This is not a great place to be selling a K10D if you want to get more than a very low price for it.

The vast majority of members here will already have a dSLR of K10D vintage or later (quite likely *and* later, unless they sold it quickly when upgrading), so to sell it you'd need to find someone who wanted another one.

Anyone with a K20D or later is unlikely to get a K10D as backup unless it was very cheap.

You'd be better off on eBay, where the audience is much bigger.

I've not had any problems with the 55-300 AF - before I got the K-5 I used it extensively on my K10D at airshows and found it excellent, if not quite long enough.

Problems arise because of two things:

- Its long focus throw means that to go from one end of the focus ring to the other can take a while.

- If you lose a moving subject from the centre of the viewfinder, the AF will hunt.

I use auto AF-point selection to get over this at airshows - it effectly makes the central area much bigger, so I'm less likely to lose the subject.

The trick is to use QuickShift to get the focus in approximately the right place before you ask the AF to go to work. It's quick then.

True, but the presence of an SSL certificate and the padlock is not evidence of everything being above board.

Actually turned it off, as in pulled the mixture to lean? That would be a little unusual to say the least.

It's more common to fly glide approaches simply by closing the throttle. The prop continues to spin, but provides virtually no power.

This makes a very late go-around possible if an obstruction is suddently noticed on the runway, since power can easily be reapplied.

What were you flying in, by the way? The AirTourer looks very nice, but what was yours?

Unless its prop is actually stationary. It looks even stranger from the cockpit, trust me on that.

I'm not clever, but I am called Chris, so since we have something in common I thought I'd say hi.

Hi.

By the way, what is a lat-long HDR image? I know what lat-long is, and I know what HDR is. But together, no idea.

What has lat-long got to do with exposure?

Nope. There's been no announcement at all. Rumours are ten-a-penny.
Loads. They can always be loads better.

The K-5 is good, but it's not perfect, and a little Googling will reveal a truckload of improvements people want.

No, and yes, respectively. This one comes up from time to time, and it's very confusing until you know what's what's going on.

There's an option (isn't there always!)...

First up, check your memory setting.. p2 of the Memory entry on the RecMode menu. It defaults, IIRC, to remembering the file number, and using its saved sequence with new cards.

However, it won't reuse a file number if it's already taken on the card.

- If the image number on the card is GREATER than (or equals) the number the camera's expecting to use, the one on the card overrides the saved sequence and the camera starts counting at one more than the one on the card.

- If the image number on the card is LESS than the number the camera's expecting to use, the card is ignored and the camera's saved value takes precedence.

John's method works because the camera's saved 'next image number' is always greater than the max image number from an empty card, so it uses its saved value.

I think. You can read all about my struggles understanding this little jewel if you like.

It's quite easy to sort out, though, and get the file number equal to the shutter count if that's what you want to do.

PhotoMe is what you want, to check the shutter count.

Tis true.. he's human after all

I could swap you a nice K10D for your 500mm