If it says Pentax on the box and the item is as described then I am satisfied...

My FA35mm f2.0 was US-sourced

If Microglobe say UK-sourced then I would expect it to be UK-sourced, if they do not make such a claim then where the gear is from is open to interpretation....I do have an issue of one retailer telling customers goods from other retailers are grey..

If you've been happy with the K110d then anything Pentax have produced in the last 3-4 years will do the job.

That is nice, but same situation as you.

Weeds have rights too!

I've never checked to see what the AF540FGZ does on APS-C cameras whether it takes into account the crop factor, but since the sensor is larger than 36x24mm the 55 will effectively be a wide-angle, probably wider than 43mm in 35mm terms so I would refer to the manuals or wisdom on the forums to see whether the flash goes wide enough if it indicates 43mm

I am really tempted by the K-3 and sure that Chris will entice me with an offer than is too irresistible...we have to accept that no matter what price we pay it will always trickle down (or sometimes shoot up as it did with the K20D in the summer of 2009) but a weekend away with the K-5 + 150-500 reminds me how good what I have is, I am so much happier with the K-5 pics than I am with those taken with the D3 + 400/2.8 combo

Deffo a carrion crow

Did you sneeze on your sensor or use a Nikon? It's absolutely filthy.

To answer the original question...

16 Gb cards have come down in price quite significantly now and even shooting RAW and JPEG you can get 400+ images on a card from a K-5.

I would advise Aura that she should get a Class 10 card (eg Sandisk Extreme) to get the fastest transfer speeds possible. I've noticed with my older cards the buffer tends to fill up rather quickly. I have a number of Sandisk Extreme 16Gb cards now - the oldest being 30 mb/s and the latest 80 mb/s - latest Ultras will be the same speed as the older Extremes - but too slow if you have the latest cameras.

Item received this morning in perfect condition. Looking forward to using it. Now I have to explain to my other half about it after pleading poverty for the last 2 months

Pleasure doing business with John.

Thank you

Peter

Mount damage on the lens could cost as little as around £50 from Johnson's - they fixed my 50..

as for body after quite a blunt impact on the mount any inspection will reveal a lot of other damage I fear...