Bob Janes

No, they are very different. One is ensuring that what you have been sold is of merchantable quality, the other is ensuring you like what you have been sold.

When I was looking at APS I had an Ixus (II I think) and an vectis S-1. As an experiment I tried the mid-roll rewind (the Ixus II does have it!) and loaded the film back into the Vectis - I was ...

It will probably be fine. I think you probably get into the real paydirt with medium format by going to 24mp or higher, but fewer mp will still get a reasonable result. What will affect the quality ...

He is, and he is rather well known for being very anti neck strap... I get the definate inpression he doesn't use a conventional strap on his own kit (m42?). I understand he tends to prefer a wrist ...

Don't forget the Rollei A110 - although the Pentax is probably my favourite. I did pick up an Instamatic 60 with the idea of trying to kludge the battery, so that I could compare it with the Canon ...

Is the power supply one of the low-voltage type where the transformer goes in the wall?

Anything that says AF is likely to be for the later Autofocus cameras, which tend to be called MAF or A mount. For SR lenses, a really good source of reference is the Rokkor Files: https://www.rokk ...

Not the only problem. If you read the thread the OP links to, the higher-end cameras seem to rely on the presence of the magnetic coding. I really don't think it can be successfully hacked, and ...

If you have bulk stuff to do I'd say to do as standard a scan as possible of each (ie avoid stuff like sharpening that might hurt what is there). Then cherry-pick the best to rescan as raw files ...

I personally would not feel that I was being fair to the vendor. I Think I would be acting in bad faith. If everyone took advantage in such a way such returns would be quickly withdrawn. The return ...

If you had a windows account set up on the old setup the licence is supposed to transfer to the account - effectively you shouldn't need a licence key.

Can you buy the door seperately? There was legislation recently that said manufacturers had to supply spares - could it be purchased (possibly abroad) and fitted yourself?

Pentax? Not at all. Just because you don't agree with them does not prove they are uninformed. The attraction of mirrorless for manufacturers is that: (1) Lens design is simplified for wide angle lenses

Lordy no... How bad an experience can anyone have had with a first system?

If the lack of sharpness doesn't detract from the quaity of the image. it is sharp enough. "There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept." Wisdom from Ansel Adams. In my opinion, ...

Go to new places. Take a camera (I'd suggest minimal kit), but don't go to take photographs, go to see stuff. Sometimes the enthusiasm goes, if you are not reliant on photography for income it ...

The ability to focus close isn't the only attribute of macro lenses - thhey also exhibit a very flat field - an attribute that doesn't matter so much until you start to focus close. You might find ...

Would that not be 'Suspected copyright infringement'?

I put 'other' Whether someone is up for constructive critisism has a lot to do with how they are feeling at the time and just how constructive the critisism is. I think that anyone is entitled to ...

I'm only suggesting being cautious about opening the box and adding components - the assembler might be perfectly OK with the OP adding drives - confirming with them first might be an idea. These ...