Shame on you bragging about having multiple taks...

Actually the rabbits in Arthur's Seat are kind off alert little buggers. When you do manage to get close to one without being spoted, its better not to make noise. I have used my 55-300mm in MF because of this.

Of course, no probs with the Tamron 500mm.

I never gave much though to the noise my K10D makes while focusing, but I recently used a friends D40 and was amazed by how pleasantly quiet it was with the kit lens. Both the shutter and the AF (more interested in the latter).
I wish Pentax improved that.
BTW, the camera isn't as bad in your hand as I thought it would be, I'd say it might even feel better than the 400D from Canon (although I haven't handled one in a while). Neither holds a candle to the K200D though, or especially my K10D.

The K-7 is suppose to have a quieter shutter, coupled with SDM lenses, it should be good.

How is the intervalometer thingy?
What kind of steps can you do?
Thanks

At "3 sisters" in Edinburgh the machine, among a variety of condom types, also dispenses inflatable sheep. Not kidding.

TonyM, yes of course.
I know it can happen for people to be careless and get a lens that doesn't mount or that isn't what they thought it was, simply because they don't read thing properly. It has happened to me, I did not return the item, it is my fault. This is my personal view, I don't advocate that people do this. But I don't want people to be careless and then waste my time and money.

I get what you mean, Mannesty, I do say
"Cosmetic Condition:
Used, in good state, with no significant scratches or dents. Most of the marks you can see are from brassing and do not have an indentation on the chassis.
Camera has been cleaned by me with care (this was not a professional job though)."

The ones that you see on the front of the body are marks, but they dont dig into the body, thats why I ont call the scratches. The picture is there exactly to show that the marks are there.
The one on the bottom plate is a scratch, but in that area it is much less significant.

George,
Personally I do sometimes take that risk. I did it to protect myself. Sometimes what people expect is not what they perceive to get, no matter how good things are. But I can appreciate wanting to play it safe.

I am not trying to cheat anyone. I have in fact even returned all the money on ppl who claim they never received their item (happened twice). The services were cheapest, so not traked or delivery confirmation. I trusted. Now I onyl offer signed for or airsure for outside the UK.

Just a heads up, the auction is ending.

How is the process? Does it take a shot and processes the RAW o0r does it take 3 or 5 shots?
If its several shots, I wonder if the K-7 auto aligns the shots. If it doesn't you'll get this effect, even if it we'll stabilized.

Yep, bokeh seems normal for the kit lens.
Remember, this is not the 50mm F1.4, you wont get a gaussian blur kind of effect. Each lens has different characteristics.

For that range, the only option I know of is the 18-125mm from Sigma. They are out of production. If you can fond one, they might be somewhere between £150 and £250.
Tokina is rumored to come out with a lens on that range, dunno when.