How are you getting on with the DA15ltd, Simon? (Was really eyeing it up myself - thank god you bought it!)

Welcome Zav - great choice of camera! Hope to see some of your travel shots soon

The charger's gonna convert the ac from the inverter to dc so it shouldn't affect the batteries. There are a few things which require a pure sine wave converter but most gadgets are fine. I lived with a cheap inverter as my only source of ac electricity for nearly five years and the only thing which wouldn't work was my friends hair straighteners, and an electric fan heater.

But unless you are going to need to power other devices, a 12v car charger seems the best bet.

Out of focus, but not smooth. Not too disturbing, but I just wondered what was going on.

They're all quite nice, but the OOF background looks a bit strange in some of them... have you done a lot of sharpening?

I had a K-7 sitting in my 'panier' at Amazon.fr ready to purchase... but the darned thing went up in price to the same as it is in the UK!

And Clifton Camera's price for the kit lens bundle just went up £50... SRS's price (for the kit lens bundle) has gone up a bit too, although not by as much. :

Jammy get!

Keep us posted how you get on. Pretty camera isn't it?

That sounds more like it.

Mayday's comment makes me nervous. I guess the answer is keep a spare battery charged! trouble is being organised is not my strong point.

Inserting AA batteries while holding the camera is a pain BUT they are quick to recharge (I read that the Li-ion batteries take about 6hrs in the standard charger???) and you can even use good quality alkalines bought from the garage, in an 'emergency'. They last me quite a few days in my K200D. So lack of AA support gives me concern with the K-7, although I could get a non-OEM grip....

Not bad Ken... but maybe a bit flat