I have a number of duplicates and so the following original manuals are for sale at £5 each, free shipping in UK.

P30T (2 copies)
P50
ME Super (3 copies)
MX
MZ-3
SMC Pentax-A Lenses
Asahi Pentax Lenses & Accessories

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Where the Q really shines is with the new 15-45mm zoom, which is superb. In every other respect, totally agree with Matt.

The MX-1 is more of an all purpose camera, being able to deal with everything from 1cm macro through to a good zoom range, plus a wide aperture.

The Q7 has the same spec of sensor, but you will need extra lenses to make the most of it.

There's a place for both, depending on what you want to achieve.

Excellent, I rather like No4, which is full of interest as well as benefitting from superb light.

Hopefully a subject that's wide enough to be accessible to everyone, we are surrounded by doors and windows. Just as they are, or in use for some purpose, then fair enough it's included.

Images can be old or new, but Pentax images only please. There is some leeway to include, as usual, the small number of Samsung versions of Pentax DSLRs and the Ricoh GR.

Do please feel you can join in and have fun doing it!

There will always be some light Nigel, so it's just a question of seeking balance. If we wanted to get fancy about it then we could use diffusion over the built in flash and perhaps some strategically placed slave flashes (the tiny ones), maybe even adding some red gels to simulate the idea of a low lit area ready for war.

Fill-in flash is one way and it will be more realistic if the interior is allowed to remain quite dark compared to the exterior. The flash exposure can be balanced and it will work with the built in flash.

HDR is the another way.

In Photoshop, an area could be selected and adjusted for brightness individually. It might be best to expose for the outside scene and then select the dark are of the image and bring up its brightness. It depends on how much detail is in the shadows, but it could be worth a try.

I suppose Nigel that it will be helpful in keeping up the Pentax tradition of backwards compatibility. Those who want the features of a new FF body but can't afford to replace all the lenses will be able to still use them. As the pixel count is likely to be 24MP or even 36MP, the cropped setting would simply bring us back to something we already have now.

As for lenses, all the older lenses would take on new life and there's always something pictorially to be gained from using lenses for purposes not quite intended. What that may be remains to be seen.

Fair comments all round, it remains a "must see" next time we're in the area.

Looks like a great find, another to add to our To Do list!

I have mixed feelings about buildings being frozen in time. On the one hand, preserving this treasure as we might first discover it is fantastic. On the other, buildings should have a function and this one no longer lives and grows and develops as needs change. I'm torn in that respect.

But great to see it, thanks for posting these really interesting images.