Were you not insured? Anyway, it's not really fair to blame the lens. Any lens could be knocked out of alignment by dropping on the floor. Ironically, big heavy metal ones are no better because they don't absorb the shock as well as plastics do.

No religion please - remember we're a photographic forum.

It's all incredibly complicated and related to magnification, but the simple thing is to remember that for most purposes a longer focal length has less DOF.

The main point though is that the perspective is different, becauee of the change of viewpoint to a more distant one.

You8're liable to give your ISP a fit.

Anyway, put your files in a folder and in windows explorer right click the folder. Send To>Zipped Folder to make a zipped folder and you can then attach that folder to an e-mail.

I wouldn't make each sending too big though, otherwise it will take forever to send and might fail depending on the ISP.

The other way is to use an ftp site to transfer files.

Excellent, have fun with it!

The FA 50mm f1.4 is still listed by Park Cameras and currently advertised at around £330.00

Please start a new thread - this will be very likley missed by many people.

Maybe, but if you have a concept that you can present to people then it can be surprising what can be arranged. You never know till you try.

Can you reduce the raw converter window so that it doesn't fill the whole screen? Try pulling it down slightly and then reduce the whole thing by pulling a corner. Then reposition and pull the sides to the size you want.

DA* lenses: "The following lenses are dust and water resistant because each part is individually sealed. This makes it difficult for dust and water to enter inside the lens." 300mm, 200mm, 55mm, 60-250mm, 16-50mm and 50-135mm are listed in my 2009 booklet.

WR lenses are "Lenses with simplified weather-resistant construction" and are described as being "made with a simplified weather resistant construction using DA* lens sealing technology which makes it difficult for water to enter the lens."