I have got a Pentax m50 f1.7, Pentax DA 18-55 wr, Pentax DA 55-300, Tamron 28-75 f2.8.

My 30 year old m50 is the sharpest. Maybe its because its a prime, but I can't help thinking that lenses have not gone very far in terms of sharpness over the last 30 years unless you are willing to spend magabucks.

Jeff

Ciao Stefano

Sorry but thats about the limit of my Italian. Look forard to seeing some pics.

Jeff

[quote]One problem I see is similar to how all of the Spectrums, BBC computers etc. fared against the 'pc'[/quote

I didn't get a Sinclair Spectrum, Acorn BBC or Commodore 64. I got an Amstrad 6128 with built in disk drive. IBM did take over the market when they launched the PC, but who has bought an IBM pc, I have always bought a IBM compatible pc or built my own.

Pentax I think used to be the no1 in slr cameras and I think they can be again. They have features not seen in other similar priced cameras. Pentax need to advertise more. Why not a tv ad where lots of people are taking pictures, then it starts to rain and every puts their camera away leaving just the person with a Pentax still shooting.

People need to be told what features Pentax cameras have and the shops that are selling them are not doing it.

Jeff

Smaller centre spot focus sensor, geo tagging, tilting screen.

Howabout a tilting screen with a clip on sun shield to make it a "waist level viewfinder" type screen. Just a thought.

Before I bought my K-r 12 months ago I considered other makes but found you get a lot more for you money with Pentax, plus it was the only one that felt good in my hands. It was a bonus that I could use a couple of old lenses from my film days.

By the way one of the first times I used it was with an old Tamron AD2 80-210 one touch zoom taking pics of the Americas Cup in Plymouth, it was the only long zoom I had. A Canon user came up to me and I thought he was going to ask me about the K-r, no he was interested in the Tamron.

Anyway now I have a K5, it's a fantastic camera and there is nothing out there from the other manufacturers that is comparable to it for the same price.

Jeff

Oops!

I should have checked out the previous link.

Well it was getting late.

Jeff

Here a link to wikipedia link giving info on aa batteries and their voltage.

Jeff

Hi and welcome from another Devon Pentaxian.

Jeff

I expect there is a power supply converter in the camera, thats why in the menu system you have to select battery type or auto.

Jeff

It wont fit. The K-r uses a D-LI109 battery, available at many places online just google it.