Please don't post links to other marques, discussion here should be Pentax-related. Many thanks.

Off topic post removed accordingly.

Yes indeed, the K-01 is another lateral thinking solution, far better for Live View than the DSLRs.

In the context of the M series lenses a better solution perhaps.

The other possibility is the Q with the new K mount adapter, when that becomes available. Third party adapters are already freely available on Ebay, for all sorts of lens mounts, but I think I'll wait for the Pentax one.

Maybe the solution would be to take her to Jessops and let her choose? Our favoured benefits may not be hers?

As regards screens, in very bright sunlight they benefit from being shielded by a hand, but given that they they can be worked with.

I was working quite happily with the Q in brilliant sunlight on Sunday.

All the information you need is here:

http://www.pentax.co.uk/en/digital-compact.html

You could also see if this entices her:

http://www.pentax.co.uk/en/digital-mirrorless/PENTAX-Q

There is no fee here....the forum Classified Ads is here for us to sell/buy at no charge whatsoever.

Actually, it's also worth noting from my own testing for EPZ that the modest Pentax RS1000 performed better than another very compact jewel that cost over £300.

The Pentax was inexpensive, fun, fashionable and performed well. The other was, IMHO, intended to lie seductively in an executive briefcase and look good when that was opened up. Taking images was relatively low on the agenda...

And that is a Pentax-relevant point - if we look around other forums dedicated to other marques they are full of even more problems than we see here. Poor image quality, image defects such as the white orbs, shutters releasing oil onto the sensors, wild colour errors in dark areas, you name it it's been there and is there.

The grass is not greener, it's just a different shade of green.

Focusing error in very real, as has been demonstrated in the past many times, and I wouldn't want to diminish the difficulty that many people have with it.

It seems to depend very much on our eyesight. I know for example that my dad had dreadful problems focusing his Nikons, despite being a precision, close worker. Maybe he had just worn out his eyes with so many years of close concentration, who knows. He tried everything, struggling with focusing magnifiers to even focus landscape shots.

Sometimes lateral thinking is needed and if anyone has severe manual focusing problems and for whatever reason can't use autofocus, then just maybe a rangefinder system would be easier and more accurate for them.

The traditional advice is that rangefinders are more accurate up to about 135mm and beyond that SLRs are more accurate.

Provided the dioptre correction has been done correctly, the focus ring is turned until the image looks sharpest in the viewfinder.

What's interesting is that what was once perfectly normal technique, using our eyes, seems to have become an issue where we look to the camera to tell us instead.

I wonder whether it's still not quite understood how to adjust the viewfinder. Point the camera at a blank wall or blank area, adjust the dioptre lever until the etched lines in the viewfinder are crisp.

Do not adjust the dioptre by viewing any sort of scene or subject as the eye adapts and the adjustment will not be correct.

Fair enough, although within 28 days you still should be pretty safe, but shops do sometimes put their own terms in and need the buyer to be sure of their rights.

Let us know how you do!