I think you've got it right.

The DA 16-45 has already come down in price in the UK. It is now £250 where as it was over £300 previously.

Focus points are different to focus modes.

Focus modes are:

AF-S Single autofocus and lock, can only shoot when locked.

AF-C Continuous autofocus makes adjustments constantly (eg. for moving targets), can only shoot when locked.

MF Manual Focus.



AF points can be:

Auto, selected automatically, generally quite good and can use two points at the same time.

Select, you select which point to use for AF. My camera stays on this most of the time.

Centre, only the centre point is used.

Try them both, free trials of each are available for 30 days.

I use Lightroom but, I have a PC.

Never seen or tried aperture but it is a similar program from what I gather.

What SanDisk card are you including? You just mention 2GB, no specific range.

With no warranty...

I think you are either going to have to keep it or take your losses as it really won't sell for more than £300 here in the UK.

Sounds good, I'm rather low on ale at the moment

Nearly nded up with water all over my keyboard and screen there...

You can get some plastic sheet and cut it to size, much more durable and washable. Plus it won't bend out of shape as easily.

I don't like buying bags second hand as they tend to be worn quite badly. Then again if it comes with kit inside included I won't complain.

Cardboard is cheap and hidden which is why they use it. It really is stupid but you can't really do anything about it, unless you make your own dividers. That's a good idea, might do that to make my bag more customisable.

It also gives a similar perspective to the human eye, even if the field of view is different. It has been a very popular choice for many reasons and because of its wide use and ease of manufacture fast lenses have been made.