of June