On my last trip to the desert I had an Olympus E-520. After a few days the pop up flash, popped up and wouldn't go down due to sand in the mechanism and I had a lovely grinding sound each time I zoomed in or out on 2 of my lenses .

The replacement had to be dust sealed.

Rain in Britain is just one consideration for me, dust and temperature resistance are also key.

I recently, happily stood and took some pictures of a big Norwegian waterfall when others hid from the spray. A quick wipe of the lens and body afterwards and all was good in the world

My Canon wielding travel companions stood here:



Whilst I also stood on the small balcony, you can see on the left, and took this:



Okay, Okay, it's not an award winning, but it made me feel good at the time

Some great shots and some that I could take or leave. The overall winner, initially, didn't do it for me and then I found more and more aspects to it that made me like it.

I am a bit confused by the inclusion of the word 'Garden' in the title as many of these are straight landscapes (or extremely big gardens) including seacapes and cliffs, hedgerow and fields as well as mountains.

So, presumably, the Q-7 & Q-10 will remain branded as Pentax alongside the DSLRs

It was a prime concern for me.

Helen. Thank you for taking the time to come on here and explain your company's view. It just goes to show that different methods of advertising are needed for different markets and can be perceived in very different ways.

That's why advertising agencies earn the big bucks I suppose.

Sorry I spoke .

Trust me, I'm disappointed to but shentser pointed it out yesterday (I think) and if I hadn't already pre-ordered one then I would have done so then. It must have been corrected this morning as it was still at £349 when I posted.

It was obviously a mistake, rather than an offer, so only time will tell if anybody actually managed to buy one, direct from Ricoh, at that price.

I doubt that it was any posts on here that made them change it, more likely through a dealer pointing it out to them.

I thought I'd read it somewhere

Nah....s'bin dun before

Surprisingly the accessories listed are all lenses

Having pre-ordered at SRS, I'm dissapointed to notice thats it's £30 cheaper direct from Ricoh

If Chris is reading this; any chance of matching that?

I have no real critique of the images because I quite like them all.

I have only one question; where are all the people? Presumably Newcastle was shut on this day

Whenever I try an take pictures of buildings there are always loads of irritating people in the way The only time I get to see empty streets is when I'm trying to take pictures of people