You can put as many images as you like in the forums, but they have to hosted somewhere on the web and linked to. Photobucket is an effective and free hosting service.

You can't link into the forums from the gallery or from EPZ.

I've just had a great buy from eBay, a good-as-new Pentax MZ-M with 35-80mm lens, pristine 1A filter and a free camera bag, all for a modest £12.50!

It's actually a very nice little camera and I've got a couple of rolls of Velvia left, so I think I might have a go.

The plastic lens mount is a bit disconcerting, but I guess if it works...but for £12.50 who could complain?

Agreed, the lenses go from body to body. Some of my lenses were bought when I had the *istDS and are still fine today.

Thank you for that!

Not at all as they can use all the Pentax accessories, with the exception perhaps of the battery grip.

They have publicly said that they will be continuing the GX range and that they were talking to pentax as to how to proceed.

The GX20 will be the much better camera, just as the Pentax K20D is much better than the K10D.

Keeping the GX10 would be a huge step backwards.

Samsung are a huge company and I'm sure they will be around in 10 years. You probably meant more in a photographic sense though. Samsung have quite a variety of digital cameras on offer apart from the Pentax made ones so i doubt there is much to fear.

As regards the K7 I wouldn't be surprised to see a Samsung version, but who knows...

In images taken at night perhaps it could be flare, but in this instance flare across a line of pixels. We do see a similar effect on the screen of compact cameras where bright light sources cause horizintal or vertical purple lines.

The lens is an expensive one, so well done getting that.

You could try cleaning mount and lens contacts with a soft cloth to make sure there is good contact. New batteries in the camera goes without saying.

After that, it's back to the intruction books - it's a long time since I used a 645 and I'd prefer to have it in my hands before offering handling advice.

Of course the lens could be at fault and preventing the camera from working. Maybe it's stuck in leaf shutter mode. I would try to find a way to fit a normal 645 lens and see what happens.

But if you got these for a good price don't give up that leaf shutter lens without some serious thought!

Hang on, you mention you "had it set on focal plane shutter" - does this mean you are using a leaf shutter lens with the camera? If so, this may be a clue.

The camera has a focal plane shutter, full stop. You don't set it to focal plane shutter. There are some 645 lenses that have a leaf shutter for use with flash and you need to set the lens correctly I'm sure.

Can you be a bit more specific about the lens you are using?