Unfortunately, the K-M I used would sometimes focus on an object that that appears (in the photo) immediately next to my desired subject although that object is some considerable distance in front of or behind my subject.

An example is a person seated at a table across from me with a wine bottle just to one side between us. It's a great photo with shallow DOF - but only if the person is properly focused and the bottle is not. It may be carelessness on my part. I prefer the K7/K10 arrangement as I, at least, can be more confident of the focused-upon object.

Hi! I'm Geoffrey from Madison, Wisconsin.

In the last two years, I've been trying to pick up photography after a 30-year hiatus. My sig in another forum notes that I'm working my way up to beginner. Alas, still a fair assessment.

So far, I've stuck to photography incidental to other activities, i.e., air shows, fly-ins, family, and SE England. (My wife and I have done some armchair traveling but our bags and persons somehow end up at Heathrow. Insert Samuel Johnson quote here.)

I picked up a K10 a few years ago and moved, for our most recent holiday, to a K7. I have too much glass and not enough creative instinct and/or time.

For P&S, I've been very happy with a Panasonic TZ7 (ZS-3 to Americans). And yes, I do wander streets with one on my back and the other on my belt.

Thanks to you and the moderators for this forum!