OH! sorry don't know, I have never tried using live view I do however have a hand book so will take a look for you.

As no supplier in the UK has any UK stock as far as I know, perhaps we should wait to see exactly what the price will be, we can be sure that what ever it is SRS will give us the best possible deal they can.

Kris, my comments as a viewer not in anyway an expert in photography.

1/ Sorry to say this incorporates my too photographic hates, mono for no good reason (there may have been but it is not obvious) and water that looks like milk. OK that is very subjective and I do like the composition and may have preferred it in colour either natural or muted colour.

2/ This made me laugh too, unfortunately the balance between the well lit and the sheep in shadow does not seem right to me, think perhaps in order to get the shadow sheep you had to overexpose the rest of the shot.

3/Like this one, the roof is beautifully constructed and captured, love the warm colour of the benches and the composition. Agree the blue is very Moroccan looking but this may be a problem for the parish council and not yours, you could perhaps tone the blue down a little, in my opinion it would be worth it as otherwise the shot has a lot going for it.

4/Probably the light condition but the image is a bit flat and there is nothing that takes the eye, also think the composition distorts the relative dimensions too much.
5/Don't know what the flower is but it is neat and well taken.

Looking at what I have written it seems I did not enjoy your set of shots, that is not true, I did, but if asked for an opinion you start to analyse your response to the image and I am not sure I do not prefer to just look although that is not of any help to the photographer who is asking for an opinion.

Thank you Paul, that was the link I knew I had seen but now could not find.

Will take a close look because although I am a hobby photographer I still need to cover my equipment and do, of course, need third party as well. I have a nightmare of my tripod causing someone to trip and be seriously injured and my not being able to recompense.

The idea of trying to work out a value for my older stuff is also a nightmare but it is a job that must be done.

Although this has come as a shock to us all because it is personal to us when it is our money and our pocket the hand goes into.

There are loads to consider when looking at the price of a product. None of us wish for Pentax to go out of business and perhaps the hike is needed for sound and well thought out reasons, funding innovation and research being one of the possible reasons.

Each country will have it’s own costs to the exporter and importer and it is good practise to set the cost of a product at a price that the consumer is thought to be able to meet, this may be wrong but I think will have been set after a long hard look at the market. And after a hard look apart from a few outlets in a few countries the costs seem very similar.

It could be that there has grown up in the UK the expectation that prices will be reduced or that money back vouchers will be on offer, if this is so then you have to take this into consideration when setting the R.R.P. Knowing there has to be room in the profit to hand some back or reduce the cost, this is the way we in the UK seem to want it so that is what is being offered. Hard on those who buy when an item first comes out but we all know they will drop, this is what we seem to want so we can’t complain when the manufacture complies with our wishes.

We may find when the dust settles that we can buy cheaper elsewhere but we may find as so often when an item is not in stock the price drops, when it is available it is a different story, or the price offered depends on your purchasing additional items as well.

Thing is when I bought my ist* it was top of the range, now a new for old policy should give you something that is equivalent, if that is not available then it should be discussed with you or cash should be given.

Had a neighbour who worked for one of the main computer manufactures and he had three PCs stolen from his house, now despite the fact that he could replace them from his employers the insurance insisted that he had vouchers from PC world, that was until he told them the speck and apart from the fact that the store could not supply what was wanted if they could it would have been double the cost of his making them himself. He won in the end but it took weeks, ok for him as he could borrow from work most of us would be with out equipment whilst we argued the toss.

I wonder if specialised insurance would be worth the extra cost?

Sorry to hear how narrow minded people can be, I only have to think what extra you will have to find to cover new stock when anything extra I may have to find seems comparatively minor particularly when you have to buy I can choose. Also, you do not declare a day for the increase you sell old stock at the old price so you have no cushion.

Chin up, I always used to say the retail trade would be a doddle if it weren’t for the fact that everyone who wishes to buy from you thinks themselves your boss, which, of course, they are.

That is the problem I bet you have more than you think particularly if you would require a new for old pay out. Just two on my lens would not be far short of the £2.5 if I had to replace.

If I needed to replace the ist* would it be a K20 a K7 or whatever was deemed to be a new for old replacement. Can you insist on the replacement being the same make? Lets face it none of us wishes to be forced into a change of brand

I know this has been discussed before but I too would be interested in any comments any members have. I will when we get the K7 have 3 bodies and a fair number of lens a few of which cost a deal more than the bodies so I think the time has come to spend some boring money on insurance rather than the much more exciting gear.

Welcome hope you enjoy and like me learn, I have found everyone very helpful.