Live view is helpful for focussing. I find the normal AF with this lens a bit hit and miss.

As Jon says its a good lens for shots with significant foreground interest, or shots taken in confined spaces. My first outing with the lens was in a little rocky valley with a waterfall, with good light, so my first impressions of the lens were good. But I've had experiences similar to yours since then!

Hear hear!

Do you not prefer the K-5 ergonomics/build wise then - would the K-5 be as nice a camera if it was a K20d clone? I'm just saying... they did some things right with the K-7... ghastly though it is in almost every other regard

Forum members, flippered or otherwise - I apologise for my post above.

TBH none of the items strike me as 'must haves'... personally, I can do without all of them, but it's good that many of the items are things you'd have around the house... e.g. a bag of rice as a camera support. That's hardly a 'must have' though.

Oh, come off it now!

This thread isn't a response to a request for information from a new member, and Mr Pants was blasting an item on a 'top 10 must have accessories' list, not bullying another forum member for daring to say something he disagreed with.

If you want to see that sort of behaviour, just search for posts by a certain member bearing a resemblance to a flipper-bearing marine mammal....

From your list of gear it sounds like never mind 'shopping trollies old ladies use on a bus' ... you need a bus!

That is probably the most bizarre idea I have ever heard on this forum! Taking your camera out for a stroll in a pram is the kind of thing that'll get you locked up I think you need to go cold turkey and see what it's like taking the camera out with just one prime lens and no peripheral gear at all... the beauty of the pentax system is how lightweight it is so take advantage of it!

That said, I am just as guilty as anyone of trying to fit in just 'one more lens' (it's only waffer thin...) and carry some ND grads around in my bag for no good reason other than I am scared if I take them out I'll forget where I put them...

Just love the shot of HSM Belfast. Presume the large apertures were because you don't lug a tripod with you on your way to work

Hi Sandeha. I really enjoyed looking through your images, especially the B&W film shots.

They can't be beat! Went into a Lidl in Tenerife... it was so spooky... everything was exactly the same as it is here!

I also love how Lidl expect you to follow your own initiative and find an empty box to use as a hand basket. Why they can't provide baskets I do not know!

It has to be Lidl for me.