Now I am in a nice hotel lobby with air con. Ahhhh.... It was 43 degrees last week.

Nope. Just lots of mosquitos. I don't stay long...

The MX has a well known and easily fixable battery drain problem. See here.

Just for a moment... and today too!

I second that. My MX came back like new.

Hopefully someone will find the link to the article which was about all makes of camera / lens. Good luck with it all.

Kris.

There was a wonderful link a little while back to this topic. Essentially, lenses are made to within a certain tolerance, and so are camera bodies. This gives the possibility that if a lens is at one extreme of its tolerance, and the camera body at the other, the combination will seem awful. If, however, both lens and body are at the same position within the tolerances, they will be stunning. (Can anyone supply the link to this?)

In this case, if SRS say they are out and have sent it off for adjustment, I would believe them. Not often I say that about retailers these days! If it still doesn't stand up to expectations, then ask for a replacement.

Best wishes, Kris.,

There is no such camera as an ILX. Pentax used a silly font on the boxes etc which looks like ILX but is actually just LX. This is a common mistake on ebay etc. I am afraid your local shop were talking nonsense! For all things Pentax check out Bojidar Dimitrov's website here.

The zoom lens "smc Pentax zoom 1:35 / 4.5" is probably one of the f/3.5 to f/4.5 zooms such as the 35-70mm or the 35-135mm, again check out Bojidar's website.

I am just about the leave the country which is a pity as I would be interested in one or two items such as the microscope adapter or the helicoid extension tube. Good luck with your sale, some nice stuff there.

Kris

Excellent photo if a bit depressing!

Best wishes, Kris.

and Horseman