Gwyn, thanks for the info. I shall bite the bullet sometime soon and hope it all works.

I too, like the spell checker in Firefox. It helps on fora like this! Curiously, though, it doesn't contain the word "Firefox"!

Best wishes, Kris.

Miss Marple provided us with a link to Jessops...

http://www.jessops.com/Store/s66335/0/Lenses/Tamron/70-300mm-F4-and-56-DI-LD-Mac...(Pentax-AF)/details.aspx?&IsSearch=y&pageindex=1&searchword=Pentax%20AF)&SortBy=RelevanceDESC&IsInStockOnly=False&comp=n

where they are selling new for 70 quid (or less if you use ecodes over the internet).

Best wishes, Kris.

Did you manage to import all your Eudora stuff into Thunderbird OK? (old emails, addresses etc?) I have been using Eudora for an age but now that it is no longer supported I need to shift over at some point.

Thanks, Kris.

Could you give a link to this butterfly gizmo? My sensor needs a clean!

Thanks, Kris.

How does this lens compare to the FA J 75-300mm f/4.5-5.8 AL? You seem to be able to pick up the FAJ for only about 10 quid more (although with postage and without the discount so probably 20 quid more...)

Thanks, Kris.

Nice shot, I like it very much. I have lightroom but I just started playing around with photomatix pro.

Best wishes, Kris.

Is that an HDR composite?

Cheers, Kris.

I know this is an old thread but one thing some might find useful.

If you use powerpoint, you can simply drop in your images (as jpegs) at whatever resolution you wish. When you have done (or the machine starts groaning), right click on the image and choose format picture from the pop-up menu. Then click on the "compress" button, choose all pictures in document and compress for web/screen. This will then compress all the photos in your document at one go saving quite a bit of time doing it an image at a time. I have seen 150mgb presentations drop to 5mgbs!

You may not like abandoning this to software in this way (especially for a photographic lecture) but as I give quite a few non-photography lectures (its my job after all) it saves me lots of time, and ppts compression routine isn't too bad. At the end of the day one is at the mercy of the projector and unless it is your own there isn't much you can do. I would suggest taking along some prints that people can look at during the after-lecture cup of tea...

In the fine art department they have refused to abandon slide projectors because of the control of colour they have with 35mm slides. Across the rest of college the slide projectors have been removed and junked.

Cheers, Kris.

PDML...? Whinge-Centre? Would someone enlighten the newbies here!

Thanks, Kris.

The ring flash certainly catches my attention as I would find it very useful for work. The 55mm 1.4 sounds lovely but not in my price range really as I wouldn't get enough use out of it to justify the cost.

As to new bodies, I'll stick with my K10D for now. Too many toys, too little money!

Cheers, Kris.