I agree that the QC is not acceptable and this should be something that can be calibrated by the user.

The K5 is my first Pentax and I love it but it is annoying that the level is about 2.5 degrees out. I use the same method as 'simonkit' and remember how many bars offset mean level.

A £10 spirit level is accurate to +/- 0.5degrees.

Thanks for the welcome people

Looking forward to learning the Pentax K5

Hello everyone

I have just bought my first Pentax camera, a K5, about 4 weeks ago.

I've been using DSLRs for about 3 years and was very happy with my Olympus kit (E3,E510, host of lens) but always been interested in Pentax too.

Anyway for me the Oly E5 was not a value for money upgrade and appears to be a dead end.

I used a K5 in a shop, loved the size,ergonomics and primes.

It's taking a little while to get used to after the Olympus kit but I am loving some of its features and the shots I get from it.

Will be looking to sell all my Oly kit now I think

Thanks for listening

Paul