Does it make tea in the mornings too?

Lightroom however does have curves, and converts RAW, and has lots of nice file handling features...

Many people swear by GIMP which is free, I believe.

Best, Kris.

If you could just borrow a chain saw and remove the tree the third shot would be even nicer...

All nice shots, and the whole taking photos in public places issue is becoming quite a hot topic.

Best wishes, Kris.

Welcome to the group. You won't find a friendlier group of helpful people on the net.

Best wishes, Kris.

PS it would be helpful to add your location to your profile [edit: Thank you!]

Perhaps they should be SOS Microsystems...

I don't know but it does have precedent, e.g. the Program A in the UK and the Program Plus in the US, Super A in the UK, Super Program in the US... Perhaps it is harking back the the K1000? But why in the US and not in the UK? Where do the names come from anwyway? *istDS2 was always a bit of a mouthful.

Best wishes, Kris.

I too use Lightroom which I like a great deal, and sometimes CS3 (mainly for the BW conversions and the shadow-hightlight adjustment, and a bit of cloning). It is especially good for adding metadata to your images, auto-renaming batches of files (either on download or after), sorting, tagging etc. although I found it surprisingly weak at moving files around into new directories if you want to re-organise stuff. I tried Silkypix following Matt's recommendations but as I do not have a high quality printer find it hard to see the difference with Lightroom/ACR/Photoshop conversions. One day I'll edit the same RAW file in both and send them off to a good printing house and see what they come back like.

Perhaps the most important thing is to calibrate your monitor otherwise what you get won't be what you see on screen.

Best wishes and enjoy the K20!

Kris.

Can I borrow it when he has finished?

Either will help enormously. I have both but usually use the Pentax remote as it fits nicely in my camera grip. The only problem is that it is so small I am always mislaying it! If you model has the option, go for the 2 second delay to allow for vibration from the mirror.

Best wishes, Kris.

Bine ati venit, Istvan

Cu stima, Kris.