Live view and video eat battery, and have a high power draw which makes the camera run out of juice much earlier than would otherwise be the case (whenever the batteries are depleted during live view, I can normally turn the camera back on again and the battery indicator is back up to halfway, allowing me to take loads more shots - as long as I don't use liveview!)

However, third party batteries are so cheap I would recommend buying a clutch of them from 7dayshop and keep spares at all times.

Before you get too mad at Adobe, it's Pentax who decided to stop supporting tethered shooting, which is presumably why Lightroom can't support Pentax DSLRs.

David Walliams would also come in handy promoting the waterproof WG-1

I like the expression but I do have a couple of constructive criticisms - I think the tones are too harsh, with a limited dynamic range. Her eyes, for example, are too dark without any detail. For me, it's also too closely cropped.

In his defence, he did use bog-standard 200ASA print film. Upmarket film like Ektar or Reala, black and white film, or slide film, will produce better results, and PP is just as important as with digital. You could improve these with a bit of levels, sharpening and 'noise reduction'.

But they don't look too bad, quality wise.

For me the main problem is that most of the shots remind me of those shots you take to try and finish off a film sio you can process it, if I'm brutally honest though! I do like the shots of the girl though. Lovely eyes, nice DOF - but a shame about the clutter!

Welcome back to Pentax!

I think your wife probably might as well stick with the Kr's if she likes the feel of them, the K7 only brings weather sealing / build quality to the table, and is less forgiving in post-processing, even if you stick to low ISOs.

Don't know about the 55/1.4, it's not a lens I've ever considered. The DA 21mm is a lovely lens though, for 'hobby use'. I presume you're a pro though, so perhaps it would make sense to prioritise a high quality fast zoom, which would be more flexible for 'assigmnents'?

I am thrilled about the quality of the video on my K7, and it was one of my main reasons for 'upgrading'... but yes, I must admit, I rarely use it. I don't doubt it will come in useful for something though.. one day!

Don you are always full of very positive ways of contributing to these discussions! I am not sure about chasing Sony on their implementation of video is what Pentax should be doing, but it would be great if Pentax / Ricoh could come up with something creative and different from what the other manufacturers are offering in the FF arena.

I am fed up of hearing that Pentax cannot succeed where Sony 'failed', with their FF line of cameras. Actually we can't be sure that Sony's FF line are unsuccessful - perhaps they helped drive sales of their APSC units to serious photographers who felt they might like to upgrade in the future?

645D is unaffordable for most users, 35mm gives a boost in quality and DOF without being crazily expensive. 645D doesn't make sense as an upgrade path from APSC. Wrong lens mount. Many DA lenses are already 'full frame ready' and then you have the FA ltds - a reason for Pentax to release a full frame body in themselves.

I don't know... the 645D is already in competition with the very top (£4,000+/-) FF cameras from Canikon, and doing quite nicely, despite being twice the price. I don't think as many Pentax users will ever upgrade to 645D as would potentially go to full frame 35mm, if it was priced under £2,000 say.