Carpe Diem

For the past forty five years I have been involved with photography: as a full-time teacher in schools and university, as a writer, senior examiner at O level, GCSE, AS, A2, graduate and post-graduate, and as a keen amateur. In 2004 I was tentatively diagnosed with Parkinson's, and it all fell apart. The diagnosis was confirmed in 2011. If you've got PD you'll know what I'm talking about; if you haven't, tttthhhisss is wwhhaaatt ann unnncooorrected paaaaagge of my tyyypiiiiing lookks lliikkke. JJJuust iimmagine what that does to your picture taking!

However, all is not bad - pretty good in fact. Thanks to recent technology (particularly the excellent anti-shake in the K5) I am taking far sharper hand-held pictures now than I was in 1975 with my then state-of-the-art KX.

Thank you Pentax!

Carpe Diem

Trev

Glad that something positive has come of things. Have fun with your photography!

Agree with John,

Thanks for sharing. Potentially a tripod and shutter release delay could assist in the future also. Still allows you to frame the shots etc.

All the best.

Yes, absolutely. Although I've had to give up repairing watches, I can still photograph them. The two second self-timer and live view make it easy and reliable (and still using my old Benbo).

Great to read a post with such a positive outlook. Keep on clicking!

Good to see that your are still clicking Trev

Well done

Glad to see that you are still able to enjoy photography

Thanks for all your kind thoughts.
I've just bought a new Sigma 18-250 from SRS and have been experimenting with the K5 in sv mode, using the wheel to adjust the iso value through the normal range, and checking out the results as I go. Wow! hand-held at the long end, indoors, yet still pin-sharp. And the lens is smaller and lighter than my short zoom.
The possibilities are endless.
Regards
Trev

All the best with using a K5 Trev. Very pleased you are having good results and fun times with it. Great to share on this forum.