I bought a non original one as I could not justify the asking price and so far I'm very pleased. Can't compare as I don't own the Pentax one but it feels solid, goes on smoothly and does the job well. Can't really ask for more. It did take around 10days to arrive. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RJ-Pentax-PK-PK-A-AF-DA-lens-to-Pentax-Q-adapter-with-...

Chit chat for the July 2016 monthly competition, The Wind.

It seems to be dying a slow death. It's a shame Ricoh/Pentax have such a week PR department. This could be so easily, with minimum cost, turned into a very prestige marketing tool. Most new Pentax users don't even know it exists. One only finds out through Pentax forums.

Aww, take care hun. I hope the effects are just temporary and you'll be back enjoying life to it's fullest soon. Warm hugs and as awkward as it may come from a stranger, if you need anything, just shout. Support comes from the strangest places at times

Playing around with the camera last night, noticed the interval composite mode doesn't work properly. It stops after a random number of shots. When set to 20, it stopped at 5, when set to 5 it stopped at 4; when set to max, it managed 29 before deciding it's enough.

Wondering if anyone else ran into issue with it before? Seem to recall reading about it happening but can't really find the source anymore.

Did any K1 owners have a chance to use the mode and can confirm it works without issues?

Cheers

Welcome matey. Hope you feel at home here and looking forward to your K1 pictures!

Beautiful photos.

I use them all the time. No trick to it. Simply select what I want to focus on pre-shot. Only thing is to remember to always reset it to the central position - for those quick snaps; If you don't and forget about it, you might end up with an unpleasant surprise. I rarely seem to have the need to focus out of the default coverage area and if I do, that's when focus/recompose comes in. Got to admit, Pentax lack of dedicated joystick provides for a rather clumsy experience - the only issue I have with it;s rather perfect, otherwise, ergonomics. Again though, it's a minor annoyance to which I've become so accustomed I barely notice. Would a larger coverage zone be nice? Sure. Is it necessary? Nope.

I do wonder what is stopping Ricoh from bringing it on par with the competition.

Amazing work. Congratulations.

https://www.piriform.com/recuva as long as you have not used some sort of file cleaner this should do the job. It's worth doing the deep scan even though it takes longer. Recovers all formats.