Thanks Smeggy for your kind comments and support. unfortunately as you know I work in a niche photography market where wannabes are high and newbies abound. I regularly used to get stopped and asked why I chose Pentax or some other strange and bizarre comments that meant I was spending half my time in the pit justifying my brand choice, it really became that much of an issue to me. It would be nice if brands could recognise this form of promotion for what it is, I know of two other pro music togs that shoot Pentax thanks to my recommendation and sometimes we even work together at the same show, the last show I did there where three togs there, two Pentax and one Canon. How often does that happen? A Pentax domination!

With regards to brand sponsorship why should I as a professional promote a brand that point blank does not even want to have this discussion with me or even reply to my messages to their PR company, their management or through Facebook. Yes I know Pentax have sponsored photographers in the past Benjikan being the most recent and that didn't end to well did it. They also sponsor I believe a surf photographer in the USA how much recognition that gets them on a global scale I am not sure.

SO thats why I tape up my logos...

I think for that price u would rather keep it given how difficult they are to find here in the UK.

thanks for everyone's input.

Its difficult, they very rarely come up for sale in the UK.

Everything else is there John just the original battery and charger are missing which I replaced with an aftermarket battery charger.

I am looking to sell some of my kit so I can dabble with another system and I can't figure out how much to ask for my k-01

Its boxed, had very little use but does not have original battery and charger rather an after market one.

Any advice?

Its an excellent brand lol

fed up justifying my gear chouxe to wannabes

Don't really care about branding, if I did I wouldn't tape all the logos up on my cameras and lenses.

As long as they keep supporting products they can call themselves anything they like for me...

Thanks

I found the af-c hunts too much on the k-5 for my liking.

I agree with the cant do sports but not the cant do gigs. The focus in the dark is better than any other camera costing less than £2000. Its the focus capabilities in the dark that stop me changing systems and ive been very close to changing alot recently given the fall in price of full frame bodies.

as for the blurred background that will be a limitation of using 135mm as opposed to 200mm which would have blurred the background more.