Got the Seculine Twin1 R3 universal remote from SRS in the end (link), works a treat. Just waiting for my ND400 now.

Thanks for all the advice, I appreciate it!

Thanks for the quick replies!

I guess the 3rd party ones will be perfectly good then, after reading that K20D remote thread you linked to I'm leaning towards this one at the moment. It should work fine with a K-7 shouldn't it?

Yes, that's good advice, I'm not bothered about any extra buttons, one is fine for me.

I did email SRS, but they don't have any in stock and weren't sure when they'd get some back in.

Going on your advice I think I'll try and get a 3rd party one instead. I suppose most universal infra-red remotes should work.

I've been looking everywhere to try and get hold of a remote control F, but I haven't been able to find one. It's even out of stock on the Pentax website.

Does anyone know whether they're still being made, or even better; where I might be able to get one?

Yes, I had to go quite a long way to get it, so I'm going to email them to make sure they have one in, then have it replaced.

I really appreciate your advice, thanks again.

OK, I had a feeling I might end up doing that. I'll try leaving the battery out for a few hours to see, if that doesn't work I'll have to have it replaced. =(

Thanks for your help

Right, I bought a K-7 last Saturday, and so far I've been highly impressed, excellent performance and image quality all round.

However, today I powered it on mid-morning after showing some images on the TV (and after some shooting earlier) and was greeted with a strange vertical line down the middle of the LCD screen (Pictures below). At first it was just flickering a bit, but now it's there all the time. (Viewing shots, live view, menus - any use of the screen).

It doesn't affect the shots captured at all, it just seems to be to do with the screen. I've updated it to the latest firmware (I went from 1.00 to 1.02), recharged the battery, formatted the card, but nothing seems to have any impact on this line.

Has anyone else encountered this?

Any insight into why this might be happening would be hugely welcome, and anything I could do about it.

It's incredibly frustrating, because the K-7 is such a fantastic camera otherwise.

Thanks for your time in advance.

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