Sorry Matt couldn't resist picking up on this from the sensor cleaning thread.. and I just HAVE to ask.

Are we to understand that you have converted a body cap into a pinhole lens?
What is the world coming to, state of the art digital pinhole cameras, is this another PENTAX first?

Actually I tried something similar with my OM30 some years ago, was quite pleased when I got a reliable exposure reading from the meter.

And now to give you all a laugh at my expense;
My next foray into pinhole photography was with a shoebox with an alluminium foil pinhole and using B&W paper blue-tacked to the rear.
After each exposure I would rush to the darkroom and develop the "negative" then after force drying them I tried a contact print through the paper. These turned out quite good but I was unhappy with the burned out skies, I had a quick idea which I was sure would work, I quickly loaded my "camera" up with another sheet of paper and got it into position for another exposure after removing the sticky tape lens cap I placed a red filter in front of the pinhole in order to try and darken the sky, It took several fruitless exposures before the penny dropped...DOH!

I took my K10D to my camera club last week, just to show off my new toy, quite a few of the members were impressed with the size of the screen, and impressed with the camera in general, I suppose I should take those as compliments from Canon users!
I did have my D along with me as well so they could compare the relative sizes.

My god man, please dont tell me you turn green when your mad and rip your trousers!!!!!!

My handspan (tip of thumb to tip of little finger) is around 9inches (depending on the arthritis) so I consider myself to have big hands, I find the K10D a little on the large side...I suppose thats what comes with playing with "ladies" cameras for all these years...MZ7 MZ5n istD.......

Grip? you mean that thing that makes the camera difficult to hold and puts "too much pressure on the fingertips" (Practical Photgraphys comment, not mine)

Seriously though, I'm with John and wont be turning my K10D into a Canonesqe like brick The camera is big enough as it is, in fact I found it too big at first, now I pick up my istD and wonder.....should I buy a battery grip!

where did you read that?

GlynM
My problems sounds nothing like yours, even removing the battery and putting it in my pocket didn't help, it was dead and stayed dead, and it took the full 180mins to charge when I got it home.
Going to see whats available on ebay and see if I can get a back up without spending another £50 on a geniune Pentax.

Thanks for the response guys.

I do use the USB for transfers at the mo' (my printers card readers wont read the SD card , must be too big) so will have to invest in a card reader.
Not been leaving the USB plugged in for longer than needed tho'.

I suppose I'll have to put the battery life down to the cold weather, I never got any warning the battery was going either, one minute it was showing full charge the next it was dead?

Has anyone formed any views on the K10D battery? in particular its supposed performance.

Am I right in thinking the battery needs to be charged a few times before reaching its full capacity?
The reason I ask is because my Camera is only on image number 310 and I have had to charge the battery twice, even allowing for use in cold weather and spending longer than average playing with the camera and admiring the LCD surely I shoul have got more shots than that from two full chargings.

Those are very impressive shots for a compact, but I suppose it IS a Pentax.
Had a quick look at some of the other stuff too, nice work, going to come back for a longer look when I have more time.

The only problem with posting a link to your website is the fact that we now all know you've been inside a PINK limo! (or is that one of the kids shots?)

All I can say is you could have taken a pic of your Optio with the DS and cloned it into the pic as well! Or isn't it good enough to sit alongside the grown-ups?

K10, you do realise that as soon as you put a 2x converter onto an f2.8 lens the lens becomes an f5.6, you lose 2stops of light with a 2x converter.