Elise - When I was a 'Student' all I could afford was a British 'Ensign Selfix 16/20' camera which cost £24 !!

What is all this 'BUMP' business on here ?? ::
I got a nice 6x7 Mk II for £500 with the 135mm f4 SMC Macro-Takumar here in Brentwood from a bloke who had taken a lot of 6x7 gear off a photographer as payment on his car expenses -- then he threw in a Billinham bag and some good 77mm filters -- I sold the Billingham bag ( as I had already WON one free) at our Club auction for £35-00 !!

Mattmatic : Sorry just found your query -- I didn't explain myself -- it read as if I have a K5 BUT NO -- I still have just the K10D + all my FILM pentaxes .

Come back K10D -- all is Forgiven !! I never have any trouble like that with my K10D -- it seems the latest Pentaxes have much more trouble -- I have never 'updated the Firmware' thingy on mine either.

If it is an Asian bloke ( which it usually the case ) I was scammed in 2010 ( but luckily got card refunded) --the whole story is on ephotozine -- Forum friends found out they were opertaing from a Council house in LUTON Bedfordshire and the local Trading Standards are invesigating them.
They knew which phone company I am with and said they were from 'microsoft' and that I had been sending 'Error Reports' -- which I HAD as a box used to come up saying that Microsoft needs to close and send an error report -- they got into my computer somehow -- then I got a Virus and had everything WIPED off and updated Windows XP installed courtesy of some help from a Camera Club member, so thsy cannot be in my computer any more -- but STILL get the calls saying they want to 'update my account' and I told them I CANCELLED anything to do with them. It was in our local newspaper-- a Widow Lady had calls saying there was a VIRUS in her conmputer and they wanted £290 to fix it --luckily her SON helped her out. My Boy tells me if a box comes up do NOT send any 'Error Reports' .

The only problems I have with my LX cameras are : the sticky shutter, the slow flash synch speed of 1/75th when the ME Super manages 1/125th and the DIM viewfinder which the ME Super easily beats.

I WON FREE a Program A when the Pentax Club had a magazine -- I used it for many years then it went wrong and could not get it repaired as Pentax would not release the spares to 'Ordinary Camera repairers' then Pentax ran out of Program A parts so be careful if it goes wrong ! I sold it for £2 at my Camera Club auction ( the BODY ONLY that is -- KEPT the lovely 50mm f1.7 A- Series lens as it one of my SHARPEST lenses I use on my K10D )

I bought the Japanese version the 'Electro-Spotmatic' NEW in Japan in 1973 but did not realise it was the 'Japanese Home Market ' model -- it quickly developed exposure faults due to the CDs cell 'remembering' if it was in a bright light then going to a darker subject -=- Pentax UK could not repair it -- I ended up using it only on 'Manual' shutter and the 1/60 flash synch speed -- then a Club member who had 42 Pentaxes asked me to sell it to him as he saw I had the original BOX and INSTRUCTIONS and he offered £85 -- I quickly sold it -- almost made a profit too, after what I paid in Japan !!

It's a good excuse to have a Tea-Break as you have to 'study the manual' !!

My boy and I were treated to about 90 rolls 120 and 35m fillum by a Studio Photographer who came to our Club and asked if anyone 'still used FILM' so of course up shot MY hand and the lecturer said if I came to his Studio in Benfleet ( Essex ) he could clear out his fridge as he wanted the space for BEER !! We came away with loads -- including some Kodak Panatomic X which is now sought after and an unopened pack of 10 rolls 2005 dated Ilford Delta 400 which I have used in my medium format gear including my 6x7.