Well, the way I did it was to buy lots and lots of lenses of all makes, sizes and types and be contantly disappointed. The quest to save a few pounds here and there leaves a road littered with discarded disappointments....For years this carried on and every new idea seemed a good one until the quality of manufacture or the quality of results lead to even more purchases.

Then I decided "Buy Pentax only" and although I do still swap and change a bit it is never for quality reasons, more for reasons of changing requirements from the lens line up. I rarely lose much when swapping around my Pentax lenses, and sometimes gain a little to compensate for the occasional loss.

The alternative is to take my word for it and buy Pentax only from the start. It would have been far less expensive for me if I'd done that!

The Pentax lens may well be better quality, more compact and more reliable in the long term. The weather sealing is a bonus.

The reson that this doesn't work is that the eye tries to adapt and focus on the scene as opposed to the focusing screen. That's why it's essential to use a blank background or a defocused sky or something similar.

We don't ban old friends Brian.

Brian, I've just sent you a PM.

It's always difficult to judge other people's difficulties with focusing. I'm fortunate that I'm short sighted - this makes operating camera controls and so on very easy. Without glasses, inches away, everything is crystal clear!

I've shown some people ME Super cameras and they've been unable to focus them at all....and others who are long sighted can have a real problem juggling with glasses.

If you have real difficulty with manual focus I would suggest the following: first with newer cameras make sure the dioptre setting is right. Point the camera at an even white surface and adjust until the guide frames in the viewfinder are sharp. You do not need to focus on anything whilst you are doing this. Then you are looking without strain at the focusing screen.

With older cameras with no sdjustment they are usually set at -0.5 or -1 dioptre. Try focusing wearing reading glasses. Works a treat for me and you might find it helpful.

Don't forget that Jessops have been/are in desparate financial condition and are losing money even now.

Yhey will no doubt be trying to sell anything and everything that they find profitable, but may be restricted in what they can afford to buy. What they buy will be centrally decided as well.

So in that scenario they are not in the best position perhaps to respond quickly to the increase in Pentax sales and there are better stocked companies to buy from as a result.

Not bad at all, especially the last two.

Very useful info, many thanks for posting the links.

Perhaps the Pentax version was not a stock item, so priced as a special at full price?

If the Nikon version was purchased in bulk then the price would be lower.

Jessops are a Pentax stockist, but not to any great degree. If you want good Pentax prices you need to look at other main suppliers such as SRS and Park Cameras.

I'll look at it more closely later. A Google search for Photographer's Rights might bring up quite a few bits and pieces.