All good, Shaun - however, number 3 is the one that leapt out at me! One thing I always try to do is trust my gut instincts, even if they're wrong, which is seldom - so DEFFO # 3!!

My thinking is that, if you divide #3 into 3 horizontal elements, then subtract the top and bottom 3rd, then concentrate purely on the middle 3rd, it says "hello!.. I'm a b/w photo!".. Now factor in the top and bottom elements again, and they seem to be telling the middle 3rd, "no you're not!".. Does that make any sense to you, or should I get back to watching Dundee Utd giving Rangers a going over whilst I enjoy a nice cold one?

If you are getting grey rectangles instead of jpegs, you might have a problem on the card. Try running a program such as ZERO ASSUMPTION FILE RECOVERY (it is a free program) with your card to see if there's any improvement.

What SnappyChappy said!!... +1!!

Featured in today's Daily Record website, these are a series of drawings that are so detailed, they can easily be mistaken for photos!

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/editors-choice/2012/03/16/gallery-the-stunning...

I stumbled upon this ad on the site a few minutes ago, so I thought I'd download it to see what it was all about:

http://www.smartphotoeditor.com/download/

There's a trial version, to let you see what it does. I was fairly impressed within a couple of minutes of experimenting with it, so I may very well invest later!

The provider is Anthropics, whom you may recognise as the company behind Portrait Professional and Portrait Professional Studio, so if you have previously (or currently) used PP or PPS, you will know that this is a reliable company to deal with.

Download, have a go, and I think you may well be mightily impressed!

Charlotte - the 3 rapid "clicks" of the shutter suggests to me that somehow or other, the shooting mode is set to RAW + JPEG. Have you also done a firmware update yet? That might resolve it.

Mhairi - have a look on Ebay to see if there are any cameras similar to what you have - that should give you a good idea of resale value, or if they are still in existence, take it in to Quiggs in Parnie Street, Glasgow (assuming you are also in/near Glasgow), where they deal in 2nd-hand cameras.

I would have thought that when you were rewinding, you would have noticed a bit of resistance/tension, suggesting that it's winding back into the cartridge okay.

I'd suggest firstly getting a dark (or preferably black) bag of some sorts, wait until night-time, get yourself into a totally darkened room (shut your curtains, seal any straylight coming in from underneath doors, etc), then set about releasing the film from the take-up reel, and finally winding it back into the cartridge. It's yonks since I opened up the back of a 35mm slr, but I seem to recall that there is a small release "button" close to the take-up reel. If this is the case, press it in to release the ratchet, then unwind your film off of it, and safely back into the cartridge housing.

Once you have followed the above, then you can try examining the "gubbins" on the cartridge-side of the camera, to see why it is not rewinding. It sounds to me as though it's a ratchet/sprocket issue on the winding mechanism which, with a bit of cleaning, should (hopefully) resolve the issue for you.

UPDATE:

I tracked down a 32Gb Pretec Class 16 (233x R/W) SD card on Amazon @ £34.99. When I get the card, I'll give it a go, and let you know my opinion of it.

Great capture, Hisham!! Welcome to Pentax User, by the way!