Hi, I am looking for a pentax waterproof compact for my daughter for Christmas, budget's limited so would prefer to not have to buy new. She already has a dslr for her main photography, this is more for a 'throw it in her bag take anywhere' camera, for beach etc. Obviously in good condition, thanks, jacqui

Really! Don't know the correct price of them as Ive never looked for one, Im surprised, srs are usually pretty good and usually come highly recommended.

SRS have a used Tamron 18-250mm at the moment £299, don't know if it's any good to you, just noticed it in their used section

Just got the kr twin lens kit from pc world for £449 if that's any help

Yes, good idea, I didn't want her to spend that much anyway, Its her first year of working, in a camera shop would you believe, and she wants to spoil us all I think bless her. Im sure she will think of something
By the way an update on the camera, had a bit more time to try it out today and very happy, miserable dull day though so not great for photo taking but hopefully should get a sunny spell or two this week sometime

Hi everyone, thanks for your replies, and the link Steve I did get the kr yesterday, it was cheaper than the canon too £449 for twin lens kit so I had to make up the money by choosing some more stuff, (because it was on finance) so I now have a kindle which I have wanted for ages too! Although found out after that I made a bit of a mistake there, as it's what my daughter had planned to get me for Christmas so felt pretty bad about that. Tried the camera out a bit last night (in tungsten light) and adjusted the fine focus a bit, about -4 I think but it's looking good. Haven't had much of a chance to try it outside yet, but will do that today. Its incredible the amount of features on this compared to the canons! I think I was playing until about 3am!

Hi, thanks for your replies, Yes I think I will give it another try, Ive always preferred pentax cameras so I think its worth another try. Yes I agree John about being over anxious about a fault, I never used to do focus checks or anything, but after buying these cameras with problems you tend to look for them more. I have to go to pc world to get it as I got finance on the canon and that's going back to them later this afternoon so I will have to get an exchange, hopefully. If I could have paid cash I would definately have gone to srs. Still, never mind, maybe next time. I should be able to try it out tonight, so, wish me luck jacqui.

Hi, you might remember I posted on here a while ago about the kr front focusing, well I did send that back and, not being able to afford the k5 decided to give something else a try. I bought a canon 550d yesterday and that is front focusing even worse than the kr! and not just in tungsten light either. I did several tests with several lenses and its definately way out. I have since read quite a few things about the 550d focus problems so it's obviously an issue in some of these cameras too. I am intending to return it later today and my question is: would it be worth giving the kr another try? how common is the f/f issue, and how likely am I to get another bad copy? (last time even taking the fine adjustment all the way to -10 wasn't quite enough) how many of you who own the kr have had problems? At least with the kr there is some fine adjustment on camera I suppose, unlike the canon. I thought having the chance to buy new was going to make things so easy! I wish I had the cash to buy secondhand again, to be honest! Thanks, jacqui.

Now sold, thanks