All full of energy - 4, 6 & 7 stand out for me as they fill the frame better. I wonder if you could boost yellow saturation a bit, the colour temperature looks a little too cool to me ... and I'd give the colour balance a little push over away from green towards magenta.

Or you could scan the Spanish one into a PDF and then copy and paste it into google translate No, life's too short As Mike says, the manuals are freely available on the Ricoh website.

I wish you the best recovery, and when you have bounced back I hope you will be encouraged to join in here and talk with us all about your photography and Pentax equipment!

I can relate to that ..I too love my Magic Lantern guide to the K7, a good read, and it rewards repeated visits. The section on wireless flash is excellent, as are the detailed discussions on the custom options, exposure modes and lens compatibility. In its absence for now I'd suggest you flag one particular area up here to start off, say the white balance presets and any options, and we can just discuss and agree the most effective situations where there is anything out of the ordinary.

Custom settings are where it can get rather interesting ... Things like ' link ae to active af point' (where the exposure will be further biased towards the in focus areas ... Good for portraits?), or ' the some of the white balance refinements such as the tungsten options to retain more yellow/orange tones (good for candle-lit faces, or indoor wood burners?) Well, the choices are there, and those examples are just from the K7 I can only imagine how many more there must be oh the k3! ... Steady on Nigel, don't get too excited now

I can imagine that the new autofocus options, point arrays for example, will offer plenty for discussion ... Then again, with of the bread and butter stuff ( focus, metering, exposure settings) there will be those who say keep it simple ... Centre point, centre-weighted, Av mode ... That's fine of course, but the new tools and aids are there to be explored ... The key thing is to do so and think and their impact on real world photos.

I see it like this ... Settings are there to be changed! In other words, they are there to increase the flexibility and versatility of the camera. The more settings options the more versatile the camera. So by logic and definition there is no single set of ' optimum' settings.

The best thing is to break each feature down into its key purpose and effect, decide how it could influence different styles of photography, eg action, or night time long exposure with flash. The best camera is that which offers quick and easy access to the key image influencing settings while actively shooting so that the changes don't slow you down.

For me, the best knowledge is about the choices and practical applications of the options ... Maybe its best to ask specific questions and discuss particular setting choices and we can all learn about how they can influence or images for the better. Was there a particular setting you noticed and were wondering about?

Back to full colour for your last one ... And what fabulous colour it is! It's good you're enjoying the K5 as it had really worked hard for you here and reproduced a great mix of tones . Excellent framing and sharpness also.

I think what a lot are wanting here is a fast' walkabout' zoom that is a portrait lens at the long end ... Of course this is not actually that, so the thinking may just have to adjust. Maybe it is actually one for the landscapers backpack, along with the tripod ... If these new HD coatings and advanced optics really are so optimised for the latest high resolution sensors then it could be a fantastic solution, albeit stopped down s fair bit. It will need excellent performance at both extreme ends though to be able to take this roll.

All very good, but no 4 stands out for its special atmosphere, and yes, that and the last one shows the versatility, there when you need it ... Shouldn't we purists really be switching to a telephoto prime though for those particular shots? It's a judgement call I guess... Every choice has some compromise, be it IQ or convenience. Take the ultimate convenience route and we'd ask be using one of those Tamron 16-300mm superzooms, never having to take it off.

Maybe the 18-135 is a fair balance ....

Yes, I suppose that's right, it must vary depending on how near you are to the windows, their size etc. I should have said before that the manual tweak would be towards yellow, to reduce the blue effect ... I guess that brings us back to awb and seeing what the camera can do. I've found awb very good with mixing flash and ambiant, but I admit to not trying it where there is such extreme difference, such as a church. What do you think about the CTE idea John? It's typical use is to hold colour in sunsets but where daylight is still the overall cast ... Perhaps a church interior has similarities?