Advice requested re K5 in studio

OK, I have a bit of a problem. Shortly after I purchased a K5 I lost my interest in photography for a couple of years. So, I decided to get back into it and booked a studio shoot with a model. My problem is, I've forgotten what little I knew about the camera and the manual might as well be written in Yiddish for all the use it is right now.

So, can anyone advise re the best settings for a studio environment, using flash, mainly. I don't plan on doing anything fancy, just getting back into practice again. All advice gratefully received.

I'd use manual mode, set the shutter speed at 1/180s and the aperture around f/8 for starters, assuming the use of studio flash. A few test exposures will soon tell you what aperture is right for the flash power. It might be f/11, even f/16.

Flash is best triggered using an infra-red or radio trigger, which avoids having cables running from the camera.

After that, experiment with lighting and have fun!

Thanks for that. I had thought of going manual but the thought of having paid what is, for me, a small fortune, for a camera that seems to have every conceivable things to set up, to set it to manual breaks my heart.

I'd use manual too. But to be on the safe side I generally shoot at 1/125 sec if using studio strobes. Some triggers don't respond as quick as we'd like