Huge sympathies Gwyn, I have had to do it twice, most recently twelve years ago. I buried my nose in her fur and can still recall the lovely doggy smell all these years later but just can't face having to go through it again so now dogless.

And I'm off to Cornwall!

One of the most frequent caveats from commentators of the K-1 is the lack of a wide range of full frame lenses in K-mount, so as it is a rainy bank holiday Monday I decided to see what is currently available on the market now:
Pentax - 12 no.
Sigma - 7 no.
Tamron - 5 no.
Samyang - 7 no.
Irix - 1 no. (2 variants)
Schneider - 3 no. (a bit esoteric these)
That is a total of 35 lenses in a range of primes and zooms, tilt-shift and macro, from 14mm up to 500mm.

I should have mentioned that the image sync app also allows the main controls to be used remotely as well. I can see this being especially useful for studio work including macro when sharp focus is critical.

The K-1 viewfinder is larger than the K50 so an improvement, as is the rear screen. However a fantastic improvement in quality can be achieved using the wifi connection to the image syc app on an ipad - live view but really large! Plus remote shutter operation. Don't know how it will be in bright daylight though. I too miss the film era split screen though. One oddity is that using wifi both the viewfinder and rear screen are black, to go back to using them you have to turn off the wifi on the camera or the link in the ipad settings.

Hijacking your thread with more from the park:

Wonderful calm image. What shift lens pray?

My argument exactly! I have just booked a repair so let's hope that is cheaper than a new one.

I do too, but just wish he would get on with it! The K-1 brochure says the tilt screen is designed the way it is to maintain the camera's optical axis no matter how it is turned; that's very clever engineering but does anyone know why that's a good thing?

I should be out taking pictures, but a suspicious puddle of water from under the 4 year old dishwasher means I am having to explain why I didn't take out the 5 year extended warranty! You know how it goes: "well you managed to find the money for a new camera/lens/tripod (take your pick) but it's a pity you couldn't .......etc"