Hope it all works out well for you Axel, whatever you do have fun.

Test on the sister sites to this one: www.ephotozine.com and www.photodo.com

The 18-135mm WR is my choice on grounds of WR construction and a very impressive overall performance. Agreed that there are technical limitations on fine detail (see the test figures) but the overall visual effect is excellent.

There are several good reasons I see for paying extra for the Pentax lenses - better construction, consistency of ergonomics and colour across the range. Tamron, Sigma, Tokina and Pentax lenses all have different characteristics and colour balance, so mixing them means the visual results can be mixed as well.

As regards landscapes, it depends on the type of landscape. Sometimes a telephoto lens is what is needed, sometimes an ultra-wide or anything in between. There are many types of landscapes.

It happened to our *ist film camera and it's just a component failure.

I don't think it's something we should expect to go wrong, but sometimes things do. I would think just unlucky.

Many thanks for the update!

I have a feeling the rain is on its way, but that doesn't stop use of the K-5, so rain or shine have a great weekend's photography.

Big Dreams are what keep me going!

Such is the problem with words. They can be taken to mean different things depending upon our viewpoint, unless the context is very clear. Solicitors make a living out of this.

What I would like to see is that SD card door opening wide enough to allow easier access to the SD card, but it's just a dream....

Why does it need to be different?

I mean this in the following sense. WE are here because we are Pentax Users and like using Pentax cameras. We appreciate their fine qualities.

So why would we now want them to be different?

Surely what would be best, in terms of marketing, would be for Ricoh to actually promote what those fine qualities already are. Obviously there's continuing technical improvement, but in general ergonomic terms I'm not sure that anything needs to be that much different.

Lenses throw a curved field if not corrected properly, but as most DSLR lenses are now reasonably flat field, especially macro lenses, a curved sensor might throw up more problems than it solved.

It could be OK for compact fixed-lens compact cameras.

I'll PM you Axel.

The K-01 is just a different shape to the K-30, squared off rather than sculpted. It's a nice camera though and some bulk is reduced by not having the pentaprism.

It's not a massive difference though with a lens mounted.