Tesco 'Value' Basmati rice is also worth a go!

These are nice, especially the first couple. The rest aren't really as well composed. No. 2 looks really film like, I think it's the depth of focus as well as the colour. What lens are you using?

Make that a +3.

Some great work there. I like the shot of the kids posing. They love the attention don't they (perhaps that was half of the problem). Not that i'm suggesting any of these kids had anything to do with the trouble. Ear defenders though?

I'm not too taken with the post processing here nipper, it's very strong. However I do like 'Intercity', the PP is less in-your-face and the composition is much better (IMO) than the others.

As Charlotte and David say, the choice of excellent old lenses offsets the high price / lack of availability of new lenses.

However there are plenty of good bargains in Pentax's line up. The DA35 f2.4, DA40 Ltd (does Canikon even have anything like the Ltds?) and DA55-300, for example.

I'd rather be walking round Marrakesh than Birmingham with my camera this week, that's for sure.

Get cast iron travel insurance, don't carry all your cash with you, and remember that it's better to just let go of your possessions than put up a fight, cos ultimately, they're replaceable.

If it actually is a D650, those guns have been used on Pentax DSLRs with no problems.

I can understand how people can be dismissive. It categorically will not have equivalent iq to a sony or olympus csc camera. But I feel that isn't the point of the Q. It will of course be much better than any of Pentax's current compacts and low end sony compacts like the tx5 with their hefty noise reduction, cheap small lenses, and lack of RAW. And it'll be significantly smaller than the smallest current apsc or mft mirrorless, and better made. If that doesn't do it for you, that's fine, but why keep slating it.

Can't you just put it in green mode and set the jpeg quality the normal way? Pressing the green button doesn't affect jpeg settings (or at least it doesn't on mine). Mind you I'm probably not understanding what you are trying to achieve

Oh Chris you'll give everyone nightmares, with that gloomy picture you paint! I also prefer a discreet bag though, but mainly because of not wanting to look too nerdy when i'm out and about

Just bought a crumpler 2500 from srs for under twenty quid. It's excellent but you'd need something bigger if you want to stow more than one spare zoom. It would take a k5 with zoom fitted and three or more primes though.