I would like something like this, but designed to be carried over your shoulder and not inside another bag. (The loops for a strap are on the opposite side to the zip, so all the lenses would drop out if you opened it!)

Recently I often just carry my camera out in the open and keep my lenses in a very small separate bag, but I need something more padded.

A twit he may be, but he does occasionally make me laugh, when he's not trying to sound like Clarkson!

D'awww, that's mean!

LMAO though!

The naile on the heade, you mean!

I don't care about any spelling mistake except one.

LENSE.

It really bugs me when people spell LENS like that. I think it's because the repeat offenders are often people with a generally good standard of written English, and I just can't see how they haven't picked up the correct spelling, especially if they frequent forums like this. 'Lense' also seems like how Samuel Pepys or someone from that era might have spelled it.

Lense, lense, lense. It's like they are doing it on purpose specifically to annoy me!

And.... relax.

Excellent, thanks, I'm not a big flash user (and I tend to bounce it off the ceiling if I do use it)... but I'll watch out for that.

Here's hoping for a Ricoh sub-forum at some stage anyway!

Thanks for dredging these up! I may have a go at PP-ing these again. I struggled a bit because of his shiny shiny skin and in my effort not to burn out the highlights, I think I've underdone the contrast.

The approach with DSLRs seems fairly obvious... have Ricoh somewhere on the body but PENTAX emblazoned across the front of the prism. I'm not sure about the compact range, as Pentax has greater consumer recognition (just) but Ricoh has a better reputation for enthusiast's compacts. And Ricoh won't want to throw their entire brand identity away.

I bet they're glad to get their hands on Pentax's SR system... the anti-shake system in Ricoh's compacts is apparently provided by a third party.

As far as the forum goes, if Ricoh have bought the Pentax brand, I think all Ricoh camera's should be allowed on the forum. The division between the brands becomes a bit meaningless, certainly with regard to compact cameras anyway.

The scratches are widespread, but very light. I will try it with a hood, but I doubt the original Asahi Pentax skylight filter it came with will help very much. A pity the owner didn't make more use of the filter! The lens has clearly had a lot of use

Looking through my shots, blues seem especially vibrant. I like it.