Yes it was
Pentax *ist DS is the one

I believe the lens is only decent in IQ so far as I've seen.
It's of course a nice small lens and build quality is superb as it is an limited.

Can't tell more about it...

I've done some portrait shot with a black-haired woman against a black background without a problem
Hair isn't matt but shiny so you can use that to your advantage.

Like you said trying to get them attention is important, you should ask the owners to bring their favourite toy or something like that.

Sorry to hear that, it can be so many things that's it is hard to tell.

Glad it isn't a re-returning problem.

You could use a black background and with some lighting you can make sure that the black spots are still distinguishable (what a word:shock from the black back ground.

Once again we have two topics about the same thing
https://www.pentaxuser.com/forum/topic/lightroom-update-16762

Glad things are solved

So it was that you didn't format the card?

Don't forget they need to be an uneven number so that you get a star with double the legs.

18 is certainly a lot, John do you perhaps know how which lens has the most blades?

Yeah pretty crazy, the neighbourhood must love it

No weather sealing but build quality is the same, stainless steel chassis with a plastic cover.

The problem is that the system to see how full the battery is works by looking at the voltage but since there are so many types of batteries and they all behaving differently you can see that's hard to get it right.
There is indeed a firmware update for that and rechargeable batteries of the brand Eneloop seems to work great with the camera.

SRS is always a good place and their prices are sharp and you get 2 year warranty, also since you're a forum member you get free shipping now also