I don't care. I'm getting old and I only wanted one DSLR. I'm hoping the K5 will see me out. It's going to take me years to figure out what it can do plus working out the characteristics of all my new lenses. If anything breaks though, I will be most annoyed.

I haven't used the video option on my K5. I also had a video option on my previous bridge camera and only used that by accident ocassionally. I did do lots of video years ago on Super8 format. It would be nice if we had the facility on this forum to both discuss and show video.

I've bought a great camera but I don't have the "art" gene to match it. I want more realism in real photos but can also appreciate the digital art aspect. Its the grey area in between that I'm having difficulty with. I realise that that there are a lot of professional photographers on here but surely you too are getting tired of frozen beach seascapes and everyone trying to copy the latest trend. Where is the dividing line between art and reality - I'm struggling to find it. Help and opinions will be gratefully received.

Yes, I really mean MUP mode. I could still take pics, just meant that I had to press twice instead of the usual once. Whether it will happen again or not I've yet to see but at least now I've changed the setting so that switching on and off should deactivate it.
I didn't notice whether or not it had any effect on shake reduction, but mine is back to normal at the moment as well.

I'm fairly new to DSLRs and the K5 is my first one. While doing some general handheld picture taking, the mirror lockup function activated. From reading the manual I think I would have had to have button pressed six times to make this happen... if it was my mistake. Am I correct in this assumption? Is there a quicker way of activating mirror-lockup that I've missed or is this a known K5 problem? I didn't get out of mirror lockup until I came home, read the manual and switched the relevent memory option off as per page 312 of the manual.

I've tried a google search for the problem but so far haven't locked on to it. Can anyone shed some light on the problem, if it is a problem and not me being stupid, or give me a link.

Thanks

No 2 for me which I guess now puts sepia in the lead.

Lovely shot - well done.

Anyone feeling indecisive about a 100mm WR macro could always just lend it to me for a while, if it would make you feel better.

I noticed on another thread a discussion about what setting you should have. I thought it might be useful for new owners if we said what our favorite settings were and why. My latest find is the Bright/Dark option for the Live View display. I thinks its really useful when it shows red for burnt out and yellow for shadows. What's your favorite?

Thanks,
I've just checked on PhotoMe with a shot that hadn't previously been opened in any other software and the lens type is there. So, I guess I just have to figure out which software of mine strips the data out. That doesn't help me with other people's pictures though.