Hi Bjørn,

It's great that they like (and want to use) your work, not so great that they can't pay for it (if they're publicly funded, I can kind of understand their point of view).

I don't know how the situation is in Norway, but unless you're able to make enough money to make it worthwhile, you may find receiving money isn't worth the extra trouble or expense relating to tax, insurance, accounting etc. that you may need.

It sounds like you'd like to work with some of the projects they're doing, keeping a good relationship with them obviously helps. You could consider licensing them to use a few images on their website (credited of course) in exchange for their co-operation on a project (that you had already researched).

Depending on the amount of work you already have, you could suggest an exhibition of it in one (or several) of their venues (you'd probably have to finance the printing/mounting yourself). I feel this would promote your work, promote their work and may lead to print sales.

These are just a few thoughts.

Your P67 work is stunning.

John.

RE: Chest harness, if you had a WG there's an off the shelf chest harness available: http://shop-uk.ricoh-imaging.eu/photo-accessories/outdoor-accessories.html

I wasn't quite quick enough

Bump, any offers?

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I'd echo all the posts above, it is a really nice camera to use, pocketable, offers good control (intuitive to a Pentax DSLR user) and produces great images. The screen is OK when I've tried it in full (UK) sun at the default settings, a little different to a finder but being able to angle it up/down can be a real help.

The buttons are a bit smaller than a DSLR but they're prominent and click positively, I haven't had any problems.

I'm finding I'm using more than my K-5 at the moment. I went for a black one, I think it looks smarter (although may be I'm harking after the look of black MX film camera I haven't been able to find...).

Sony have their own brand and don't need to worry about Konica/Minolta users. They were able to leverage the Sony brand and build a new user base from that - any continued Konica/Minolta brand loyalty was a bonus.

I feel Ricoh missed a trick when it was Ricoh Pentax Imaging, they could have copied the 'Asahi Pentax' of old with 'Ricoh Pentax'. Their logo would be on the front, would be a talking point and please a lot of the die-hard users who have been used to 'Asahi' or 'Honeywell' (and even 'Tower' in some cases). They could also reflect their old SLR line-up with 'KR' in the model name.

John.

Strap picked up from the post office this morning, all excellent, thanks hogboy.

John.

I was going to wait for the GR (I have the GR1s from my film days and really like(d) it). Having tried an MX-1 in the shop, I bought it instead, neither have a viewfinder and the accessory ones for the GR are too expensive for an optical finder. I bought it because it felt right, the interface was very similar to the K-5 and the good focal length range of the zoom.

The difference between 16 & 12 MPx for what I use it for and the smaller sensor isn't an issue. Although I'd prefer a finder, I wouldn't want to pay much more for one (I bought the MX-1 some time ago when prices were higher). DoF wide open at the long end of the zoom is shallower than any of my other compacts.

All cameras are a trade-off and very few tick all the boxes on your 'wish list'. Sometimes you need to work around a particular camera's weakness (be it size, weight, sensor, focal length, control etc.) but you need to have it with you in the first place.

Sorted courtesy of hogboy - thanks.