I'm still curious to know whether some rich collector somewhere has actually ordered all 100 variants. Anyone here care to own up to that?

It depends on the lens and whether or not you like the rendering of a particular lens. It's not really just a technical matter that can be measured, hence the relatively vague answers. The 16-45mm is an excellent lens, but the 43mm is arguably better in many ways, providing you like the ways in which it is better!

Changing from an excellent zoom to an excellent prime lens is not a magic formula.

It can be hard to define differences in lenses sometimes. Although technically the 31mm and 77mm lenses that I tested were better than the 43mm, it's the 43mm that I kept. I preferred the overall look of the images, which match very closely the feel of images shot with the 70mm f/2.4, which I don't own but also like very much.

The 50mm f/1.4 is a bit bland for me, but then so was the A series 50mm f/1.4 as well, so I guess it's inherent in the design purpose of those lenses. Not my style, in other words!

The point I raised in the MX-1 thread was "on-camera flash kills atmosphere" - and personally I much prefer to use available light, retaining the colours and shadows rather than spilling bland light all over a scene. Especially the flat lighting from the on-camera or in-camera flash units.

Studio flash is something else, and that can be used to create whatever lighting we want, but flat, from-the-camera-position light does not appeal.

Some may disagree....:

This isn't the best place to start a discussion on the merits of flash, so I'll start one in the flash section.

Back to the MX-1!

I see that in some territories there are now to be 100 colour options for the Q10.

That's interesting and if it increases the appeal of the product to a new audience it has to be a good thing.

There's nothing new in customised cameras, although Kodak limited themselves to things like Art Deco, Scout and Girl Guide versions of some Brownie cameras. Things have clearly moved on.

We bought the one from Amazon at £40.88, from Primarcy.

Happy Birthday Bernard!

The adapter I received had a ribbed black interior, which is what I'd expect.

Can we jump to that conclusion without seeing the results? The game is changing around us and, for example, the Q is much better than many may realise. This has a bigger sensor than the Q and similar sensors perform very well already. Couple that with the sort of shutter speeds that will be possible with an f/1.8 lens and there's the makings of an excellent available light compact.

Flash on camera kills atmosphere.