Bracketing if needed has to be done manually. I set exposure compensation as the green button function, although bracketing is rarely the reason it is used that way.

It's an attractive range and the WR is a useful feature. If it is better than the 18-250mm then it's absolutely good enough. The 18-250mm is not at all a poor lens.

We seem to be getting off track here with Leads to Deals. It's not really meant to be Leads to eBay...especially confusing to have more than one item in one thread.

Leads to deals is meant to be leads to something that many members can take advantage of, such as the Currys offer, but linking to eBay is bringing in complaints that this just puts the price up for everyone. An auction is not a "deal".

I'll move this to General Chat and anyone with views on this can contribute their thoughts.

I would totally recommend the SMC Pentax-DA 12-24mm f4 lens, which produces superb results.

The 16-45mm is the better lens, but it's a subtle difference that shows best under high enlargement. Don't forget that the kit lenses are also better than average. At small apertures you may be hard pressed to see the difference.

However, the 16-45mm also has a very useful extra 2mm of wide angle coverage, so there's more to it than just comparing sharpness to the 18-55mm.

This thought follows a post elsewhere.

Firstly, what was your first ever camera? Mine was as a child of around 7 years old when I was given my Grandmother's Kodak Junior 620 Box Brownie. I still have it.

Secondly, what was the camera that clinched your interest in photography? That is, the step upwards that set you on a proper path of learning. Mine was the Pentax SP1000, purchased around 1976.

So, what are your First Steps cameras and Clincher cameras?

In 1975, that would have been more than I could have afforded. I just managed an SP1000 for £97.50 about a year after that.

That SP1000 set me on my photographic road properly - prior to that it had been much cheaper cameras with much inferior results.

To be fair buyers do place neutral and negative feedback without due cause to do so, sometimes even trying to use it to get a reduced price.

As a seller it just has to be accepted. No matter what effort is put in, someone somewhere will spoil that 100% sooner or later.

Amongst the Pentax compacts:

X90 if you want a bridge camera. This is a superb performer.

I-10 for inexpensive and good quality with retro style.

W90 for shockproof and waterproof features. No problem in dusty and wet conditions such as the beach.

RS1000 seems to have been faulty, so a replacement one should be fine. Fun camera that delivers good quality.

I would just let this go. You're obviously not going to buy the lens, and the description may or may not put others off as they see fit.

There are lots of items on eBay and there will be another for you.

Pursuing this one will get you nowhere.