I use it almost every other day. and have realised that the battery in the body can last for a month and I live in Sunny and humd Singapore.

Split the gear. Sell body and lenses separately.

Body+Grip
Lens 1
Lens 2

Hi John,

The AAs can only be used in the grip and not the body. So you would still have the original Li-Ion battery in the body and AAs on the grip.

Just follow the instructions that came with the firmware and you will be find. Remember to use a new charged up battery that's all.

It is now!!

Anyone who uses Pentax knows that lenses from previous generations of cameras can be use on the current DSLRs, unlike Canikon who decided to switch mounts on their followers and thus these found that they cannot use the old lenses on the newer bodies because the companies decided to start a new mount for their new range of products to differentiate from the older manual cameras. I too still have an old Canon AE-1 camera but cannot use the lenses I have on the newer EOS system. Luckily for me I had two systems then and continued to use Pentax.

I started off with a Cosina CT-1 Super and then moved to a Chinon CP-7m and then to Pentax with the Z-20. I stayed with that Z-20 for almost 14 years until it gave up the ghost but the lenses I had accumulated meant that I would somehow still end up with Pentax. My first DSLR was a Canon Kiss (Japan version of the 400D). But I realised I had to use adapters to use my collection of K-mount lenses, Pentax and the like and so sold it off and bought a friend's K10D.

I am glad I stayed with Pentax and started with the K10D, then on to the K20D, then the K7 and now the K5, which I recently got on the 21st of December 2011 when prices started t go south and I could afford it. My buying pattern would be to wait until the new model comes out then buy the previous model at a lower price than when it was first introduced. I am not one of those early adopters who will have to find issues for Pentax to solve.


In Singapore, Pentaxians are a minority and we gather once a month to catch up and go on an outing so that we can introduce new Pentaxians to the community as well as the lenses we own. WE have lenses from the early '70s to the latest DA series.


When I was using the K20D, I found the AF lagging as I could not nail shots unless I increased the ISO, then I upgraded to the K7 because I needed the faster AF as I shoot school events. I only got the K5 because I found the price reasonable.

I must say that I do not regret my decision as they other early adopters have been nagging me to üpgrade"for the better sensor.

I only have this to say to the OP. Go ahead and purchase the K5. You will definitely love it.



Oh! I forgot to add, I do not like to use flash unless absolutely necessary and the K7 and K5 really suits my needs for non-flash photography.

OK. Mike. Thans to everyone who pointed out my "vlurred"pics after being downsized.

MM . . .What have I started? I must apologise to th OP. Was only trying to show him straight out of the camera.

Thanks George!!