It can't be bigger (both images are the same size on the film/sensor) it's just at a higher resolution.

Ditto!

Well my thoughts are as follows:-

The first shot looks all to one side, hence unbalanced (compositionally.) Use the other two instead.

My suggestion would be to concentrate the subject more in the second shot. Get rid of the pair walking in from the right who add nothing to the photo. The lady on the left is looking at the dog so she does add something to the photo, indeed she completes the triangle that make for good composition (three things usually works well.) This B&W shot seems to have the best tonal contrast.

Similar comments apply to the third shot regards composition, but the mid range tones need a gamma boost.

Try these:






After that, perhaps clone out the white signs in the office window.

Ricoh declare it was all an April fools joke, just like the last time we were expecting a full frame Pentax.

I recently had a lens hood for my MX-1 delivered from Hong Kong (couldn't find a a supplier here in the UK.)
By chance I checked the tracking info and discovered RM had attempted delivery a week previously. Apparently after 18 days all they do is send it back from whence it came! No second notification (not that I had the first one) or second attempted delivery.
I thought that really wasn't good enough so put in a complaint. RM couldn't see the problem!
I escalated it and they agreed with the previous reply that there was nothing wrong with the service.
It is now escalated further with the external complaints review.
So how is one supposed to know RM have a parcel waiting at the depot for collection if they don't tell you?

There is a solution, at a price:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hoodman-H-LPP3-HoodLoupe-Professional-3-Inch/dp/B001N0KE...

I purchased one from someone here a while ago, wouldn't have paid Amazon's asking price though.

There's some cheaper ones on eBay however. (Search for camera loupe.)

Just to be sure, have you tried adjusting the brightness of the monitor? - Page 192 in the manual, settings are from -7 to +7. (Set-up menu 1, LCD display settings.)

Sorry for not replying sooner. Lost track of the thread! Well you clarified what you wanted but I don't have a spare K-3 (not yet anyway.)
Hopefully this post will bump the thread for you so someone may offer. Otherwise they come up on here from time to time. Also SRS might have have one secondhand and they'll give you a warranty too plus they may well take your K10d in part exchange if you wish. Or there's eBay. You may even still find a reasonably priced new one.
One additional thought, with the FF K-1 coming out in a month, there might be more secondhand K-3's coming to the market.

Yes, I've a K-01 too so know what you mean. Its got its uses though.
Oh, and thanks!

With normal single shot shooting 500 clicks lasts ages. That would be around 14 rolls of film in the pre digital era. If you have the camera on shotgun mode, then yes you'll get through 500 quite fast.
The main difference in having a grip is if you prefer to make the camera physically larger. Some prefer it that way, some don't. It's just as easy to have the spare battery that is in the grip in your pocket as well. Whichever you prefer really.