Thanks for all the comments and if you have more to say keep them coming.

Don't think I'm read to come out of the shadows yet, far too many Hasselblads lurking around my neck of the woods.

Thanks Tim, I have booked them for future reference, some great sites.

Now I'm like a kid in a sweet shop, a great list of books, I can feel my bank balance draining away as I type.

I have been pondering the OCA course the more flexible hours appeal, has anybody done this course?

I did try the gallery book shop online , you cannot brows the stock only search which is a bit hard when you don't know what you are looking for, I must pop in next time I go down to the big city though it sounds interesting.

I will look into this one tonight, along with Doug's list, thanks

Thanks Pete, I may just have to take this growing list up to the photography book shop in Edinburgh this weekend, so many books so little time

I am begging to feel that my skills have stalled a bit, and to that end I need some new reading material that will provide advice and inspiration.So I wondered what books do people feel have had the greatest impact on their photography and why?

I currently have two books by Michael Friedman on exposure and composition.

Graham

I had forgotten that PRA requires you to have the original disk handy before you can install it, I'm afraid I will have to put this off till tomorrow.

Graham

I will try and replicate the problem on one of the work computers although I have a K10, I not totally sure what the differences are in relation to tethered shooting. Just one question do you have the 32 or 64 bit version of Windows 7?

Graham

Just been reeding the same thing on Gizmodo, very interesting.

Graham

OK folks, I'm getting a bit restless the longest day has come and gone, I think it is time we organised another Pentax User meet in July, I am currently available every weekend apart from the first so hear are a few possible suggestions for discussion:

Northumberland; Alnwick castle, Bambrough Castle, a cheep boat trip £4 from amble round Coquet Island, the Farn Island.

Tyne & Wear; Newcastle & Gateshead Quay side & the Angel of the North

Cleveland; Castle Eden Walkway, Rosebery Topping

North York's; Revoux Abbey, Harewood House

Comment greatly received

Graham

A great set of Macro shots, annoyingly closer & sharper than anything I've achieved so far with my Tamron 90, I must be doing something wrong

Graham

Welcome to the forum, are you using vista or windows 7? if so you need to right hand click on the application and select run as administrator.

Graham

Must have missed them

Also Nearly forgot, the golden arch in china town.link

Don't forget the Caver Club exterior and the Yellow Submarine sculpture.

Graham