Interesting gossip, but that's the only level of it really.

If I were making the decisions I wouldn't be going into Full Frame at this time, I'd be concentrating on expanding a very fine APS-C range.

Personally, no. I want to edit the images before they are released into the world. However, many people just want to quickly upload family images to Facebook and the like. In that case, an iPhone or Android phone may be all they need.

If buying a compact, then the new market seems to be either waterproof models, such as the WG series, or high-end models, such as the MX-1 and GR. The market for cheap compact cameras will, I think, fade into very small numbers.

If the cartridges have lasted you a while then I'd stick with those. I've seen people get in a mess with continuous ink systems, which are ungainly and cumbersome and need continuous use to keep flowing properly. So do cartridges up to a point, but they behave better in general.

Continuous ink suppliers will try to help when things go wrong, but I've seen them wash their hands of a problem once it becomes difficult.

Obviously the Japanese know how to promote cameras. They are a little shakier on dancing.

That workflow has one item misplaced - the card should be formatted in the camera, not in the card reader.

I'm not quite sure in what sense you mean, but all components need to be within tolerance to ensure best results. So no point having accurate engineering in, say, the screw focus system and having a sloppily made lens that doesn't stop at the right point but overshoots.

That really should be a PM guys.

Phil, are your pictures sharp? If so, don't worry. If not, look into it further.

All my lenses are fine as well and I spend my time shooting images, not checking focus charts!

There were a few K mount SLRs in the days of film. I did have a look at some but the bayonets were sloppy, the constructions poor and generally they were just....cheap.

The Ricoh ones I don't think I ever had a good look at, but I do have here a Rikenon 50mm f/2 in nice clean condition. No A setting, just a plain non-electronic K mount. The focusing is smooth, the quality of construction seems fine, just a notch or two below the standard of say an SMC Pentax-M 50mm lens.

I was being cryptic Algi, I know it was trying to be a joke....