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I don't mind in the slightest, it's a great shot.

Visibly better on standard web images, no doubt in my judgement. You can explore this by downloading the appropriate files and proving it to yourself by making some web images from them.

Looks like a fault.

Well at least I found out for myself how significant the difference was. It was very interesting and it was a pleasure to explore the potential.

Now I wish I could buy one straight away, but that isn't possible just now. Next time we upgrade we will be buying the IIs (or its replacement) but it has to be justified financially, so no whims I'm afraid.

I did go to some lengths to try and make the images shot with the II as identical as possible with those taken with the IIs, the intention being that anybody contemplating the choice could see for themselves. That way, they can makie their own informed decision.

Puzzling. A manual focus lens will look sharp in the viewfinder when it is correctly focused, so why would it be in focus on one body and not on the other?

I think I'd start with ther dioptre correction on the viewfinder eyepiece. Point the camera at a plain out of focus wall and sdjust until the etched lines in the viewfinder are sharpest. That's the only way to ensure your eye is at rest when viewing the focusing screen. Now try focusing the lens again. Focusing telephotos is more critical, so a misadjusted viewfinder could make a difference.

If that doesn't work, then back to some more thinking.

The basic Weather app on my iPhone is remarkably accurate and updates every hour. I am told by it that at this moment it is cloudy in Sydney and a nice warm 28C. New York is sunny and a rather chilly -4C.

Here it's cloudy and -1C and if I look out of the window, it indeed is.

The wonders of technology.....

I think we need to differentiate between what is the most advantageous mount size for a print for general use, perhaps selling or mounting on a wall at home, and what is a competition standard.

There's no doubt what is needed for competitions - it's in the rules. What is best for a given print for display is something else, which i think may have been what the OP was getting at?

3M Spray Mount (blue can) will actually peel off quite quickly. 3M Photo Mount (red can) is the one intended for permanent mounting.

I think you might have some things to raise at the next AGM of your local federation Alan! :