Better still buy a new one Pentax offer great value and there's nothing like unpacking that box with that brand new smell and feel, plus the reassurance of a warranty...oops, better stop, don't want to sound like a STAFF MEMBER!

Welcome snoops, hope you enjoy choosing your camera and sharing it and your shots with us.

Alastair I think that needs to be clarified. Certainly automatic camera processed lens corrections require more modern lenses, in fact it has to be a DA series I believe? Not sure about FA series? But as pointed out above you can adjust various distortions in software on any photos if needed. Helicon filter is very good, and a low cost option.

I'm outgunned again in terms of taste regarding No3 ... Good to hear all opinions, but in any case its an interesting effect. Is it a type of filter applied there?

Hey, there was nothing to worry about in terms if responses and interest here ... Plenty if it

That's interesting. I guess they want to quote the highest numbers they can find. I wonder what is the use if 'read speed' ? This would be how fast you could copy data off in a computer saving to hard drive or playing video straight from the card ...nothing of much significance frankly. But the class 10 standard is a kind of benchmark isn't it, but more than enough for our cameras buffer and write capacities I believe?

Yes, you're right Richard ... The K7 has no problem with moving or spinning objects and only responds to actual physical camera movement. I have sensed your frustration at times that (as Sledger just said) the 'mechanical' system used for stills is there in the newer bodies, but just not implemented during video recording. So as I know you've asked before, why can't a firmware fix be offered?

But hang on ...isn't camera operation basically very similar during both Live View stills mode & video mode? Presumably sensor shake reduction is available in Live View, so why not for video? I guess someone felt the software solution was an advancement & more sophisticated ...and maybe they mostly have condensing air conditioning in Japan and very few rotating ceiling fans?

A great experience well caught on camera ... The first two do well to set the whales off in their environment.

Ok, thanks, so why did they use SR on a tripod then for that clip? Is it not then just an example of incorrect operation?

I hadn't known about this thread, but that is an interesting update and those pics of the K3 with ltd lens have got me salivating Looks like an ideal filter solution.

Am I right, but does the styling of the K3 have a hint of cool retro about it?

Sounding a little cynical there QC ? Glad to take a look, I do try to see as many as possible, truth is there's not time to comment intelligently on every set on the forum at any one time - so often its restricted to that style or genre that personally appeals. I guess though this situation is common to most or all similar forums ...

I is my favourite, nice lighting and great texture and contrast on the building - well spotted and a lovely image - can it be straightened a tiny bit leftwards? And I'd give a small exposure reduction, no more than 0.5 stop.

2 works very well - love the deep dark floor disappearing to black in the foreground and it gives a very mysterious tone - beautifully framed also ... could you correct the vertical distortion, looks like the building is being stretched apart.

I'm afraid the mono church ones don't have any impact on me really - weird effects on the first, and the other is fairly dull IMO. Thanks for sharing an interesting set again!!

I think the cameras processor will be the limiting speed factor well before the write capabilities of these cards. Any card with a rating of 10 now will be easily capable of copying photo files faster than the camera delivers them, as well as continuous HD video recording.

you're shooting RAW, so make sure you switch off the in-camera corrections such as shadow & highlight distortion & CA. These will all cause the processing to take longer as the effects are written to the embedded JPEG (which displays on the LCD). Just deal with these issues if needed on the computer later.

It will not affect the cards writing speed, but will mean the camera will take longer to finish the processing and send the data to the card, and that will delay you in taking more shots straight away.

I assumed that my K7 (& sensor shake SR systems generally) would not have any software stabilisation going on at all? So are you saying then that the 645z example there would not be better with SR off on the tripod (the slow pan bit I mean) ?