One minor question, why is the fortnightly competition held in the forum section and not in the competition section of the gallery?

Should be able to attend, looking forward to it.
Graham

Thanks for the comments, I'll go and have a look at these. I need to do a cost price comparison on ink usage to justify a purchase, the A2 printer would be really nice but the sight of my boss banging her head of the desk is just to painful.

Thanks Matt,

Re the Mac, If I shouted that around our IT dept I would be laughed out of town. However they have always been good at what they do i.e. Graphics & Music and so on. Although the cost of purchasing new software would break the bank for me.

Re the calibration, I'm gradually leaning towards the spider. Does anybody know if the software supplied is tied to one pc or does it have a more lenient licence agreement, for instance 70 / 30 pc & laptop license? This does seam an almost irrelevant question due to the availability of the Argyll system as open source.

As ever the help on this site is outstanding. You have all given me something to think about. I've downloaded the Argyll & DispCalc software, this looks very interesting, however my first attempts have crashed, a windows vista x64 bit glitch I think.

With regards the Huey unit, that’s a new one on me. I'll have to do some more reading

I need to replace my old HP A3 Deskjet 9650 printer. It’s main function is to proof images ready for submission to printers, brochures and of course the occasional little picture from my Pentax. Any suggestions for something in the £300 to £350 bracket.

I need to purchase a calibration tool for computer at work, most of the day to day images are for advertising copy and web design usually produced in Photoshop cs3 and Illustrator cs3. I have two potential choices the Colormunki or Spider 3 and cannot make my mind up, any suggestions.

Spot the mistake on this one

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Thanks Stefan, my other lenses are ok. My only other assumption is that this lens was purchased before digital became mainstream and is just not focusing on the digital sensor properly

Found this information on the pentax

I am focusing on a persons eyes but am finding in the image their ears are the sharpest point in the picture. Is my lens faulty.
This is a phenomenon with digital SLRs. If the image sensor is fractionally out of alignment, even by microns, the point of focus will not fall exactly on the sensor. The first thing to do is get the focus flange distance and AF sensitivity of your camera checked by the camera manufacturer. Getting this flange distance corrected normally solves the problem however if the problem persists, we will need your camera and lens sent in so we can set the lens to your camera. If your camera is not reset first we may be setting your lens to a camera that is not to specification, which would mean your lens will not focus accurately with any other camera. Depending on the focal length and maximum aperture of the lens, the focus problem issues can be more apparent with some lenses than others.