Camera arrived today just as described. Great guy to deal with!

It's big......

After working in a customer service industry (not by choice I will add) over the last couple of years I can safely say that my faith in humanity is definately shaken. Simple courtesy is becoming unusual. I've felt actually threatened at times and colleagues been reduced to tears by 'guests' who take a small, easily solved issue and blow it into something frankly ridiculous. So yes, I hope never to have to work in a public facing job ever again.

I'm looking forward to trying some medium format. Not sure my tripod can cope with this though!

Hoping it'll help force me to develop as photographer more.

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I think my eyes and my glasses are wrong then.

The M28 3.5 (I have this and the K55 and the M50 1.7) is simpler as it is at infinity quickly.

I think my eyes are just really rubbish, I struggle to tell when the contrast is right to take the shot. Conversely I have no trouble with the focusing screens with the film cameras...

I have been wondering as I'm really struggling with focus peaking and MF lenses; just can't seem to get it bang on.

The DA 35mm 2.4 seems an obvious solution but can be limiting as an all round choice. I haven't yet tried the 18-55mm kit lens.... My DA* 16-50mm obviously is excellent but looks ridiculous! This defeats the reason I got a K-01 in the first place!

Any of the smaller zooms work well? I'm thinking the Tamrons or "kit lens" standard zooms of this world. The ltds? Though these are quite pricey. I haven't used anything other than a few Pentax lenses. There isn't much of a size/weight premium with an ungripped K5 just a more discrete camera as doesn't look so 'serious' for city walking.

(I do have an M4/3rd camera I got after selling a load of stuff for more than I expected but struggle a bit to get on with it and with the longer lens takes up as much space as the K5!! A little lighter though, but with my big shoulder bag doesn't make enough difference to justify a 2nd system IMHO).

Would this be a situation where, as I've heard some do, to use a telephoto lens within a landscape type shot? To look beyond the immediate foreground we can see here? There appears to be some nice reflections of trees from the far bank. In terms of cutting out clutter as ChrisA has mentioned?

Hi,

I've been playing around with the AF400FTZ in manual mode trying various aparture settings and bounce flash (albeit on inanimate objects) and I feel I'm getting adequate results, certainly fine for indoor use in the house which is what I was aiming for. Bounce flash really makes a difference, it's enough to make me wonder why I never tried it before..... I suppose the big drawback is that it makes a gripped K5 really heavy!

The AF280T. I presume it's a high power setting or a low power setting for fill in flash? Sounds interesting and I may be contacting Lennybloke as at that price is fine for experimentation. Will go well with my film bodies too!

I have a lot to read up about! Thanks very much all!

Because film and old film cameras are fun?
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Fun?

SO I should throw anything non-digital in the bin closely followed by "obsolete" digital?