You've inadvertently also described why the 28mm equivalent GR cameras are such bangers!

I end up cropping everything in post as my 'eye' isn't great in the field.

That Q-S1 is pretty.

I once owned a pink/gunmetal combination which I sold quite stupidly. That's probably my favourite colour from the lot but these cream/white leather ones are fantastic.

Brilliant cameras - and they're bulletproof in comparison to the later releases.

If it's a scam, it's a really well designed one. The 360 degree imaging is something I haven't seen too often.

I wonder if they'll take my bargain bin collection of countless 18-55 kit zooms to sell on... with 360 degree images!

That's painful to hear... the K-70 seemed a little bit more reliable with respect to the aperture issue.

What is your K-70's manufacturing date? There was a point after which a different aperture solenoid was used, and they don't seem to have many reports of failure.

If you want the K-70 sorting out, I've done both the filing method as well as the swap for a white solenoid before. In my view the filing method is perfectly fine to use (especially for cheaper models) but I'd recommend the white solenoid swap for something like the K-70.

The KP screen ribbon issue only seems 'common' due to that effect where people only report failures. The name escapes me. And if your KP ends up failing, the ribbon swap is also very easily do-able, taking only a little more time than the aperture solenoid swap. I've found that a generic ribbon can be used to get a very cost effective repair in place (check over on the PF site for my thread), and on AliExpress there's a seller who sells what looks like a copy of the genuine part. It's nearly indistinguishable from the replacement I purchased from John Pye.

Either of the three can be used (and I actually still use my replaced KP without any problems) to get a reliable repair.

But on topic - the K-70 should probably be sorted to reduce the need to overwork the shutter continuously. Does the LV button have the same impact, or is there an 'optical preview' button somewhere that avoids the shutter actuating?

Hi William. Could you add images of the items?

Those D-Li90 batteries definitely surprise me. They've not changed for years yet seem to be 'flagship' standard even today.

Says a lot considering phone batteries are constantly having to strike a balance between size, weight and capacity. Maybe a move back to simpler times could be nice?

Considering I've started to crop a lot more, I think these vignetting results are perfectly workable.

These images on an OLED screen, wow.

Well that's 40x more expensive than OPs...!!!