The discontinued K-01 is back; in Blue and White !

http://www.pentax.jp/japan/products/k-01_white-blue/

or in English: link

John K

Offers:

Compatibility for the new Mount Shield Lens.
Improved stability for general performance.

http://www.pentax.jp/english/support/digital/q_s.html

John K

Good to give it a go like that, but of course there's more than one answer. But I'll try and others will no doubt add. Set the ISO to approx 200 (as a starting point.) If you want a large 'depth of field' (most things in focus) set the aperture to about f11. If you want a narrow depth of field to make something stand out against a blurred background aim for somewhere between f4 to f5.6. You'll see the results so adjust as desired!
you may want to up the ISO if photographing something moving fast to freeze it, however sometimes a blurred shot can give a better sense of movement. So you see there's never a definitive setting to use for anything.

If you wish to process the image suggest setting the camera to RAW+ (RAW plus jpeg.) If not just do a jpeg and try upping the settings. Make sure the image quality isn't set too low (I normally use the best) and the image size isn't too small; 12M should be fine unless you wish otherwise. Turn up the colour, sharpness, contrast a little. I'd experiment before you go to see what works best for you.

You'll soon get used to the settings and adjust them as required without a second thought in no time!

If you're not sure where to find the various settings, check the camera handbook.

John K

With the Auto 110 the camera sets the film speed according to the presence or not of a ridge on the cartridge. With the ridge the ISO is set to 320, without it is set to 80.

John K

Most Microsoft products came in a box with half a dozen or more discs!

John K

While not necessarily the best way of setting the exposures, the K-r has what they call a 'Scene' mode (SCN)

With that you can set the camera to the type of subject you are photographing, yet it is still a form of Auto.

What happens, the camera sets things like the contrast, colour, brightness to what it considers appropriate rather than let you do it yourself as it does in P mode. On auto, all the camera is doing is making a best guess but it really does not know whether you are photographing a rose in the garden, a sunset, fireworks or a splendid landscape so it might be worth trying that and set it appropriately.

You should have had with the camera a program on CD to edit the photographs and that would let you fiddle with the picture and allow you to get the picture how you would like it.

Basically the K-r is a far more versatile camera than your Canon but it does take a bit more effort to get the best results from it.

As said previously, you can upload any problem pictures and I'm sure you will get some suggestions to help you.

If you can get to understand Av (aperture Priority) and Tv (shutter priority) and the ISO setting (same as ASA on a film camera, ie sensitivity) you can begin to take charge of the results.

John K

Good to see.

I've had some home made Cibachrome prints hanging in the hall for around the same time as your ones and they've kept Ilford's promise - they haven't faded at all - not bad for 35 approx year old colour prints.

I've still got packs of the chemicals and paper stashed away!

John K

Depending which version you have installed you may be missing out on features and bug corrections as follows:

Changes to V1.20
1. Correspond to PENTAX REMOTE Assistant 3

Changes to V1.11
1. Correspond to development in the RAW data camera when multiple exposing.
2. When built-in flash is used the luminescence control by the trailing-shutter-curtain sync was corrected.

Changes to V1.10
The following function has been added in version 1.10
1. Wireless control of external flash through built-in flash.
2. Instantly return to centre AF point by one push of button in AF select mode.
3. Possible to change ISO setting by dial at TV/AV mode.
4. ISO setting change by dial while the ISO setting is being displayed on the LCD by pushing OK button.
5. Green button function in M mode is available at TAv mode (Hyper manual).
6. AV and TV switch by dial at P mode.
7. Instant return to the default value by green button at strobe light compensation.
The following contents have been corrected.
1. In rare case, vertical stripe at long time exposure.
2. Released “B exposure” and show battery empty sign when using B mode.

The procedure is normally quite straight forward and painless

John K

At least we've tried to make it clear!

Perhaps it is worth adding that the winner gets to set and judge the August monthly competition. This doesn't necessarily involve a learned dissertation on each image (though you can if you want) - just choose your three favourites with a few words as to why you liked them. However most run through all the images with a short comment on each.

John K

I've actually got an Auto 110 kit purchased on fleabay in mint condition, but I've never used it so can offer no images of my own to compare. There's some images on flickr at http://www.flickr.com/groups/pentax110/ if you haven't already seen them. Maybe compare your results with theirs?

What I have done though is to try the 110 lenses on the Q and the dedicated zoom proved to be poor compared to any of the primes, so it might help to add which lens you were using.

John K