Hi, I used to have a K7 and noise wise I didn't find it any different to the GX20 / K20, In hindsight I would have skipped the K7 and gone straight to the K5 which is a big improvement at high ISO.

FYI SRS have been selling a lot of used bodies on E-bay with 12 months warranty. K7's were £299 although there were none left when I last looked, may be worth giving them a ring, used K20's £250ish. They have a number of used K5's with 12 months warranty for about £450. Should give you an idea of price for private sales.

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George

Not sure what's causing it. Are you shooting in raw or jpeg? What processing are you doing to the file and what software is being used? I vaguely remember someone having similar problems that was caused by the software (settings) being used.

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George

You may need to post a photo to show us exactly what you mean.

If you use a polarized filter it can create banding at wide angles.

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George

Good price on amazon at the moment.

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This is the lens I take on holiday with the 17-70.

edit - just realised milamber quoted the amazon price.

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George

The additional battery only comes with the II and not the IIs according to the SRS website.

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George

Its on the 'family' calender Andrew so I must be going.

Looking forward to it, happy to work round any options / times etc.

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George

Just tried mine on the K5 and K5II. I've never really had any problems with my 17-70, in fact I bought it after trying someone elses briefly and was impressed with the speed of focus, far quicker than the other SDM lens (16-50, 50-135, 300) I have.

On both cameras in a back room with no lights and it is dull, it pretty much locked on to whatever I pointed it at, albeit more positively on the K5II as would be expected.

On the odd occassion it didn't lock on with the K5 I just fractionally lifted my finger and gently pressed the half shutter again and it locked on. This can be done very quickly and I have used this technique for sports events with longer lenses as I find the AFC to be slower to react than this method for me. If you've not tried it then it may be worth trying this method to see it makes a difference.

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George

Just had the K5ii delivered this morning.

Had a brief play with the 50-135 on to see if the SDM focus was any quicker and I was pleasantly surprised. Not a scientific test but to my eyes it seemed a noticeable improvement on the K5, not quite as quick as the Sigma 50-150 HSM but it seems to be in the same race now.

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George

I would imagine there is a need to clear the old K5 stock, if the K5 and K5ii were too close in price I could see there being a lot of K5 left on the shelf. Despite having just bought a K5II with the additional trade in, it wouldn't surprise me if its price drops in the not too distant future by £100.

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George

This has now been sold, actually gone to a shop in Watford P/X.

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George