That's up to you, but all the water is going to run out of your lovely picture!

My wife Sue ends up with sloping horizons sometimes and she claims she forgets to carry a brick to put one foot on to even her up. She edits them in Photoshop - easier than standing on bricks!

No of course not, and to be fair I didn't suggest it was.

If you had a look at the test last week in AP "Is sensor size important?" then it showed that once past the very lowest ISO settings the smaller 4/3 was really very poor. Had it shown that it was superior then it would have been attractive, but apparently it isn't and that's not much of a surprise. Smaller sensor=smaller photosites=more amplification needed=more noise. I found all the 4/3 sensor images to be very over-processed and therefore I would look to try out one of these cameras very carefully before buying.

If I ever moved from Pentax, then Nikon would be the choice for me without a doubt.

Having got the problem fixed, it seems a bit drastic to change marques. Presumably the Pentax was bought in the first place because it seemed the best option and all the lenses followed on. Soon the body will perhaps be upgraded anyway.

What if the Olympus is no better, the lenses are certainly more expensive, and the body might be faulty. What happens then?

I never delete anything. Ever. You never know when something might be just what you are looking for.

Sue on the other hand goes Delete Crazy every now and again, and I sit here shuddering with horror....

Don't forget the new PayPal and/or eBay rules don't accept Proof of Posting. We need tracking and Proof of Delivery, so Signed For services would be needed to make any difference.

The only good Proof of Posting is for is making a claim to the Royal Mail.

Superb images, but do watch those sloping horizons!

Pete, I'd just replied to this and before I could press "Add Comment" we had a power cut.

So here goes again! You're right of course, but the twice I've claimed in the past several years they have paid up. They say exactly what you said, but still pay - how could they prove it wasn't their fault? The items are not tracked...

I think for low value items (individuals will need to decide what they think of as low value) the risk is worth takung. If I'd charged for insurance all this time I think my auctions would have been less attractive and sales would have been lower.

No Mike, it's not the monitor, it's the picture - the tail and lower body is a strong purple-magenta. What happened?

There is a Postage ready reckoner in the postage section when you list. You enter the weight of your package and can get a price for UK, Europe and North America. Those cover my three rates. To the actual postage I aim to add 50p for packaging (a Jiffy bag can cost that much).

I made a list of weights and prices in 100g steps from 100g to 2kg (the small packet limit) and I use this list.

As for insurance if the item is less than £30 or £39 (depending on destination) then I don't bother as compensation is available. Higher value items get sent Signed For, very high value ones are insured as well, but generally it's in my interests to do this and I carry the cost.

After all, if I sell a camera for £200 in the UK I can afford to spend £6.50 on Special Delivery, partially offset by the £5.00 I might have charged for shipping.

If you exclude overseas sales, then you are missing where most of the money seems to be these days.

I now send most of my stuff to EU countries, the USA and the Far East.