Really good shots. I'd have liked a little more info on how you straightened the uprights and a little more on ISO used. I bought my MX-1 back in 2013 and I disliked the screen..... great size and good at tilting but very difficult to use in bright sunlight. BUT..... there still aren't many pocket sized cameras that can record video, have a built-in flash, have a choice of frame shapes, exposure compensation AND have a zoom lens!
I recently picked it up again when investigating its Manual exposure techniques..... I reckoned that I wanted a fast exposure control of either aperture or shutter speed (with just a few clicks) so that I could use it as a 'street' camera, in my pocket, and be able get black shadows and 'normal' brighter areas (e.g. shooting towards the sun and allowing shadows to darken).

Also a great camera to emulate the Chinese photographer Fan Ho. I liked the way that Sean could just use a thumbwheel to change shutter speed or aperture...... altering the exposure individual elements of the view - and turning shadows black while getting a good exposure on highlights. Being a Pentax user I thought I'd get myself a Ricoh GRIII but - considering the fixed lens and lack of both a built in flash and optical viewfinder - consider it too expensive for my occasional needs. I was then given an old camera (Lumix, with a Leica lens) and tried the 'single thumb' exposure setting technique..... didn't quite work, as it needed a 'helf-press' test of shutter to see what you've got for each exposure setting. I'll give it a go, though - the technique doesn't necessarily need speed and could be solved. After that, I tried the technique on my old Pentax MX-1 pocket camera, which had been redundant for some years, and that worked as well - after a fashion. So I'm raring to go.... except I've got some walking problems now and can't wander around a city for a day. Still - there are solutions and possible alternative locations!

Another big thumbs up for Sean Tucker, though. A really thoughtful photographer who has done a lot of street photography. He's now moved to some place called 'Yorkshire'.

The PDF seems just the job but I'm put off by the byline "Everythink you need to know.... and then some"........ Yes "Everythink.....".... A bit like those YouTube presenters from the USA who always start with "Hey Whassup?". Yes, I'm a grumpy old soul, ex-member of the grammar police.

Still, I will give it a go, and probably get it from the 'other' Forum.

Yes, exactly, something to translate the manual(s) to 'real world' usage..... just as those "Magic Lantern" books did (up to the K10 I think) and I also found a PDF that covered practical usage of the K5. The books (still going for Canon/Nikon) probably just made a loss for their Pentax versions, but the PDF, made by a non-professional - a fellow Pentaxian - was very useful and free (though it would have been worth a fiver - perhaps there's somebody on the Forum that could have a go?)

Anyway, I've taken up more than my share of space on here with my questions above. Thank you all for your time and effort in sharing your knowledge.

I suppose there's just one remaining question...... "Depth of Field Bracketing"....... but I've just tried it out by following the manual. It's probably better to stick with manually altering the focus point, with camera on tripod. Again, the tiny little icons in the manual defeated me, or the camera just doesn't behave the way the book says.

You probably wonder why I haven't already sorted out these things.

I bought the camera last summer as a 'feel good' purchase, after an operation in hospital. Apart from the temporary physical slowing down, it just never seemed to stop raining, and, as a landscape fan, I like to go to some places here in Sussex where the ground is relatively firm. So I haven't really given myself the chance to learn the gear, though I have to admit that I'm not enjoying the KP...... I'd go back to my K5ii but I was keen to get the KP for the flexible screen and the extra 8Mp. I look forward to seeing the next APS-C in the pipeline... though, like the K5, I may wait for the Mk2 version of it.

Thanks, fellow Pentaxians.

Thanks for all that....

Punkrockemo....... Yes, I'd found the option in the menu, but the "Histogram" option is greyed-out. No worries, I'll either stumble into the answer or do without it.

Pschlute........ Thanks for those three hints. Yes, I'll have to rely on the exposure meter - I was hoping for a Histogram so I could see exactly what I was going to get, but I'll get used to what I've got. I could be very interested in the next APS-C camera - but I'll look for a better manual (oh, for those 'Magic Lantern' books!). I bought my KP for a bargain price, before I'd got to know much about it - but I was itching to get a flippy screen and 8 more Mp, after the excellent K5ii.

I had several problems with 'customising' my KP - no, not a paint job, just finding the things I'd been hoping for. I'm a keen follower of several YouTube 'vloggers' and, of course, none use a Pentax.... but I quite liked the ease that they had with their Canons, Fujifilms, Nikons etc in doing certain things. However, the manual hasn't been much use and sometimes just doesn't make sense at all. There are only two things (for now) that I can't work out......
1. No visible histogram in either the viewfinder or Live View (that I can find). (Though it's brilliant in the Image Playback) - This means that, when in Manual mode, I have to just guess that my exposure is going to be right - or else be forced to use what the electronics tell me to use.
2. I don't see why I can't use the electronic shutter in the Bulb mode. I'd be happier to know my image in a long exposure wasn't going to be disturbed by the mechanical shutter.
3. The YouTube crowd move their focus point around freely, by 'joystick' control. (particularly useful for focus stacking).....I'm limited by the smaller area covered by the active points. I haven't sorted out how to use "Depth of Field Bracketing" yet, so maybe that would be my answer......anybody else using it?
4. A couple of hours of lifting the KP to look for buttons and displays certainly builds the muscles!

While I'm here, I'd like to state my disappointment with Pentax/Ricoh regarding non-attendance at the Photoshow. A bit like my visit to Wex in London last year, when Pentax said, on a Facebook ad, I think, that they'd be on show, with rep. A couple of cameras and one rep were there (nice chap), and one other Pentaxian..... the shop was crowded, though, because all the camera companies were there - with loads of reps and demonstrators.

All the best, Geoff, Steyning.

Thanks, Peter and John.

I haven't used the "Auto" mode (would probably never use it)

I'm finding my way round the KP, though I could only get out to test functions two days ago. So.....
TAV - my first impression (indoors) didn't really simulate the eventual purpose I may use it for - animals, particularly birds. To be fair, I'd have to do more tests outside - but I can get by without it if necessary.

Some things that still annoy me......
1. The "manual" (and the lack of a true user guide, giving the 'why', 'when' and 'how'). OK, books would have limited sales but I got a good guide on PDF for the K5ii (nothing like it available now)
2. Battery life..... the battery was depleted after about four hours of my tests at home. I'll probably go for a battery grip but they're silly prices - failing that, get a second, and possibly a third, battery. (why did they change the size from the much more usable K5 one?)
3. Why did they change the cable release fitting (plug) from the K5 (this may apply to the K3 and K70 as well) - to be fair, 95% of the time I'm happy with using a delay on the shutter, but that doesn't work with very long exposures, so I'll probably have to get another.
4. On/Off button far too close to the front dial - you can easily turn the camera off while turning the front dial.
5. Almost nothing in the manual about 'Astrophoto'... .. it needs the 'optional' GPS Unit (no idea what that costs). There's more info in the manual about the 'Astrotracer' - all irrelevant unless you've got the GPS Unit.

I can see I'll need the manual in my bag for years to come!

Similar to my own woes with the KP - I got one two weeks ago and spent a week with it, finding lots of things that just didn't work - couldn't even switch it on/off sometimes and needed to take the battery out and put it back in again to get some life out of it. I noticed the TAV setting was also a bit weird but left it to check more important things. I took it back to the shop and just let them try out a few things and they quickly agreed with me.

So a week later (two days ago) I got another KP from the shop (not black and silver like the original one). I haven't quite got over the problems with the most incompetent user manual I've ever picked up (even the term 'user manual' brings the term 'gobbledegook' into disrepute). Some of what should be the simplest controls - things that should come straight to hand, without seaching for the right buttons and dials, like exposure mode, focus mode and other smaller things, just seem to make operating the camera more complicated than it should be.
Again I'm finding the TAV option not working - even when the Auto ISO range is set to 200-3200, and various slow shutter speeds, in a well lit room - it still doesn't work. It also took a while to work out why the shake reduction system seemed to decide, on its own, when to switch on and off. Battery life is also very poor - it actually needs a spare, charged battery or perhaps the (over-priced, as usual) battery grip.
I'll give it another couple of weeks, take some test shots on a realistic outing and then decide whether it's fit for purpose.

BUT REALLY! I wish I could find something like the old Magic Lantern book (which I had for the K10D) - or even a quality e-book (which I found for my K5ii).

It doesn't have Focus Peaking in the way that Sony has (which looks, on screen and in viewfinder, very similar to the under/over exposure areas) but there is a focus indication in Manual Focus mode.