Yes, I thought so too. It's not often cameras as clean as these are on offer either, so ideal for someone starting out at low cost, or perhaps a backup.

The K10D was manufactured on 2nd December 2006 and the shutter count is 30,795.

Excellent shots - sharp, full of colour and a really interesting subject.

The Q system is fine with say a 100mm macro lens fitted, but bear in mind that even that is a 35mm-format equivalent of more than 500mm. Anything longer becomes almost impossible to aim and keep the subject in frame.

GPS will drink up the power very quickly, but also the batteries will not build up to full capacity until they have had a few charge cycles.

So I'd suggest turning off the GPS and after a while see if things haven't substantially improved. Batteries in my K-3 II seem to last as long as they ever did, but I don't have GPS switched on.

The thing is I suppose that when we upload an image the site uploads it as we send it.

The problem may occur when the image hasn't been prepared first with orientation data. I have a feeling that rotating an image in Windows, for example, and then saving it rotated might not actually rotate it at all, just how its viewed by the software.

There wouldn't be a problem if either the camera auto rotates in the first place, or we save the image in Photoshop.

How do you save your images Phil?

I still have a pristine K10D available, along with an equally pristine K20D. They are in the Classified Ads section.

What an exciting set of lenses! And some great images have come out of it.

Many thanks for taking the trouble to share.

But what's in a brand name? Companies buy brand names all the time.

It's fair to say though that there are some very interesting lenses coming out from China and Korea and other places and many of them are available in Pentax fit. A 135mm f/1.4 has to be worth looking at, so I'll remain hopeful that one will at some time turn up to have a look at.

Of course if there were a problem, and it's not something I have ever experienced, then the 28-105mm might be the "common denominator" in that it is probably the most likely lens for the new K-1 owner to have.

I don't think it's a reason for avoiding a lens or camera, sounds a bit unlikely to me.