Bloody Hell, that GRIII is expensive. Don't think I want to spend that much, as for still posting on here I think I'll be keeping my K5 and a kit lens as it's probably only worth a couple of hundred now, I also still have my istD which is probably worth less than the cost of a new filter

I've all but lost interest in photography, mainly due to health and feeling my age and the total lack of desire to hump around a bag full of kit, so I've decided to scale down and look for something that will fit into a pocket.

All suggestions on compacts welcome.
Experiences of the WG50 also welcome, is it as rugged as it looks, does it stand up well to been dropped?

And if anyones interested I'll have a K3II + grip plus some lenses and flash up for grabs as soon as I've sorted out what they're worth.

Just a quick update.

Have tried the lens several times over the last few days and it seems to be back to normal, I also gave the 50-135 a workout by throwing it all the way out of focus with the focus ring then using the AF, I have to admit it did seem to speed up after a dozen or so times.

On reflection, if either of my SDMs had failed from lack of use it should really have been the 50-135, the 16-50 has had a fair amount of use over the last few months as I've been having a blitz on ebay

Anyway I'll think twice about leaving my gear in the car when camping in cold weather.

Yes I used Notepad++

Think I may have wasted everyones time though, did some Googling and tried a suggestion to repeatedly press the AF button while rotating the focus ring, and it's started working again

We were caravaning over the Goth Weekend and I left my gear in the car overnight, wondering now if the cold had affected it, going to keep trying it for the rest of the evening, then I may stick it in the garage and see if it plays up again, if it does I may still consider the mod (assuming I can get it to work)

Sorry Tom, poor explanation, I should have said "also tried it with the K3II" the three attempts I made were with the K5

Not having any luck with this, followed everything to the letter, even a step by step you tube vid. but the new file refuses to work, I get "wait" and it just reverts back to the debug menu, tried it 3 times and also with another card but same result, tried it with the K3II and despite the fact I found the necessary files online the PK Tether doesn't find the camera.

Ready to pull what little hair I have left out, so going to give it a break for the evening, may try it with the 50-135 tomorrow and see if that works, I can always revert it back.

Thanks Tom, I got a PM from Barrie, he said you'd have the answer

I had a quick look at that earlier but couldn't get my head round what it does, is it a change to the camera body for a specific lens or does it do something to the lens itself.

I was too busy trying to get my lens to focus! I did manage a few sharp ones using manual though.

Hmm! looks like time flies when your having fun, searched round for the repair receipt and can't find it, then realised I'd have mentioned it on here so checked my posts, it was 12 months ago

I was right insofar as it failed just before WGW and I got it back in time, just the wrong WGW.

I shall now be having a good read of how to modify it.

Err....not sure, may look into that.