Yes, if the lens-to-flim/sensor plane is different in Pentax and Minolta SLRs there will be a discrepancy. This tends to result in closer focusing and no infinity focus.

If a lens can be made to focus its light on the film/sensor plane then it can be used. A lens is a lens.

What the result will be will depend on the lens design.

The Student/Tutor version of MS Office allows use of three computers in a family that has a full time student. If I remember correctly.

Not forgetting the sister site to this one:

www.photodo.com

Hello and welcome.

When you ask "how much better?" I think the caveat will be "for what purpose?" If you are used to using mainly a 50mm fast lens then perhaps the 31mm Limited would be ideal for you, albeit expensive.

If you are using the web and printing small prints then the 18-55mm kit lens could be more than you'll ever need, although not a fast optic of course. In fact, you can make excellent A3 prints from this lens.

The 16-45mm and 16-50mm lenses are faster and a definite step up and will be more useable wide open. Stopped down the difference may well be hard to see.

I agree about the weather sealing and if this is an issue then your path is much clearer.

If quality is your criterion then forget the superzooms, which will not be as good and also be very very slow, especially at the long end.

Why not start with the 18-55mm, a bargain in a package with the body, and see how you get on with it. After a while it may become more obvious what your next step should be.

Although it's optional, I agree that it is interesting and it does help to tailor a reply according to where people are based.

There's no point telling someone in Australia all about a nice little camera shop in England, well, not generally anyway.

The thing is, our CRTs don't change brightness whatever angle we view them from. I also find them very much less stressful to the eyes.

We sell medical flat screens at work and those are very very good indeed, but unfotunately they cost several thousand pounds.

Probably they are. You have to spend a very large amount of money to get a really good flat screen monitor.

LCD and Plasma TVs are not always that brilliant either...

Not sure about Elements, but is there an option similar to Image>Image Size in the menus?

Set 72ppi and a dimension of 800 pixels on the longest side. Can someone be more specific regarding Elements?

One competition entry has been deleted this week as it exceeded the 800 pixel limit.

Please read the revised "rules & guidlines" and feel free to resize and post again.

Many thanks!