Still furtively hanging around outside banks with your camera I see Tim. You'll get arrested one of these days.
Love the old lady buying the veg.
David

Enjoyable set Andrew. I particluarly liked the hoar frost on the cobweb, it looked like it had been knitted. Beech tree doesn't seem to be entirely sharp though. Interesting to see winter shots without loads of snow on the ground, you have the best of both worlds, picturesque and still able to walk around without breaking your ankles.
The gloves interest me, I thought of getting a pair with the finger ends chopped off, or a pair of cycling mits like I used to wear until not that long ago.
Still trying to make up my mind over Pauly's crop of Alone, not sure which I prefer.
David

Like Tim I'm still using my K5. The only time any black spots showed was yesterday in the sky area of a picture and the two marks were easily cloned out. I know my problem isn't as bad as some others and I don't do macro work so it isn't affecting me too much. I don't want to sound complacent to those of you with a worse outbreak of blackspot disease but I want to say this is the best camera I've ever owned.
Now I'm going to wait and see what Pentax/SRS advise.
David

Every photography forum should have a George. He speaks much sense, his insults are entertaining and he gets everyone talking.
David

Two tiny specs, barely noticable until the frame is enlarged. Until I read about this problem I would have put it down to specs of dust, easily removable or cloned out. They are more distinct at f22, a tiny blur at f11.
I hadn't noticed anything amiss on any of the 600+ photographs I've taken with my new K5, some of which I've blown up quite a lot to see just how sharp it is. (And boy it is sharp). I would now be blissfully unaware had I not read about it on PUF.
I've posted this same comment in the other thread.
David

PS my serial number starts 3823. The marks in my K5 are not as bad as those posted above by Smutje and his aren't as bad as some of the others.

Two tiny specs, barely noticable until the frame is enlarged. Until I read about this problem I would have put it down to specs of dust, easily removable or cloned out. They are more distinct at f22, a tiny blur at f11.
I hadn't noticed anything amiss on any of the 600+ photographs I've taken with my new K5, some of which I've blown up quite a lot to see just how sharp it is. (And boy it is sharp). I would now be blissfully unaware had I not read about it on PUF.
David

Unless there are some late entries it looks like I've got an easy job judging this one. I should be able to chose a 1st and 2nd from the entries that have arrived.
David

There's a time and place for fast frames per second and this is just one of them. Bet you're glad you tried it Alan.
David

Just the thing to take to Whitby for photographing the goths. That would make THEM take notice. When you're competing with a bunch of other photographers for eye contact with the model you'd be guaranteed attention. Probably useful for the paps too when they're chasing celebs.
David

The DA*50-135mm is an superb quality lens. I found it was sometimes sluggish locking into focus during action photography on my K10 but it seems better on the new K5.
David