There are many different forms of photography just as there are various types of engineering.
Some engineers build bridges and hope they will stay up, and some of us take photographs in the hope that someone will want to "put them up"

From a personal point when I take a photograph I try to achieve something that is produced by the camera and not by computer software, though many will argue that software is just what produces the image in the camera in the first place

Photography is many things to as many people and I'm sure that many of us try to include and artistic element into our snaps, just like Engineers do when building bridges.

The way I understand it is that while the camera is set to matrix metering, if link AF & AE is enabled the camera will in effect work in a similar way to centre weighted, ie; normally the centre portion of the image will expose brighter, but with AF & AE linked this will be linked to the focus point.

A bit like having C/W metering but concentrated on any of the focus points in the frame, think of it as "selective" C/W metering so if the focus point is say to the left of the frame then that is where the camera will meter.

I believe the camera must be set to Matrix for this to work.

I can see John's point but still think the shop has to stand the loss, what if Oggy had not wanted to pay any more than he did? regardless of the error Oggy is still entitled to a reciept that states what he bought for the price he paid.

Consider this:
Oggy does nothing and the camera fails in six months time, he returns it to the shop as per his consumer rights and they send it off for repair, when it comes back they have replaced it with a K200D Oggy hasn't got a leg to stand on cos' his reciept says thats what he bought!

I didn't notice anything wrong with mine, but maybe I'm easilly pleased

Some shots from my first outing with the 16-50, posted as a few examples of course, not for their photographic merit

https://www.pentaxuser.com/forum/topic/Dublins-Fair-City-9152

So what about posting pics taken with Pentax lenses on Canon bodies

PLEASE....no hate mail

DEMAND your rightful proof of purchase or tell them you want a full refund, even if the equipment HAS been used. (make sure its full of greasy fingermarks when you take it back)

As an afterthought re-warranty, surely they have entered the cameras serial number onto the reciept, if so then no problem.

Just a quick update:
I finally got around to writing to Pentax, posted the letter monday and got a phone call from Pentax this morning apologising for the error and saying my account would be credited with the shortfall in around three days I'm well pleased with the service.

Speaking as someone who bought one for my K10D I personally found it didn't offer "me" much more than the manual. It does explain things better than some of the rather bad translations in the manual and it would be of extreme help to someone who is fairly new to photography.

For someone new to photography who finds it difficult to get their head around focal lengths, effects of aperture, DOF etc then it is a good buy.

You should have no problems shooting the moon without a tripod, just wait for a clear night and you should be able to get shutter speeds of 1/750+

Probably not entirely! more likely the SR system has contributed by shifting the sensor, I get it an awful lot and its always dropping to the right slightly.