I have worked in the IT industry for twenty five years now and have handled most brands on the market, for the last five years I have been administrating a site with a Dell only purchasing policy. I have found the Dell Latitude range to be very robust and the business service to be the best I have ever encountered. The company I work for has surveyors travelling up and down the country and abroad onto building sites, they treat these items with very little respect, however very few are bite the dust. The one bit of advice I will give, always check the screen quality with Dell's, the best offers usually have the worst screens. I hope this helps!!!!!!

Yes I understanding world economics at this level, however I have worked in the retail sector and you cannot tell me that a little fat has not been added to the price increase and that lenses already in stock will not mysteriously increase in price even though they were probably purchased whilst the pound was strong.

It makes all my attempts at black & white look really poor, still it gives me something to aspire to, keep it up.

Well Pentax will loose out on that new 300mm I was saving for. Maybe when they realise the instruction should have been to reduce prices by 20% I'll dash out and buy one.

I quite like the tunnel and the lift shaft, although I feel the direct light has muted the colours and given less definition to the lift shaft’s contrast. You may want to try revisiting this shot earlier or later in the day when the light is not as harsh. This is only my humble opinion I am still just finding me feet in photography and I think others more qualified may give a better answer. Keep it up!!!!!!!

Thanks for the advice I may go and have a look at these two, If I come up trumps my existing bag will be up for sale, it has never been out in the light of day yet.

Thanks for your comments Stefan, I will give the snickers serious consideration although the extra grams may be too much.

The sling shot is a nice design, however I can be found sometimes on the wettest days wandering round the Lake District carrying raincoat, waterproof trousers, map, compass, spare socks, fist Aid Kit, the all important Mars Bar, water, food and all the other sundry bits, that’s before I start on the camera. The idea of all that on a single strap pressing down on me after ten miles and no sign of a pub for a few hours is just to painful. I think most camera bags have been put together by designers who have looked at the average camera kit someone carries around and haven’t thought about the extra bits. I may appear a bint finicky about this but my last rucksack quite literally saved my if it had not fitted correctly I would have been a goner.

Thanks Stefan, I had a look at this bag but was a little concerned about the single strap. I would have visions of all my kit disappearing down a mountain after the stitching gave way.

I purchased a Lowe Pro Nature Trekker back pack thinking this has bags of room (forgive the pun) for my ever growing list of kit. However I now find that I tend to wander about with one camera, two lenses, polarizer , tripod and two filters fitting neatly into the free bag that came with it, probably worth a tenner. It's amazing what you will purchase when you are not thinking. When I purchased the bag all I thought about was all those nice shiny lenses, I didn’t factor in thing like the UK climate and important things like Mars bar pockets, water, waterproofs, maps, first aid kit and so on.

Does anybody have a good suggestion it must be comfortable and fit for a six footer.

When I started looking for my DSLR, I like most newbie’s wandered into Jessops where I was greeted by a bored teenager who after much persuasion from me finally walked round the counter, he then waived his hand in the direction of several Nikons then wondered off to help the rather attractive lady who needed some prints developed. I ended up purchasing my Pentax from Warehouse Express although not a high street shop I found them to be extremely helpful on the phone. I must admit that having a shop in the Newcastle areas where you can walk in and actually lay your hand on a Pentax fit lens and try it for yourself would be nirvana.