I got one of these in the late '80s and I've been using it ever since. It was £8 IIRC.

Couldn't believe there was actually a photo of one available

I wonder if I should pension it off and get one where the side pocket actually closes properly and doesn't let small items fall out...

The thing is, you never know whether the feedback comments are genuine with things like that. FAWK, he just asks people to write some nice comments, or he makes it up.

A stop and a half? For goodness sake... that implies that this 'residual oil' that supposedly needs removing has a filter factor of nearly 3, ie there is almost 3 times as much light getting through the lens after cleaning.

The lens would have to be filthy in the first place to lose a stop and a half, and then you you could make the same claim about any cleaner.

Well there are a gazillion hits on YouTube if you search for 'Pentax K-5', but they aren't really training videos.

There are the Magic Lantern Guides, but there doesn't seem to be one for the K-5 yet, and as far as I can tell, they seem to be mostly more beginner-suited versions of the manual (and not the whole manual either, by the sound of it).

You could do a lot worse than sitting down with the manual, Google for the words you don't understand, and then do lots of experimenting and asking questions here when you get stuck.

I wonder where Jacobs found the new one kicking about.

I doubt they'll get £140 for it, even with the box and everything.

Strange one here. I uploaded a photo to the gallery just now, and then decided after all that I didn't like it.

So I deleted it. The image disappeared from my gallery, but curiously, the message said something to the effect that the photo was now inactive. As in, not deleted.

Hmm, I thought, and then noticed that as luck would have it, I still had the browser tab open that had the gallery picture displayed at max size. Refreshing this made no difference - the image was definitely still there.

It's not a caching issue, since I can use the URL in another browser, and indeed on another computer, and whether I'm logged in to the forum or not.

I think this is a bit off, to be honest.

If I delete a picture, I want it deleted, not just hidden from display but still present on the PU server. I'll put this post in a report - I'll be interested to see what they say.

The claims for that product are extraordinary. Has anyone used it?

Don't use both.

That aside, what do you mean, 'auto'? If you mean Green mode, you can't switch SR off.

The whole point about Green mode is that the camera chooses the settings. A lot less is adjustable in Green mode.

Why would you use it? Program mode is a much more useful fully auto mode, and SR can be switched on or off as you wish.

A quick way of switching SR on or off, by the way, is to use the list of functions available if you press the Info button. Much more convenient than the menus.

You'll have to recommend she gets a Nikon now. If she got a Pentax and signed up here, imagine the trouble you'd be in.

Top tip: take *much* better product photos than that if you've got a good one.

Here's another. I think it's a bit better, but I've got to that point with editing where I can no longer tell if it's getting better or worse. Time to call it a night I think

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