Those recalled were very few and very old stock, I had an email from Nikon about it giving the serial no's, many thousand before mine for my D7000.
If i had the chance i would buy other makes if they carried a CE mark and I do for my K-5, but if you buy from the "Sunday Market" types you take a risk, so if sensible about it why not save youself some money for that new lens or even taking your wife out for a meal.

So who would buy the Hama equivalent battery for the Pentax K-5 from SRS it carries a 5year guarantee?

Just think yourself lucky with Pentax you have the choice, Nikon D5100 D7000 D800 etc. You can only use genuine batteries; the “chip” has not been copied for the non-Nikon ones.
EN-EL14 (D5100) around £40
EN-EL15 (D7000-D 800) £65 +

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I had the 50-135mm and the 60-250mm, the latter lens would benefit from a better motor, I can't comment on the 16-50mm as I've not used one, but in general the further the focusing parts move the stronger/faster the motor should be.
As for the other point, Nikon, I know on most of their bodies other than the cheapies, use a similar system to Pentax with a screw drive in the camera body, I had a D80.
So they will work with non motorised lenses with the right mount.
Canon on the other hand use only motors in the lenses, ever since they changed to the “EOS” mount.

May I add, the Canon/Nikon "Ring" motors are mainly used on the larger lenses, the same as Sigma’s.
Where the Pentax? motor struggles I feel is all the weather sealing friction, surly they could have fitted a slightly more powerful one, as I’m sure they don’t make the motor assembly them selves.
As for the cost of a better motor, the very small amount would be well worth it.

I just hope they are George, Because I personally don't want a camera that is all the colours of the rainbow, I want a “system” that works first class and is good value for money.
Maybe I am from another time, an old fogy that has past his “sell by” date but I am still after that illusive shot, and want the best possible kit to do it with.

No body is whinging George (apart from you), but if you want to stick your head in the sand and say that everything is ok, that’s fine by me.
Pentax have got to be told what we as consumers want for our hard earned money, or we will not buy the goods they have to offer.

Agreed Huw, But if everybody just kept quite about it and just swept it all under the carpet, Pentax will not bother to get their “finger out” and do something about it, it is showing right through the company from customer services to development, If the desire to be up with the “ big boys” is not there then there is only one ending for them, and that will be a very sad day.
So Pentax bosses if you are looking at this thread get it sorted!

One thing you must agree on Stefan, is "Supersonic" focusing they are not, wishfull thinking on Pentax's part! IMHO.
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