Thanks, I'll give them a try.

Hi fellow Pentax users.

I was out shooting today and my camera started playing up, then I got the dreaded memory card failure. Neither my camera nor my MacBook now recognise the card. The photos aren't precious but does anyone know how I can try to extract them. Any sensible suggestions gratefully received.

Apart from next weekend any other would be free for me.

Like what he said... and also a little bit out of the CANIKON ordinary (sorry for swearing). Pentax user from film to digital. Oh and in my experience - reliability.

I'm in the area and would also be interested in an opportunity to visit. I'll keep an eye on this thread for further contact.

I might be interested in the 35. Is it only manual focus? I have a Zeiss 50 already and love its clarity and quality but I'm slightly frustrated with never being able to switch to autofocus. I'm considering the Pentax 2.8 35ltd at the moment and saw this for sale. I have now got a K5iis and this quality would be a brilliant match.

Thanks for this and I've checked out your images and they look so sharp, looks you've had a nice day up there. I think you may have helped me decide. Been very happy with K-7 but time for a change up and the IIs does appear to be right in so many ways.

One is never going to have a perfect camera. I use mine for landscape and occasionally for work (images for corporate work - dull but needs crisp images).

Thanks and I'll keep my eyes on your flickr pages for more images. In the meantime, where did I put my credit card...?

I'd be really interested in your pics and comments too - I'm getting to the point of making the move from K7 to K5(something) and IIs is top of the list at the moment. But being a cautious soul I'm keen to see what others' experiences are first.

Does anyone have any experience of using UKDigitalCameras? Just curious about levels of service and other quality issues as I've not come across them until reasonably recently.

We all know when we see a great picture, don't we? It's emotional, visceral and challenging. Having a good eye is different from having true, great talent. We can train ourselves to look for a good picture, but it's rare that we are in the right place at the right time, with our camera ready to capture the 'perfect' image. So equipment is a very small part of the process of capturing the right image. Ironically becoming too obsessed by the technology can become a real distraction from getting out there and practicing your art.