They look just like vintage pictures. The first one is super - as said above, those deep blacks !

Yes, firmware up to date. I did a reset of the custom settings and it has helped considerably. It was a blazing bright day here so things look washed out anyway! Time will tell. Thank you all for your thoughts and suggestions - more brains are better than one.

I got a K1 - and I'm loving it - but they are old hat now!

The jackdaws are super and, like the rest of the tribe, the first one really stands out.

I thought about the lever not shutting the iris when I first saw it but then realised the PLM was on the camera and, as you say, it doesn't have a lever! I shall try the factory reset.

One day my K3ii was working right as rain but when I took it out yesterday absolutely everything was so overexposed as to be useless. I have checked all the settings in case something has been moved - no - and tried manual lenses, M series, A series, F series and DAs. All produce the same result, so it isn't a lens. To get anything usable I have to compensate at least -4 and that produces a miserable, grubby looking image. Some ideas would be appreciated. What would happen, for example, if I reinstalled the firmware? (I've never tried that).

The moral of this one is, "don't take a camera AND grip out in the rain."
I saw this on Ebay and had intended to mention it here, but you got in first. Thank you for the heads-up on this potential bucket of grief.

I wanted to show the contrast between what I got and what you got although I have to admit, I never thought of putting a macro lens on the bellows. I shall give it a go.

Solely to put the quality of Derek's new macro lens into perspective, here's one I took yesterday with a lens that most of the rest of us get by with (a Tamron 272E 90mm). It's simply no contest! ..... Can I borrow it Derek?

Don't see many of these with a dueling scar do you? (thank goodness I'm not an aphid).