read my post again, I said SLR style, which is what they are. They are still designed to look and behave like an SLR, they just aren't one in the strict sense because they have no mirror.

I don't like EVIL as an acronym so I refuse to use it, I prefer "SLR style" and will continue to use it until a proper acronym or other name asserts itself.

~5-6" here in Oxfordshire and still snowing.

Best Snowman Ever!

pretty good shot too, nice work on both counts!!

you may well be right there,

10 years ago it was a foolish idea to build a compact which didn't have a proper viewfinder as well as its screen. It's now pretty unusual to see a compact with a VF. The screens are now up to the task for compact camera use.

I reckon EVFs and live view on SLRs are now about where using the screen as a VF was on compacts about 10 years ago. For now it will stay a rarity to see an SLR style camera without a true viewfinder, but as the technology improves the gap will close.

AF will get better, EVFs will get better and eventually the cost and space needed for a pentaprism finder wont be worth it except perhaps on the very top professional models.

For now though, the Pentaprism remains the best viewfinder technology by far.

I suspect the likes of Bonusprint have a box which does just that, doubt it's cheap though.

The problem is thickness.

Film is essentially of negligable thickness, so the ME-Super is only about 2mm thicker than its mount-to-film distance.

With a DSLR you have a relatively thick sensor which must be mounted on a circuit board (and if you want SR I imagine this mounting is substantial). Then the public demands instant review capability so you need an LCD screen with its associated gubbins. You're probably looking at the best part of a CM between the back of the camera and the sensor, and you still have to have the same mount-to-sensor distance you had before or your lenses wont focus properly.

The only way to make a DSLR the thickness of the ME is to forgo K mount compatibility so you can shorten the mount-to-sensor distance.

I suppose you could cheat and have a new mount with an adaptor which is also an extension tube, but I doubt Pentax are very keen to re-design all their lenses for a shorter mount-to-sensor distance right now.

I love the caption

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I've answered fairly well informed, my photos probably belong in a lower class than that, but I've always been something of a geek so my general knowledge is pretty good even if my own execution of the techniques leaves something to be desired!

I suspect you'll find NiCads simply don't have enough capacity to give an acceptable number of flashes on a charge.

the first thing I would do is try to re-create the problem.

same card, fast shutter speed (point it at a light source if necessary so you can see if the shots are recording correctly).

If you can re-create it this way the first thing I would try is a different memory card, then a fully charged battery.

If neither of these eliminates the fault then you have a possible camera fault.

good luck, I hope it's the card since those are fairly cheap and I believe Sandisk have a lifetime warrenty.