I'm presuming this competition is voided by people posting in the actual competition thread when they aren't supposed to. No prizes and detentions all round!

Standard 8 wouldn't have been any good for you then, two minutes and you had to turn the film over!
Super 8, no film turn over but the film would have run out after 3 minutes and 20 seconds.
A one reel film was 10 minutes (eg a Mickey Mouse cartoon) or a two reeler 20 minutes.
Have you actually ever watched a film in one 29 minute take? You'd turn it off well before half way through. If you watch television and count the seconds of each shot they'll hardly ever go over 10 seconds, normally they'll just be two or three. Even long scenes are broken up with cutaways. It's totally illogical to decry any video equipment based on a 29 minute running restriction.
As Nigel says, if you want steady footage use a tripod. What sensor shift in video work does is make you feel sick watching it drift up and down, no wonder it was dropped, it was for the good of the viewers rather than a lazy cameraman.

It's not the companies putting their prices up, it's to do with the drop in the dollar exchange rates, or that's what they'll blame!

Oh, I'd better check my camera case, has someone pinched it out of there, or do you mean its vapourised? (Guess that's possible with a magnesium body, go in a flash!)

If you mean new ones you won't have any trouble finding one: http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/Digital-Cameras/31388/i.html?_from=R40&LH_ItemConditio...

The K-S1 is 558 grams and many mirrorless's are pretty much the same as that. Even the MX-1 isn't much lighter at about 400 grams. I normally prefer having a proper viewfinder but I'll agree there are times when a lighter camera can be an advantage. If you really want a versatile lightweight camera get a Pentax Q. The Pentax's are often heavier because they feature a metal body shell rather than plastic, its not just because they have an optical viewfinder.
Optical viewfinders are becoming quite scarce on compacts and we don't want them to vanish on DSLRs as well.

Now that DOES look odd! Peter's original seems OK to me.

Surely you could put the KP in liveview mode and use it like a mirroless if you prefer that? Best of both worlds!!

It's pretty amazing that it is possible to use some of the oldest SLR lenses with the most modern of focussing methods without needing any special add-ons. How much tech allows for that?

It's the limited version too, extremely rare.

http://www.ricoh-imaging.co.uk/en/repair-process.html
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