An amazing shock of unruly hair....

Yes, it is in the wrong place and I'll sort that out in a minute.

Yes, to answer two deleted posts, there's a point where discussing someone's motives in posting can descend into an unwarranted bit of aggression that might well put some off ever posting again. We're not here to question people about why they have made a post or to cast aspertions as to motives.

A friendly forum doesn't demand explanations from members unless things have gone seriously wrong. Nothing has gone wrong in this thread....

For now, but it may come around in due course.

The K10D does have SR, but I agree for the subjects being shot it could be turned off.

You can use the previous Pentax lenses, including the 50mm f1.4 that cannot be used on some older bodies.

Spotmatic and later are fine. S1a needs orange market on rewind knob, not green.

But to go back to the ES, yes, it's fine.

It was free floating on the K10D but it was changed for the K20D.

I'd encourage everyone to explore the growing list of Articles and Reviews on Pentax User, which cover quite a lot of areas that have been enquired about over the past few weeks.

There's a wealth of information there and the forum is then ideal for more specific queries and discussions.

Nice camera and hasn't it seen some work in its time? It's always great to find something like this, have fun with it.

Agreed, competition judges can set their own parameters, so many of the things asked for are already possible within the existing structure.

However, do remember that the more difficult the task set the lower the response will be and that does reduce the enjoyment of probably quite a few people. We may not all have the time to go and follow a too onerous set subject.

We can see from the various competition subjects which ones get the best response, and it is intended to be something for as many people as possible to join in.