The thread won't disappear as it clarifies some things, so it might be useful in that way. It does make the point though that if it hadn't strayed it would have been clear it was a Classified Ad.

OK, when you post the new one I'll put a link to the new thread her and then close this one to avoid confusion.

Whatever it's called, the purpose has been explained, so hopefully that will be helpful.

Beamish is brilliant Andrew, and what you say is spot on.

First, find your interesting subject and everything else should follow.

That's fine Andrew, the problem is it's strayed into all sorts of irrelevant territory since then, which makes for clutter and hides the core purpose.

It's a matter of focus.

If I think there's little chance of photography I always have the MX-1 in my pocket. Then I can take pictures should a situation arise, or should we stumble upon something interesting.

If there's a good chance but large cameras would be frowned upon, such as a concert, then the Q-S1 is ideal, with its choice of lenses.

If it's a photo trip out, and every day out is, then it's the DSLR small kit with K-5, 18-135mm, 10-17mm, 43mm and 55-300mm.

If it's a photo job then as many lenses as required, plus backup camera, etc.

To get the best images, we need to be in photography-mode, the casual approach is a bit random. Of course, there are different levels of interest and that matters too.

Guidelines are at the top of the Classified section Steve. This part of the forum is for buying/selling. Anything in these threads should be relevant to the sale.

https://www.pentaxuser.com/forum/topic/classified-advertisments-guidlines-11679

When classified threads go astray like this one has it doesn't help the sale. It's not at all clear at a glance if there's still a camera for sale or not, so potential buyers may not want to wade through it all to find out.

Please keep these threads to the buying/selling process only.

I think that sort of didn't make sense Bruce...you were meaning to say?

I haven't exactly been waiting for a FF camera, and it's easy to see why when it's possible to print staggeringly good A3 prints from the APS-C ones we use. But if the new camera looks appealing then I might still buy it.

I'm not sure I'm getting what you obviously feel very aggrieved about.

A film scanner will have a setting for negatives. Reasonable film scanners can be had for under £100 - I have a Summit PhotoFix SPS for quick use as well as my Nikon Coolscan V for more serious use. For the web, the cheaper scanner gives quick and reasonable results. It will also do negatives or slides in 35mm or 110 format.

The Cheaper scanner also has a small colour screen so the image can be quickly assessed before scanning.