Thanks for your help Pete and Glover. Now I understand the camera better and I am looking forward to trying out your suggestions. I have just tried pressing the information button to enlarge the image on the LCD and this is much better - at least in indoor lighting anyway.

I have been trying out the movie function on the Pentax K-x and I am finding it difficult to get it to focus. With the high definition aspect ratio, I am looking at a wide postage stamp size image on the screen which makes it very difficult to see if it is focus - especially outdoors in good daylight. Also, when I hold the shutter button halfway down, it keeps whirring away trying to lock a focus but it can't seem to make up its mind - especially when lighting is not great. Automatic focusing seems fine for stills. Also, I have experimented with centre weighted etc. Am I doing something wrong - or is this just a limitation of this camera?

Thanks for the link Stefan and thanks for the very quick response. Sorry for asking a question that has already been asked before. I had done some searching before posting this and got the impression that most discussions were not specific to the pentax k-x. I have not had a chance to study the links you sent me thouroughly yet but will do. Cheers Nigel

Hi
I am looking to get a flashgun for my Pentax K-x mainly for portraits and occasional group photographs. However, the pentax flash guns seem very expensive and I am trying to get a flash gun on a tight budget. Any suggestions?
Thanks