about GBP170 second hand from a shop, maybe a bit less from somewhere like ebay.

gassin' Gazen, hmmm..... well I am only a dizzy female after all or is it dissy?

My pet hate..

The confusion of z's and s's in ..ization / ..isation. UK English uses the s and American English uses the z.

I couldn't afford an expensive film scanner so I went for the Minolta scan dual IV. I think the resolution is 3,120 x 4,680 dpi. It cost me about GBP210 from www.cameras2u.com

I bought my z1p, and a few other things now by mail order, from MXV photographic, in Uckfield, Sussex. They are also quite happy for you to send goods back if you are not happy.
www.rcomputers.co.uk/mxv/stock.html

I have both a film and a digital camera and I am having a great time buying all this equipment, especially lenses, that I could never afford before from people who have gone completely to digital.

The main problem I have with my digital camera, is that the focal length capabilities are from 39 to 190mm (35mm camera equivalent) which is good for most things, however I like photographing architecture (<28mm) and wildlife / sports photography (200-500mm), so I use my film camera. I can always scan the slides into my computer and play with them there. OK the resolution still isn't that great on film scanners (circa 3.5Mpixels), but it is getting better and it is still good enough to print to A4 size.

When Digital SLRs come on to the second hand market then I may change, but for now, it isn't worth it to me. So long as I can get film I am happy.

Gazen