Well...after much thought and consideration I've taken the plunge and purchased a K5 with the 18-55 kit lens - battery is charging now!

I bought it from Jessops Birmingham who despite the prices in their store were happy to match their Internet price. A free tripod was on offer but I already have one so they gave me Sandisk Extreme 16GB card for the price of an 8GB card - a saving of over £40. Also 300 free prints at 6x4 or 150 at 7x5 - ideal as I now have a 4 month old granddaughter and loads of photos of her.

To top it all I only paid a £200 deposit and the rest is payable over 10 months with no interest charge.

Weather permitting I'll be out with it tomorrow. Nah - whatever the weather I'll be out with it!! (I've read/glanced at the first 52 pages of the handbook - only 322 to go!)

Cheers....John

Welcome Brian - a great choice of camera.

Cheers....John

Beautiful shots - your patience and dedication are well rewarded.

Cheers....John

Good Luck with the manual Kev. If it's anything like the K7 manual it'll take a while - the K7 has 328 pages - plus print outs of a number of firmware updates!!

Cheers...John

Great to hear some positives about the K5!!

How many of you have a K5 and have NOT had any problems. I want one but keep getting put off!!!

Cheers...John

Welcome - plenty of help and information here.

Cheers....John

I'm on the verge of buying a K5 but after all the sensor and shutter problems I'm beginning to have doubts. I too have looked at pentaxforums and so many people seem to have had shutter problems.

Your video demonstrates the problem well.

I'll have to have a rethink.

Cheers....John

Welcome Dan - as you've seen already there are many people prepared to help.

Cheers...John

Hi John and welcome to the Forum. I have an Epsom printer which also prints a little darker than the picture on the monitor - I just lighten the photo a little before printing - adequate for my purposes!!

Cheers....John

Looks interesting - but I'll wait to see if anyone here has used it!!

Cheers...John