Welcome to the fora.

Best wishes, Kris.

Welcome back to the fold MDR.

When you get the chance, could you add your location details? Many thanks.

Kris.

The magic lantern guides are cheap and excellent.

Oh, and by the way, welcome and enjoy your camera.

Kris.

There are lots of old threads on this one. Do a search for "knee"...

K.

Edit: This is the thread.

Very interesting all, many thanks.

K.

Well I just got the info from Bojidar's website....

The P30 only has program and manual, the P30n and P30t also had aperture priority mode, see Bojidar's website.

Personally, I would put a battery in them, run a couple of rolls of film through them, then decide if you want to keep them or not.

As a bit of a hoarder I find it difficult to get rid of anything much.

Cheers, Kris.

I may be getting confused again but doesn't the DOF issue only apply to digital compacts with their tiny sensors? With a 35mm compact the DOF would be the same as for a 35mm SLR, wouldn't it?

Best wishes, Kris.

"The AF360FGZ feature [sic.] a built-in red spotbeam projector to assist the autofocus system in dim light or low-contrast conditions... the AF360FGZ can be used exclusively as a focusing aid in dim light." The manual, page 55.

This is rather inconclusive as to how it works. It does also say, however:

"The AF spotbeam on the flash unit works accurately only when mounted onto the camera's hotshoe."

That suggests that it is doing a little more than "merely providing sufficient illumination" although I will agree the precise nature of how it functions is not clear just from the manual.

Cheers, Kris.

Very interesting. Thank you for the information.

Suggestion to mods... how about having a "Digital editing" section (I was about the suggest "Photoshop" but then that cuts out GIMP, Silkypix etc. users). We have had lots of useful posts on editing photos but they are a bit scattered!