I've no idea how fussy flash triggers are, but old off-brand flashes really are two a penny - you might as well select ones you know are fairly reasonable. For a little more money you could also go for variable power units e.g. Minolta AF2000.

I agree with woodworm that with a bit of a contrast boost, this could be a very interesting image. It reminds me of the first glimpse of an alien world, as a spaceship enters the atmosphere. Perhaps I've been watching Prometheus too often!

I'm always interested in the M50/1.4, but possibly don't use the focal length enough to tempt me to upgrade from the f1.7...

In that case 2x K30s may be a good idea - about the same price as 1 K5 and better AF...

I agree with Milamber. I have tried the K30 in store, and the viewfinder was very similar to my K7, as I expected. I upgraded from a K200D and the move from mirror to prism was definitely positive, if not earth shattering. Why not pop into Jessops, they have all the cameras to play with?

(BTW, I have a tenpa 1.35x magnifier with no DSLR to use it on - if you would like to try and possibly buy, drop me a line!

Another point on the plastic body, one possible upside is that it won't be as cold to touch in winter!

1. Yes.
2. It does not look or feel as nice, but feels solidly put together. The matt black version doesn't feel as nice as the gloss white (or blue, but the blue colour is hideous in the flesh, IMHO!)
3. There are less on-body controls, so you may need to menu dive slightly more often to change AF modes etc.

If you shoot in Liveview at all, the Liveview AF is MILES better, and the focus peaking is quite good for using with manual lenses (not as good as Sony's focus peaking though).

I'm very sorry, I thought I'd confirmed both items had sold. Must have been getting mixed up with the other listing on Pentaxforum. Apologies about that.

I was going to suggest Sony NEX, but the trouble with the NEX (except the NEX7) and for that matter the K01, is that you need to hold them out and compose using the lcd. Not ideal if your hands are unsteady. The Kr or Kx would be top of my list. The SR will be helpful although will add a small amount of weight compared to Canon / Nikon entry models.

DNG should be fine with LR3, not sure what's happening there!

What should happen is this. You put your RAW files in a folder, and add that folder to lightroom's catalogue / library. (Click 'folders' and select 'add folder' and then navigate to and select the source folder). This will import the files into lightroomAfter developing the images in lightroom, you export them as jpegs to a new, totally different, folder for finished images which you can print, upload, edit in photoshop etc.

The RAW file will still be in its original source folder where you put it. The RAW is the digital negative, the jpegs are like prints. You can go back to the RAW file and tweak or reverse settings, and export as a jpeg, as many times as you want.