I haven't said anything completely pointless for ages.

The Sigma 10-20mm, although a bit large, works well for street photography. It gives you a bit of choice on focal length for different situations, too. Also, since it's quite large, people think you have a telephoto on, so don't realise you're shooting them. I also use the Sigma 24mm f2.8 Super-Wide II for street photography, much smaller but a bit longer than you say you are looking for.

Best wishes for a speedy recovery, and I bet you will find some way to use your camera! A tripod perhaps?

Well it turns out PentaxExpert was right about the Auto setting on the K5. I had never tried it before, but I decided to give it a go to see how it performed. I was amazed! Of course I put my most expensive lens on it, the Sigma 10-20, which isn't as good as the Ltd lenses, so I'd be really interested to see how they perform on the K5 on the Auto setting.

I took this in my bathroom in the dark, and I didn't even take the lens cap off!

You are right PE if it has the label"PRO" on it then it must be a fantastic lens! Why spend a fortune on lenses with loads of other letters on them? The DA* lenses are complete rubbish as they don't say PRO on them at all! It sound like your mate at press-ups is an expert like yourself, so I would buy the lens before some other expert snaps it up! Or you could always get a Nikon, if you leave it on auto it will automatically choose the best shutter speed, aperture, ISO, composition, lighting, and even subject matter, all you have to do is press the shutter!

I have been using Geosetter, but it doesn't always get it right when you upload to Flickr...generally works pretty well though. I have started photographing the GPS display when I take aerial shots and using the coordintaes to tag the pictures. It is a bit time-consuming though. As it uses ExifTool you can also write other (copyright, website, contact info etc) stuff to the exif at the same time, for which I have made a template.

Apart from that, I would prefer a tilting LCD screen too, and the option of auto-focus while shooting video. I like the idea of a bouncable built-in flash too. And no noise at 12800 ISO would be pretty amazing...

The K5 seems to meter pretty well with my Pentax M 135mm f3.5, bit it's the only completely manual lens I own, so not sure how well it would work with others.

Well done, should be a good day out!

In a few years tiny little sensors on the descendants of Q will no doubt match what we get on a DSLR now. When they do, I have no doubt I'll get one. I think I'll wait till then though........

Lovely shot, as said, the background works really well too

Hmmm I will have to sit this one out I'm afraid, unless I find a lizard....wildlife is not Qatar's strong point, and there's not much in the cities I'll be in during the next 2 weeks either.....look forward to seeing other people's entries though