Nice little set. I like the second one best - the slightly dreamy and minimalist feel with subtle colours

These are great - and as above, makes you want to get one! Interesting the 'excuses'/ reasons for being late to the game with the bayonet mount!

I used to have but no longer. The ISO did go up to 3200 anyway. As far as LiveView is concerned, even if they could somehow completely re-programme to camera to hold the mirror-up and have the shutter curtain open, the CCD sensor isn't capable of being run in this way for any length of time; it would simply overheat very quickly AND drain the battery very quickly as well. The first pentax DSLR camera with LiveView was the K20D, and that was quite sluggish. A lot of this is down to the electronics/ physics of sensor design and ability to read-out data - and that has moved on a lot since the *istD. Plus of course as Jonathan has pointed out, it is too old for Ricoh to entertain; there would be no money it for them at all now.
Other things on your wish-list might well be possible I guess - like reducing ISO down to 100 (although that would probably reduce image quality due to the native ISO of the sensor)

I too have one of these - as Bill says being an IPS diplay, you can view from a wide range of angles without losing colour rendition/ brightness. Being IPS is more expensive - had mine about 3 years and was about £200 and covers most of the sRGB colour range IIRC It's a U2412M

Hi Lucy - and welcome!! Look forward to some images and any other comments!

Hi Kris - your link takes you back to this page!!

And how much is left in that bottle?

A very nice set Gareth! Lovely variety on the same theme

What's that strange blue stuff above the roof-tops
I like the first one with the softer background of the red front door and the weather-vane

A bargain indeed!