Really its I just don't like mobile phones in general, or indeed seeing people driving using them or crossing the road looking at them without looking what's coming. It was ever since a lady nearly knocked me off my cycle at a roundabout - she just didn't look to see if anyone was coming. Luckily I spotted her and avoided death, but my it was close. Now mobile phones make me shudder.
Contactless payments with them... no thank you.
Pentax apps - they don't even work.
I'll just keep a phone in the boot for a real emergency!
What I abhor is the expectation to have one to pay for parking etc. I managed for many years without one!
So sorry, I couldn't bring myself to vote for a mobile phone picture even if I did have FB, Tw etc. I don't for the reason that's what people are doing when they are supposedly driving but in fact not looking where they are going!
I'd be perfectly happy for mobile phones to be uninvented.

Pa, please don't take it personally with regards to your photo, It's just the phones and 'selfies'! They get me hot under the collar.

Sorry, not a fan of selfies! Long outstretched arms disappearing out of frame degrade such photos quite a bit. Also your right hand looks totally out of proportion. But don't worry, I haven't got an account with any of those so won't be voting for someone else's entry either! I presume it wasn't taken on your Pentax? If you had, you could have got someone to take it for you (or used the self timer) from further back with a longer focal length lens and have ended up with a super family photo for the album with none of the typical selfie horrors which spoil so many photographs seen today.

After watching that video you linked to I feel the K-1 is more refined than the Sony. The K-1 might be a gen 1 model as a FF camera, but it builds on the previous APS-C models very heavily. Nothing about a K-1 is overly unfamiliar if you've used a K-5 or a K-3. I have to agree with all of DavidStorm's comments about ergonomics. In fact driving a car is the last place you want to be hunting through menus to find an option to do something. We've seen what happens when someone does that on a mobile phone, not much different really. Even with a camera familiarity helps. When I pick up my K-1 now after using the K-3 I always wonder why I'm in live view after pressing the playback button! For those that haven't got one, the button function has changed between the models.

I was thinking the same thing. The new equivalent D-FA's are more expensive than the ones quoted for the Sony but there are bargains to be had with older film FA's. An FA 28-90 in good condition sold on eBay last week for just £2.99 and I recently obtained a film version 28-105 to compare with the current digital one at one tenth the price I paid the the new DFA one (and that based on a good price I had for that). I'm pretty sure its performance isn't ten times worse,
Personally I prefer an optical viewfinder and find electronic viewfinders a bit hit or miss. I'm sure there's a place for both types and down to personal preference and that would seem to be the main decider as to which camera to invest in. Bear in mind, the K-1 has electronic live view, the Sony doesn't miraculously gain an optical pentaprism.

Have you tried the Eneloop suggestion in the previous post? Can confirm that works for early Pentax DSLRs that take AA batteries. Normally Lithium batteries are fine too.
There are Youtube videos about the issue which may help as well:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBmLxdUlkW8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLPKgoG76bw
(albeit those refer to a K-x but it is the same problem.)

Welcome to the forum!

Take several close ups and see if its consistent (focus on something like a specific point in a newspaper page.) If it is consistently out use the AF Fine Adjustment to adjust back/front focus: Custom menu 26, page 126 in the manual.

It's a great lens for the money and works really well in FF mode on the K-1.

The York store presently have a K-S1 + standard lens for £195 and a K-50 + standard lens for £319.
Can't see those prices matched for new items anywhere on the web.
The K-S1 seems to be about £100 cheaper than other offers presently on the web and the K-50 about £50 cheaper than web prices. The store has discontinued them, hence the reductions (I guess!)
Was almost tempted to get the K-S1 myself but had to convince my impulsive side that I don't really need it!

I suppose for college use it's about learning techniques to produce graphic art, which is different to normal photography, even if the both require the same skills. I suspect they're not suggesting people take random images from the net and claim them as their own, at least I'd certainly hope not! How hard would it have been to take a photo of an old church and graveyard, process it in dark blue monochrome to give a night time feel, then superimpose the figure and end up with a perfectly acceptable original image?

Thanks John. Could something to that effect possibly be added to the general rules page? It would save someone else having to receive a similar unwarranted outburst, or at least something to refer the entrant to.