any chance of getting anything like IR with a normal red (B&W) filter? or would I be wasting my time.

BTW Very nice shot Tim

I wasn't aware that either camera was capable if IR pics, is there a specific mode or trick with the camera, or are we just talking about adjusting images in photoshop.

Yes, you can also set it to flash up the highlights etc. check page 197 of the manual

I for one will be keeping my D, despite the two sets of batteries and cards, It WILL come in handy not having to swap lenses so often, now all I have to do is find a reasonably sized backpack that will take two bodies with lenses attached!

Tim

I think certain 360's must be a little problematic, I have had the same with the A/M zoom business, also had the flash refuse to zoom at all, I found removing the flash from the camera then removing and replacing the batteries sorted the problem, I remember getting this once when I had been using the flash on one of my film bodies, cant remember if it was the MZ7 or 5n, maybe its some sort of "latent memory" thing in the circuitry?

That, my friend is tremendous.
I am insanely jealous, as soon as I get a decent tripod my K10D and Sigma 50-500 will be pointing skyward.

The exposure is spot on, three cheers for the K10D and McBrians capable hands.

You guys may have missed this thread (I must label my posts better)
but this particular lens was given a "best build quality" tag in a recent lens test.

https://www.pentaxuser.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3519

Just another thought, dont you have camera fairs in Bedfordshire?

They do come up on ebay occasionally, but seem to sell for silly prices.
I always find it strange that camera manufacturers will provide a cheap push fit cap on new bodies and then state in the manual that that is exactly what it is and advise you to buy a proper body cap. Cost cutting I suppose.

I for one am perfectly happy with my K10D (apart from the no wireless flash)
As for sharpness, this is all a matter of preferance, I personally prefer to sharpen an image to how sharp I think it should be, not some program in the cameras electronics, though I generally use a very low setting in photoshop.
The K10D has the option to increase the sharpness in the custom settings, I've not tried this yet but maybe someone else has.

As for sharpness, most of the members of my camera club are Canon users, yet the number of judges who view members images and complain of oversharpening is unbelieveable, I have NEVER had any of my images criticised for that. So this begs the question, if Canon cameras are so good at producing sharper images than Pentax then why do so many Canon users oversharpen theirs?