I have thought of a K-01 and I have some primes but other than it having a 40mm lens on it, I don't think it'd be quite as pocketable as a decent compact.

I thought I'd let Google help me find my next camera. I searched for "best digital compact camera" and was presented with a fair number of various reviewers opinions.

To my dismay, none has even reviewed anything from Pentax, only the usual suspects, Canon, Nikon, Olympus, Sony, Panasonic, etc, but no Pentax.

Can it wirelessly trigger an off camera Pentax flash like the DSLR's?

There's no option for neither, both have their place although digital is probably replacing film in almost all scenarios.

I can't imagine there is much that the 645Z and other similar cameras can't do that film can.

Good point about the lights.

I'm not ruling out other makes at this stage so if anybody has any non-Pentax/Ricoh recommendations please PM me as they will be unwelcome in the forum.

Thanks for your comments so far. Matt, macro has been a longtime interest of mine and I'm tending towards the WG-4 at the moment. It has a larger sensor, both physically and MP's, and it has built in lighting.

Any thoughts/users?

Backache goes with the Macro territory Vic.

Good effort though. DOF looks quite shallow, which is surprising at f16.

For many years I've used a Fujifilm F810 compact camera. It finally died on a recent trip to Morocco and I had only my phone to use.

I've figured it's not worth repairing and I'm now looking for its replacement.

I've had a look at the MX-1 which has a good price currently, and the Ricoh WG-4 GPS, not sure I need the ruggedness but the GPS might be handy and it has no Av mode.

Any others that you consider better for the job of taking images on city breaks etc. when I don't want to take a DSLR + accessories?

I don't have a Flucard but I do use a Chromecast together with two Samsung products, a Galaxy Tab III tablet and a Galaxy Mini SIII phone.

I have no casting issues with the phone but the tablet stubbornly refuses to cast from some applications, not all.

Rumour has it that Samsung will roll out Android Kit-Kat to all current devices . . . some time . . . which should resolve a lot of problems, and maybe introduce a few more.

I'm thinking your issue is more with the phone than the Flucard.

My preferred browser is Google Chrome and I have installed a couple of extensions that effectively block 100% of adverts.

I use DoNotTrackMe and AdBlock+. I believe both are available free for most browsers.