"Fido looks on, wondering if that particular free bonio will be as tasty as he first presumed!"

Pete,

re: the noise...

I'm not being patronising here.. but the mirror and lens are a couple of inches from your sinuses.. which are effectively a sound box. You hear the sound through your ears and through your head.. from, as I say, a couple of inches. Pop into a church, or somewhere equally as quiet, and get your girlfriend, or A N Other, to rattle off a few shots from various distances from you. You really won't hear that much, in comparison to taking the shots yourself.. and if you're the official photographer, or his mate, this will be understood by the attendees anyway.

HTH

Cheers

Liam

Hi Thomas, and congrats on the comp..

hope you're away for good reasons rather than bad..

Cheers

Liam

*ist DL | FA50mm 1.7 | 1/90 @ f2 | ISO 200

I've got the pentax kit. It took a little getting used to. The sensor was filthy, and it cleaned up a treat. Coupled with a rocket blower, you won't need anything else.

HTGH

Cheers

Liam

https://www.pentaxuser.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3835&highlight=irb

Lilly, you're on the rocky road to insanity..

need I say more..

Cheers

Liam

Hi Howard,

an old thread of mine..

https://www.pentaxuser.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2118&highlight=handy+hint

About as small and handy as they come.. and cheap..

Cheers

Liam

Hi Chris,

I didn't know that the K10's body was painted. On the DL, it's (as far as I can tell) black plastic, and I just checked, and there's not a single sign of any marking on that, not even a sheen from contact.. and that's after a year or more.

HTH

Cheers

Liam

Yep, that's the one Chris..

As I said, it's never been off the camera since I got it.. and it's tidy enough that on those occasions you just pick up the camera for a shot or two, it doesn't get in the way if you don't use it.

Put it on the camera, put your quick release in the tripod socket underneath, and you're away. I only use the one body, so I don't have Don's problem. You don't need to take it off to change lenses either.. little finger on the lens release.

To change batteries (DL), just turn the bottom plate 1/4 turn and back again.

No-one's going to be able to grab it and run off with it either.. or if they do, they end up with 200lb of hairy bloke permanently attached..

Cheers

Liam

Hi Chris,

I use something similar, but it has an extra strap that fits around the wrist with a cliplock strap. It's never been off the camera since the day I bought it.. upwards of a year.

I find it hady, as once it's on, you can't drop the camera and it doesn't get in the way of the controls. As I tend to carry the camera for the entire time I'm wandering about.. several hours at times, it's very useful.

Cheers

Liam