I presume you mean as regards RAW files, as the JPEGs will not be a problem.

There will be an Adobe update to accomodate the K7, but I don't know whether or not it has happened yet.

Yes, it might take a little while for higher street prices to filter through to second hand values. If they ever do before street prices start to fall again!

If they did, then ebay would do what the banks do and get the money some other way.

The government would probably put new requirements on sellers and might well ensure that all accounts were logged with HMRC. This might trouble some sellers quite a lot!

It's all the new rules that eBay thinks up that are causing the problems, so please don't get the government adding even more to it.

IMHO the last thing we need are more laws.

You don't need a professional lab to process pro film.

Professional film is released at it's "aim point" - in other words at it's mature state, so should be refridgerated at all times before use.

Amateur film is expected to age and mature on dealer's shelves at room temperature, so does not have the same optimum balance of speed, grain, colour, etc.

That's the major difference and it has no bearing on how it is processed, or who does it.

I hope not Mike, it's quite exciting when an auction takes off!

Every sold anything for a huge amount that's taken you by surprise?

I agree. I don't think I phrased my comment very well on this occasion!

For those who don't know, this dates back to the 1970s when auto exposure SLRs were first appearing.

Canon, Konica and others took to a development of the trap needle auto exposure method found on rangefnders of the period. You set the shutter speed and the camera set the aperture via a fairly complex mechanical link.

The Pentax ES changed all that by introducing an electronic shutter that did not only fire at the normal set speeds. You set the aperture on the lens and the shutter would be set to any speed, even odd ones such a 1/274 sec or anything else that was appropriate. There were no complex linkages needed for this to work and it meant that whatever you put on the camera (lenses, bellows, etc.) you could still have auto exposure.

This was turning the normal logic on its head and caused a huge outcry of opposing opinions, as these radical things do...

However, the paths were continued and until the advent of the multi-mode camera Canon, Konica and others stayed with shutter priority and Pentax stayed with aperture priority.

And that is where the comment has its origins, even, apparently, being remembered some 35+ years later.

I can't see why Jessops were the only firm who could develop a particular film - what type of film was that?

You have highlighted a real problem.

If I sell a large heavy photo book, how can I send it for Free (Photography>Books etc,) or for £4.75 (Books etc.>Antiquarian maybe) when the real cost might be over £6.50?

Sadly, the only answer is that the price has to go up and overseas cistomers pay over the odds, because you can charge the proper rate for overseas sales.

Also, not being allowed to leave negative feedback for a buyer is a bit one-sided, but fortunately for the sort of things I sell I have mostly mature buyers who are not irresponsible. Mostly.

It's not perfect, but we get to live with it.