Bold or bright? It's more sludge green ;P

No... no it doesn't. The EVF shows the actual DOF exactly as recorded. You must be thinking of OVFs, which struggle to give a preview of DOF at fast apertures.

Ricoh do seem to have the knack when it comes to hideous special editions. I'm really not sure what market they are catering for. I guess it ensures that in a couple of years there will be a few dirt cheap end-of-line GR bodies knocking around, if you can bear how they look.

But for manual focus a good EVF can be superior for focusing, if not, I admit, as pleasant to use as an OVF (especially in low light when they can become grainy). Why?

- Focus peaking allows you to nail focus, unlike an OVF with a standard focus screen.

- Contrary to what Algi says, DOF actually reflects how it will appear in the picture, unlike an OVF with standard focus screen.

At least this is my experience using the NEX-6's EVF with K-mount lenses.

I would not want to use an EVF for the majority of my photography, however for playing around with fast MF primes, they make a lot of sense IMHO.

And I don't think it is fair to pick the X-5 as a typical example of a camera with an EVF. It is a lowly small-sensored bridge camera.

I found the electronics shops in the canaries to be LOL-worthy. Ancient film compacts for the price of a low end digicam, and when I did find a Pentax camera for sale, it was a K100D for 270.00 euros... well over the odds IMHO.

Try white balance to 'Daylight' and colour tone to 'Natural'.

Older lenses sometimes don't play nice with AWB, I have absolutely no idea why!

Is the DA21mm as good (or better) than the Zeiss equivalent?

I thought the DA ltds offered as good/nearly as good build quality, but were not quite in the same league optically.

The A7 could be a great camera for Pentax Users who love their MF primes. Using the full imaging circle and having focus peaking in the EVF would make it a better partner for these lenses than any Pentax camera. And of course you won't be restricted by the K mount ;P

Have no idea what a CWGC is. Is it like a GWC?

One thing I wouldn't do is go around saying that the 2.4L vtec version doesn't offer any performance benefits and therefore isn't worth considering. I'm happy with a midrange car and a midrange camera, but for those people who are really serious about their motoring and their photography, and have reached a certain level of skill, upgrading to a better engine / sensor format might make sense