We have a large Haggis in the freezer, just waiting for the right opportunity.

You could contact Asahi Photo or Harrow Technical to see what they would charge for replacing the shutter blinds.

Blinds with holes in are no use.

I don't know if it's relevant to what you are experiencing, but there are two options with the built in flash.

One is to allow shutter release regardless of whether or not the flash is activated.

The other is to require the flash to be fully charged before shutter release is possible.

Also check that the camera is in focus, as there is a similar choice over focusing. One is wait for focus until release is possible, the other is release shutter regardless.

These items are in the menu system and can be changed as required.

One post removed, please remember that PU is for Pentax images only. Many thanks.

I suspect it's more likely that buyers will order goods in, inspect them, and keep or reject them within 7 days. This is not a great way to do business and would lead to masses of previuously handled "new" goods and masses of refurbished items. Prices would go up, no doubt.

Putting shop premises in every town to inspect goods? That means staff, rents, and soon we are back to square one but with new names replacing the old.

I can see an "Amazon Super Store" coming our way eventually, on an Asda-like scale.

Would you really pay to inspect something? :

I doubt that it makes any difference as I'm guessing the sensor will still be protected by the IR blocking filter.

Insurance can be very, very tricky, so probably best to talk in detail with your insurers. If they won't take on the risk in a proper manner, perhaps another company will.

There are specialist photographic insurers, there's one in the PU Shop area at the top of the page I think, but have a look in the back of AP and other magazines.

Collectables are difficult and I know a friend was unable to insure his rare record collection as even discs he had paid hundreds of pounds for the insurers would only accept at basic value.

As in another thread, over-processing of JPEG files can also cause banding.

The only other thing that might cause banding is over-processing of a JPEG file. Basically if too much information is lost boundaries between different brightness levels can become sharp transitions instead of flowing smoothly together.

Sometimes in dark shadow areas sensors can reveal banding where they behave normally at higher light levels.

If it's a fault, then it's back for repair I'm afraid. Perhaps talk to SRS to see what procedure is best?