A Joybag, in various sizes, is a satchel-shaped bag usually in tan leather. Very stylish, I'll seee if I can dredge up a picture later on.

Kodachrome films have a unique structure where the dyes are in the processing chemicals rather than in the emulsion. This gives very good colour, very fine grain and almost copmplete resistance to fading providing they are kept cool, dry and dark. The downside is that the processing is a very complex and expensive process.

If you continually project slides though, the Kodachromes will fade faster under light than an E6 film will.

Original 1936 Kodachromes are in storage at Kodak and still retain their colour.

Samsung digital lenses are made at the Pentax factories in Vietnam. They are more likely to be designed in cooperation with Tokina, which is also owned by Hoya. I presume the Schneider name is used on the Samsung cameras under licence from Schneider but the lenses are Pentax lenses.

If anyone has a Speedbag, Speedbag M or one of the Joybags I am in the market to buy!

I think the petition was very unwise. Never ask authority for "clarification" of our rights, they will then start to look into it and we won't like the answer.

It would have been better to let them try to go to court every time and after the cases were thrown out the message would have got across. Especially after a few compensation payouts.

The 50-200mm is a great lens, compact and with excellent image quality. I would prfer it to any Sigma any day.

The Mk II 18-55mm is better than the Mk I. For £15 I would think you might as well have it as it will be much better suited for when you eventually (maybe) upgrade to the K20D and beyond.

They probably don't revamp websites on 31st December!

I think the camera is showing a low res image as quickly as possible and then improving the resolution as soon as it can. All the Pentax models seem to do this, DSLRs and compacts.

The final picture looks better to me, not worse.

The next time you buy something from Amazon or another on-line supplier have a look at the small print. I suspect there may be no contract to supply until payment is taken.

Sorry to hear about your troubles Father Ted. Hope both are on the mend very soon.