Another vote for using the hood for front element protection and CPL/ND etc when needed.

I'd try setting focus to AF [5 AF points]-see page 104 of the manual.

Unless you can hold your 'target' in the dead-centre of the viewfinder whilst panning then you'll likely miss focus using 'spot'.

Looking at your photos in most cases your subject - a bif - is off centre, so if you're using 'spot' focus that may be why you're missing focus so often.

Pentax has this to say about it's SR in panning shots;

Does the SR system work during pan shots of moving subjects?
Yes, it does work, but switching the SR function off is recommended. In shooting conditions where there may be camera shake more than by hand, the SR system may not appropriately compensate for the shaking.

It could be we are both on the same page, but 'spot' and 'centre weighted' refers to metering; I'm talking focus

Just looking at the bif shots you've posted in the Gallery, are you using centre focus?

If so, it's really only the blackbird shot that has the target dead-centre.

Could it be that focus mode on your K50 is set up differently to how your Canon was?

The camera needs some help, as it's dynamic range is less than your eyes, hence the need to preserve high-lights/lift shadows.

I had a similar situation recently when my dishwasher blew up (and it did blow up - noise, smoke, beyond repair!).

The insurers offered me a replacement based on overall specs and number of wash programmes. I pushed back explaining that when I bought the original dishwasher it was based on one specification only - a completely stainless steel interior - and as far as I was concerned that was the only 'like for like' requirement, so offer me anything provided it has a complete ss interior.

They upped the offer. I got what I wanted.

In your case surely it's a simple - 'I don't mind which model provided it's a Limited Edition, (or top of the range) because that was the only buying criteria at the time I bought it'.

Another vote for the MZ-7.

Quite sophisticated functionally, but being largely of plastic construction very light but not too robust.

Not sure about the MZ-7 per se, but I've seen comments in various forums about failure of the MZ series film winder gear train, the gears also being plastic.

Cost me a few bob when I bought it new; today it's as cheap as the proverbial chips (which I don't think are that cheap really ).

It wasn't so much the time-lapsed movements that I found interesting, it was the photoshop effects.

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