Congratulations Robbie! I bought a K-m for my husband yesterday and am very impressed with it.

I am sure you will enjoy using it!

It was supposed to be released in Japan yesterday. Obviously they released it even earlier.
It'll get here soon. We hope.

Better still get an Artic Butterfly brush for cleaning your sensor, or even the Pentax sensor cleaning kit. Blowers just move the muck around, if you are lucky, and don't move it at all if you are not.
Do not under any circumstances touch the mirror with anything. You could end up with a lot of grief.
In the menu you will find sensor cleaning. With a full battery on board choose that, which will put the mirror up so you can clean the sensor carefully, preferably whilst sober .
Make sure the battery is full - you don't want the battery running out whilst you are cleaning!

Orion isn't visible in June.

Because it makes a nice change to show women photographers. Lee Miller is a particular favourite of mine.
Don't know Linda McC either - she was a good photographer.
These programmes were shown earlier this week too - I recorded a couple of them, but haven't got round to watching them yet. With Glasto on the other side I shall be putting my double tuner to work tonight to record both.

I reserved the Km for him Martin, but on the way he decided he'd like to try the X70 too. It wasn't a problem. Very nice people as you say. I have ordered stuff from them by post before but not been to the shop.

Once I've sold a few lenses I'll be heading there again I hope.

He is like a dog with two tails, and has already nearly filled a 2GB card

We're just back from a trip to Urk, which will mean something to the Dutchies amongst us .

I bought my husband a K-m while we were there. He tried both the K-m and the X70 but like the K-m, best. It is a lovely little camera, and so light and easy to carry I am almost jealous of him having it. It cost €354, which is just 301 pounds. We got the kit lens with it, though initially we were just going to get the body.
Now to persuade him to take photos of different things to me so we don't end up with identical photographs, likes we did in the US.

I asked when they expected the K-7 in and he said mid to late July but hopefully nearer mid than late.

Edit:
Oh, and the shop was packed - no sign of a recession there. The only disappointment was that whilst they had Canon, Nikon, Sony and Olympus cameras for you to play with they had not a single Pentax on show - anywhere

I too have the P-system and use it at wide angles no problem. It seems silly to throw out the system without checking first whether or not it gives a problem with your lens.

I have taken my Tamrac Expedition 5 loaded to the brim with photo gear on board both KLM and BA flights - they have never weighed it (thank goodness!) or queried the size. Since they won't accept liability for checked camera gear they are slightly more generous as to what you can take on board with you in my experience.
When you see the amount some people get away with carrying on my back pack seems very small. It fits into the overhead lockers OK. It probably would be a problem on some of the smaller commuter planes, and certainly on African planes but for normal Airbuses and the like it is fine.

Congratulations Dan, have a lovely day, and I wish you and your new wife a long and very happy life together, full of love and laughter.