Nobody can tell you how current lenses will behave on an unknown future camera body.

I could speculate that they are unlikely to be rubbish, the existing 645 lenses seem to manage with the 645D. The wide angles were looked at though and specific digital medium format lenses have started to appear.

This has been discussed before in relation to sending Lithium batteries internationally. Royal mail have published a leaflet with the same name as this thread title that tells us what we cannot send.

It also tells us how we can send digital cameras with Lithium batteries fitted.

The leaflet refernce is RMDG1 datyed 14th january 2013.

You can get a free copy by calling RM Customer Services on 08456 000 606 or you can visit:
www.royalmail.com/prohibitedgoods or
www.parcelforce.com/prohibitedgoods

Nope, a DVD boxed set was released in 2010 and it was bought me as a Christmas present. Lots of extras as well in there, so plenty of interest for the Twin Peaks enthusiast.

Finding that Pentax in all those hours of TV might take a while though.

I've been thinking about that and I'd be interested to know in what way such a module interests you Mike, where the K-01 doesn't?

Both would have the same function (assuming the GXR version was APS-C) and yet the Ricoh camera would be much more expensive. The K-01 does the job for just £239 body-only at the moment and that's keeping the K-5 quality level.

I am struggling to see why I would want to spend much more on a more expensive camera that isn't really in the mainstream and seems to have no functional advantage?

The next time we watch our boxed set of DVDs I will have a close look and report back.

He clearly doesn't have an off switch (:lol but he talks sense. Very entertaining and sensible review, I'm sold...

Exposures from the K20D are a little on the dark side, but +0.5EV should do the trick.

I would suggest linking the exposure lock to the AF point (custom menu) and setting AF.S - the technique would be to focus on the spot you require (centre spot only is best) and half press on shutter release to lock exposure and focus. Then recompose and finish the shutter release action to make the exposure.

If your images are consistently too dark even then, perhaps +1EV would suit you better. Centre weighted metering might also be helpful.

To be fair, forums like this demanded a mirrorless camera that could take K mount lenses. That's what we got, and that's the size it needs to be.

On a tripod, a camera that uses its screen as the K-01 does is brilliant for small product photography. The K-5 could do this as well in LV, but the mirror mechanism is superfluous and makes for clunkier working.

I use the K20D for this at the moment, but bending to view through the viewfinder was a bit tricky when I had a trapped nerve in my neck/shoulder and the K-01 would have been better.

It is also possible to use the Q or the X90 for this, which I have done sometimes, but if the APS-C format is required then the K-01 would be ideal.

I like the K-01 and would have bought one for studio use if I could have justified buying another camera. The K20D does the job very well, so it would have been an extravagance. I can see me getting a K-01 sometime though, even if second hand.