That does look better. You just missed buying the Jessops brand.

I'd concentrate on what you're at Uni for now!

John K

So's the number of open shops on the high street.

If you need a beginner's guide to the e-commerce regulations, here's such a document from the DTI themselves: link

I trust all this photo trading isn't interfering with your Uni studies

John K

Do you not have a family members' address you could use in the meantime? They could scan/copy onto you any correspondence and maybe handle phone calls for you until you can deal yourself? There are also free phone alternatives you could set up that have a local to you number, yes free.

John K

Back in the 70s & 80s it was like that.

John K

Well you shouldn't have setup an online shop until you're ready and compliant with the e-commerce regulations. You could have got round it using auction sites but even with those you'd need to show a business address. Surely you do have an address? It doesn't have to be that of a shop.

John K

You're right. Someone in the UK selling online must give a valid address (not a PO box) and contact information (email & phone). They do the last two but I doubt a once a month market stall is a valid business address unless I've missed something somewhere. This is a requirement of the e-Commerce Regulations 2002 and was covered in one of the Watchdog Daily programs earlier this year.

I've no reason to doubt these are not reputable people but there is little yet to verify that they are.

John K

Thank you too for confirming it isn't an issue just for me.

If the lens can physically focus at a certain distance I cannot understand why it fails to do it on auto; if the focus point was derived from a non TTL source I could just about understand it, but to my knowledge it is via TTL. One has to wonder by what method it does choose to make its focus point in auto mode then? One would also think some mention might have been made in the camera handbook that it can be made to focus closer using the manual focus method.

John K

Thanks for trying Michael and confirming my findings and to John for your comment. I was measuring from the sensor plane. I doubt it is firmware related but seems odd that the auto focus goes right through the correct setting, so it looks like it ought to be able to autofocus closer than it seems to manage. I therefore get the feeling it might be normal for the Q but I've not had that issue with any of the K series DSLRs I've used.

John K

Just updated it to firmware v1.12 and thought I'd try some close focus shots with the standard 01 prime lens.
With the camera in manual focus mode I can shoot images reasonably close (5 inches) and have them in focus. But in auto focus mode, the camera fails to focus at that distance - you can see the focus pass through where it should be and end up some way off.
The lens's specification shows that it's minimum focussing distance is 7.9 inches yet it does focus closer, but only in manual focus mode.
Is this normal for the Q and is it possible to get it to auto focus at around 5 inches?

John K