Does that not put potential clients off? When I hear 'cash only' It makes me doubt the seriousness and legitimacy of the business I am dealing with, and I don't like carrying cash either.

Hippos... Now they really are dangerous.

A professional framer can really set your pictures off well. It's worth establishing a relationship with a local framing shop / gallery (and another opportunity to sell your work via their shop, if they agree to it!)

Probably not worth worrying about though, as people do it all the time, and it would be unreasonable to expect them not to....

A different issue but similar, I bought something shortly after I had registered my bank account with my Paypal account. It then took about a week for Paypal to complete the process! Paypal is slow if it's set up to wihdraw funds from your bank account. Fortunately the seller was patient (I've never had anything but positive experiences buying and selling on the forum) and I wasn't in a mad rush either.

You've got so many crackers I'd probably just let this one go tbh.

There is a market, but unfortunately (or fortunately if you're buying!) film bodies don't go for much, unless they're the real classics. I would expect about £30 to £40 for the body and 28-80 lens. But the fitted case might add a tad more. Not sure about the Sigma zoom, perhaps about £50-60?

I would be tempted to hold on to the MZ5N, to be honest. It looks a nice camera and in fact it will work with many DA lenses in Tv mode. Shooting film from time to time is quite refreshing, and you can take a film camera places where you'd dare not take your DSLR...

Have you tried changing the custom image settings? Try 'natural' and see if that is more to your taste. Or try shooting RAW

The 18-55 lenses are based on the same optical design, but different lenses may vary because of... well I suppose it's poor quality control!

Travelling light is always sensible. If you are concerned about theft, photographic camera insurance should give you peace of mind that you'll be covered against all eventualities, and is actually quite cheap.

Of course your travel insurance company and the travel firm will urge caution if you ask the question. They are kind of obliged to give that sort of advice when asked. They would say the same to anyone visiting the UK I'm sure. Keeping your kit unobtrusive might simply mean being sensible about when you take it out of the bag and start shooting, e.g. are you alone? Is the neighbourhood reasonably 'safe'? etc....

Just like the UK America has its fair share of 'dodgy' areas, but I would hope that the trip organisers would keep you away from those, and you should be no more at risk than you would be in the UK (probably less so TBH!)

America is a great country, the people are generally disarmingly friendly. I hope you enjoy the trip more than you seem to be expecting!

The best thing about sniping is you set your bid and 'forget'. If you are lucky (perhaps the sale ends late at night or Sunday morning etc), you will find you may pay a lot less than the maximum bid you entered. Of course you could do this manually but you'd actually have to be sitting there in front of the PC. And you'd have to rely on your own discipline not to try a higher bid at the last minute, if you're not successful...

Wowwwwwww!!!!!!! No. 3 for me but what an amazing bunch of shots. Well done... I can only imagine the boredom waiting for these and the temptation to give up.

I don't think you need to put 'Kingfisher' on the shots... there's really no doubt