I agree about Photobox, I've used them a couple of times for calendars which were OK but the free prints I was offered were not up to Jessops or Boots standard - in fact slightly bright and over-saturated.

I have used BPD Photech for some 12 x 18" prints and they are well above High Street quality, seem to show detail well and the colour balance is good (though after my first set I lightened darker areas to bring them out in the print).

Not overexpensive either if I remember.

Ditto. I use a Gorillapod SLR zoom with a K20 and 16-45, & put my normal tripod head on it. Good for wrapping around railings, seat backs etc. where a normal tripod wouldn't work.

ME Super gone off for service today. Looking forward to using my second roll of film when it comes back

Interesting discussion. I'm an enthusiast rather than a pro, and I would say 90% of my shots (including all those I have framed, the few I've been paid for and most of those I've used in publications or talks) are taken on 'walkabout' (including car touring and from the deck of a boat) rather than specific shoots. I might for instance spend a day or two strolling around a city or a day or afternoon on a country or coastal walk, and would normally take my K20 with a suitable lens or occasionally two. I want to get the best images I can without being overburdened with kit; I have noticed enough difference between the 18-55 and my two main zooms to make the extra size and weight worth it (minimal anyway for the 24-90), and I'm starting to think I would take a long zoom out more often if I had something better than my Sigma 70-300 (and maybe a K5 with better high-ISO performance, but that will have to wait!).

Having said that I'm about to depart for London for a business meeting, brewery tour and theatre trip - I'll take my LX3 .

I have two main walkabout lenses, a DA 16-45 and an FA 24-90. Both have looseish barrels when extended but they're fine optically and mechanically. On a walk I take the one that makes most sense for the type of country, so the 16-45 wins easily for cities and usually for mountains, 24-90 for coast and rolling uplands.

Starting from scratch I like John's list; my reservation is a suspicion that I might notice a drop in IQ from the two lenses above to the 18-135. Having said that the build quality of both the 18-135 and 17-70 (Pentax) look better than either of mine. No experience with Sigma, I'm afraid.

Occasionally I go out with just a Pentax-M 28mm 3.5 or recently-acquired Pentax-A 24mm 2.8. Can recommend both; I think the 28mm produces slightly sharper images but I'm not so keen on the 'green button' metering necessary with the manual lens.

It's called a 'watch roll' - was in a men's accessories display, comes with some padded cubes for strapping wristwatches on to. http://www.johnlewis.com/174374/Style.aspx

The dividers aren't adjustable, unfortunately - the 24mm on the right is a snug fit.

I wondered about fungus, but used to have some little leather lens cases for my Praktica lenses years ago and they came to no harm. I suppose it depends where the leather is kept. Maybe I should put the lenses in plastic bags first (??)

Spotted this in John Lewis and couldn't resist, even at £25:

It does say 'in the Japanese market.' Still listed as current in the UK.

At the moment I have negatives, slides, most of the prints, and scans (on computer, removable HDD and DVD) of the more worthwhile ones... if space is at a premium at a later date I can always bin most of the prints/negatives and keep only those that I'm likely to want to print from.