Yes it was the SR that fell of and it's in the off position, this as you correctly point out I can work with..I have never trusted the SR function that much anyway, for me it is the resale value that bothers me more.

Nice idea, but if I'm shelling out it would be usfull to upgrade and get a few more mb's and gadgets. Although I draw the line at the new Leica.

May be worth poping Sigma a line, you never know. I'll drop them a groveling email over the weekend.

I have had a look around to see if Tamron have a UK office they use a company called INTRO2020 so that may be a dead end, Sigma do have offices in the UK though. I could drop them a line in hope, you never know it could be something amazing like a lens cloth.

Unfortunately, I had not got around to insuring the camera, that will teach me Fortunately is was in the off position so I will limp along till after the meet, then get is sorted later or start looking for a K20D if the repair cost is too excessive. The K7 is way off my budgetary scale.

I was enthusiasticly taking some pic's today and flicked the shake reduction switch on my K10 and it fell off. The plastic seams to have sheared level with the body. Does anybody have a grand idea on how to replace this or will I have to send it away?

Late breaking news, after emailing and having an intimate relation ship the Thor Perrow answering service, I have finally been contacted by the administration team. They have no problems with amateur photographers on the site but strictly disallow the sale of images taken within the grounds. We can also have a group booking rate, however the message was unclear if we had to pay upfront for this, I will have to wait for the booking form to arrive in the post. They have not discovered PDF's yet!

From the feed back on our site I am assuming that the Saturday is best for all and does everyone still see Thorp Perrow as a viable site?

Skinny people in shell suits, that sounds like Orks to me

We have some of the most unpolluted sky's in England, whenever we have an astronomical event it's always cloudy.

So does anyone have clear sky's to take pictures of the Perseids tonight? It's looking really cloudy here.