Reports of Pentax's demise have been circulating for decades. I wouldn't worry about The Photography Show to be honest, a lot of it is down to Penis Envy to be honest and part-ex offers were pretty insulting to be honest.

If Chris at SRS starts making uneasy noises or makes 'strange' business decisions then maybe the feint alarm sounds might ring...... but I do know when I started looking 30 years ago signs weren't good. To survive that long is

hi HK. welcome.

It's a 10 year old camera, so the fault may be terminal and/or the cost of the repair will outweigh the value of the camera. There are 2 options if you like the K10D and want to keep using that model 1) bite the bullet and repair (if it is economically feasible or 2) buy one from the classifieds on here. The other option if you want to change to a newer model is that cameras like the K20D, K7, K5 and K3 can be bought for a reasonable amount on here.

Good luck
Peter

Cables for chargers are inexpensive and available from Amazon, I've purchased EU and US cables for less than £3. Much better than using adaptors.

Sometimes electronics are supplied with UK and EU cords.

Otherwise no difference apart from the fact the manual will be in the wrong language.

Splendid images...shame it's so far from me.

Great if I was after one....

I had that Tokina lens. grand but heavy, as it was all glass - later versions had more plastic and were lighter. I just wonder if it was my old one as the lens hood was sold separately, sold it in 1997. Good luck with the sale.

Your toenails are awful Mike....good job I wasn't eating. Just think of the undiscovered life forms lurking beneath the nail.

If you can afford the 150-450 get that.

If you can't there's always the 150-500 Sigma or 50-500 Bigma, both very good.

But both are big, weight and length. I had the problem at one airshow (incidentally Shoreham when the Hunter crashed) found that the problem was people started standing too close to me and found themselves in line of the lens hood as I was panning the shots. I get a dirty look, I ask them why they stand so close to me.

Using the converter with the 55-300 I am not sure how well that will work, as the lens will be f9 and autofocus will struggle. No issue with the DA*60-250 as you will make it an 350f5.6.

If you are happy with the DA55-300, keep it on the K3 then you always have the option of cropping if you want to make an A4 print. 300mm might be the ideal focal length as sometimes a longer lens will just be too long.

Good God Neil! I think your K-3 is related to mine, does it have the tendency to suicidally throw itself on the floor (usually hard, thus breaking the flash) as mine does?...

FAJ is a good performed too....any reason for replacing it?