I have my doubts now about the need for a 645D, I think the moment has passed. I wonder what Hoya will think?

A higher pixel count is more or less a given. A synch socket would be useful and could happen. A CF card slot is by now, I think, superfluous. Two SD slots would amake better sense if the second one took over once the first was full, doubling the number of shots that could be recorded.

The 20-35mm and 24-90mm Pentax lenses could suit very well.

Actually film can be processed quite easily after it has become wet. After all, you dunk it in liquids to process it.

Any camera that has been immersed in water is dead, for ever. Especially one that has been allowed to dry for several days.

The correct technique is to leave the camera in a bucket of water and take it immediately to a repair house to be dismantled, dried, relubricated and reassembled. After which a mechanical camera might be OK, but an electronic one probably won't.

For complete destruction, cameras immersed in salt water are even less likely to survive...

You're missing a nice quarterly magazine plus a discount on servicing (20%) and accessories (10%) all for £16.50 per year.

Rightly or wrongly, buying direct from a manufacturer/importer always seems to be at RRP. Try ordering a Billingham bag and see!

It's almost cheaper to buy a new lens than a new hood, which does seem very strange.

Well Gang your replies are amusing enough to leave, but the first post just had to go....

My experience with Amazon is that they keep you updated with revised delivery expectations and eventually the goods turn up.

If they're in stock they trun up straight away of course, but I tend to order obscure CDs and books so it's my own fault....

It's rare because it was only around for a short time before the A version, optically identical, took over.

It is a comstant f4 which is useful.