Hello Odyn and welcome to the forum.

here is an photo on a mz-5 with the 18-55 link
Not a pretty sight

I don't know the mz-5, the other problem is that you don't have an aperture ring on the lens so if the camera works with an auto aperture (A- mode on the aperture ring) it's okay to use them. I believe the mz-5 can do that but I ain't 100% sure so don't take my word for it.

Besides that I haven't heared of any problems but I won't reccomend to use the 18-55 on a film camera because of the vignetting.

This how may day look after some shooting.
- plug in the SD-card in the pc (load faster then with the camera)
- then upload and converter the PEF files from the card to DNG with the help of lightroom 2.3. DNG files convertered by the pc are smaller, it saves only some MB per photo but if you got over a 2000 photos that's more then 4GB of space you save.
- then enhance the photos in lightroom. The photos are still in RAW (dng) and the changes you make in lightroom arent save with the image but in lightrooms own database so you never change the original.
- when I want to display the photo I open the photo from lightroom to CS4, it's the RAW file with ligthrooms changes and I edit those and print the result or save it as jpg to show it to you guys.
The things I do in Photoshop CS4 are simple and only spend 5 minutes or less in it per photo so I don't save that file into TIFF or other Loseless form.

Everyone has there own way of doing things so don't take my as example but work out your own way of doing things.

No because it's design for a smaller area (sensor) then 35mm film.
It will work though but you will have massieve vignetting, not something you want

Most of the longer DA lenses are usable for 35mm btw.

They have tested some lenses on the USA forum, here have a look link

I must say that the tamron 17-50 also looks like a solid performer for £269 and constant f/2.8, perfect for indoors.
Or else the Pentax 17-70 f/4 would be my choice, because I would love the extra reach which makes it a perfect walk around lens for me, although you're looking for wider

The sigma 10-20 is a good lens and is wider but a bit over your price £389 and it doesn't replace the kit lens.

The DA 16-45 is the widest you can get and it replace a great part of the kitlens.

Martin...
Sterkte!

At f20 almost no lens will preform, the sweetspot is mostly around the 5.6 and f8, try it at those settings and you'll see some improvement.

If you want pure quality you need to get a prime lens, zooms just don't cut it. Here is one from me done with the 100mm macro link maybe not the best example since it's handheld and wide open at f2.8 but you get the idea.

The 17-70 might give you some more quality but it's the photographer though that makes the photo. I've seen some amazing photos taken with a cellphone camera and I'm sure the 18-55 is a better lens then in those cellphones

edit: about the photo in your portfolio, we can't say alot about the sharpness if we cant see the full pixels

I've tried it in Opera 9,6 and 10Beta but the slideshows doesn't work in the beta.

Just simple button like play/pause, next and previous would be simpler and clearer to use. With some more coding you could even have a slide wich would be great if you did that.
Wonderfull site, it looks pretty

Yes I'm with Martin on this.
Her eyes would then be near/on the top-right focus point, making sure she gets your attention. Then try some effects like you've now or an B&W to make it stand out of the rest.
If you keep the effect you've now, try to make her eyes better. They are a lovely grey with the normal photo, although the black eyes also have something.... I don't know, simply try it out and see what you like.

I'm very bad with names so better not give you any advice on that