Got K-5? Don't worry about f4 vs 2.8..

Do SRS have a used 60-250 in stock, if so....get it. magnificent lens....and compact

Don,
I think what you say about the wedding photography business applies to professional photography as a whole - even the professionals admit the money isn;t there anymore judging by the fact that people are more mobile now and equipment is affordable and of a high technical specification....

I see Pa has spoken with his friend and alerted him of lack of kit and experience etc that is good, as long as no promises have been made and there are a number of other people photographing the wedding there is a fall back if there is a major technical problem.

Did you see the 17-50 in the classifieds Pa? but it's in S Korea....

I'm glad I stopped photographing weddings and don't go to many, there will be far too many dweebs there with their £600 D3200s feeling smug that their camera has as many or even more pixels than the pros camera

Pa, good luck

I think that would pose a problem for the person sitting in front as well...

I took my other camera and a 70-200 + TC-E 17 to Wimbledon a few weeks ago and I had no problems whatsoever.

I've have heard a lot of scare stories - my GF's sister in law (who's Roamanian) were visitng Bucharest a few years ago - on the way back to Germany they stopped at a hotel. Leaving items in the boot covered and only taking 'essentials' with them....She thought the staff looked 'shifty' and would you believe it - car had disappeared by the next morning...

In Canada two years ago we turn up at Car rental place with cases and camera gear and given keys to our car - hatchback but no luggage cover we rejected the car instantly, the clerk took some convincing the car wasn't fit for purpose but in the end we got a booted car, much better.

I didn't think random thefts from car boots were a regular occurrence, was there anything in the car on show that would alert a potential thief of a honey-pot in the boot? (TomTom, Garmin Satnav?). Maps/guidebooks/magazines?

Sorry to hear for your loss, I hope the gear is recovered and justice is served.

Like Gwyn, I'd take the money and go somewhere - I did wedding photographs a few years ago and to be honest glad to get out of it - mind you I was using a M645 and Z-1p, later the *ist D....We prefer to have the freedom to do what we chose....I won't want to photograph weddings again as the main tog...

with the £5-10000, get on the first plane to Tokyo, find a few dealers and get a few F*/FA* lenses - 200 macro, 300/400 f2.8 and 250-600 to get me started and then travel.......

these are my 'wants', I've got what I need for the time being

Agfa Vista is really made by Fuji these days....so I'm told.

One of my all-time favourite colour films was Fuji Superia 200, not used colour print film for a while now so do not know what it is like today

As you can guess I'm a Saab owner - we're another group that tend to wave to another - if I see another Dame Edna 9-5 I flash my lights and sometimes get a good response....Saabs I avoid are those:

9-3 TiD owners, mostly estate - these are wannabe-Audi owners so won't respond....TTiD owners on the other hand tend to know their stuff
9-3 estates with baby on boad signs...
9-3 Convertibles driven by mum/blonde trophy wife...

99 or classic 900 or 9000 owners always respond. Thirty years ago it was different as most buyers were private and the Saab-wave was common and reciprocated...

When I'm out with my K20D or K-5 I always try to catch the eye of another Pentax user, I receive frequent nods.
Users of other brands occasionally comment on the K-5, usually favourably
If I am out with my other half who's a Canon user - then her camera gets more comments as the 50D/5DII grip & L looks more substantial.
With the D3 it's a different level, three types of response:
D1/2/3/4/700 - compare kits and ask about item x
D200/300 - admiting glances
D3100/5100/7100 - you get smirks because they are pixel snobs and 12MP doesn't make the grade these days....

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you can always search for an SF-7 on the bay....you can often find the lens as part of the kit for this body.

These sorts of devices are from a time when even a 1Gb cost £100-200,
Epson and Smartdisk, Jobo and others made devices of 16-32Gb capacity that would cover a break....for the cost of two-three 1Gb cards....I also remember devices that would record directly onto DVD but in my experience they were unreliable.

I am not aware of any devices that can record from one SD to another but the only solution I can think of is to get the smallest laptop or tablet and save onto that and then back up onto a portable device.

And a dust spot has come into view....