I like them all.

I was thinking exactly the same as Chrism8. To combat the problem you found I use a stick with a piece of wire attached. I shove it in so the wire (and the hook on the end of it) doesn't quite reach the subject. Then I hook the stem to the wire and it becomes much more co-operative!

You have caught that well - the coastal footpath from Ballycotton is a lovely walk.

I wholeheartedly agree with all those points. Keeping such a diverse collection together (and happy) must be quite a task,

The K5 is a super camera and these show it off very well.

A lot of PCs come as a single unit these days - processor and monitor all in one and their screens go from reasonable to whopping big. Go to Currys ( for example) and have a play with some of them. They also come with gigantic hard drives. One benefit of a desktop job over a laptop is constant screen angle. When you open a laptop you have to move the screen forward and back to get the "right" colour performance; you have no idea how it will come out on someone else's screen because it is different every time you use it. I hate using mine for photo work. I do all my editing on an Acer Aspire C24. It's a lovely machine.

Magnificent.

I just looked at it and went "EEK !" and legged it out again! Looks totally incomprehensible.

B&W used to good effect - and some nice compositions too.

The various right angled finders generally only fit M series cameras - they don't fit over a K series eyepiece. I have tried altering the mounts to fit (with a Dremel angle grinder, for example) and it is a nightmare! As to the tethering thingie, that which utilised the wifi card on an original K3 (FluCard) worked tolerably well but the hopeless wreckage of it that is used on a K1 (Image Sync) isn't even worth the download. That said, I look forward to someone mounting a realistic defense of it ??
Sorry for the negativity but that's what I have found to be so.