Quick update - parcel from SRS has just been delivered - I will be offline for a time while I go and have a play with the k5

A quick hello from me.

I'm your average semi retired family guy who has dabbled in photography most of my life. I've tried a number of makes of compacts but for more serious kit I'm a Pentax loyalist. On the odd occasion that I've tried to cut costs by buying other makes of lenses, flashguns etc I've always been disappointed, so now I just save a bit longer to get the genuine article.

I've been pretty slow getting my head around what digital can do. I still shoot jpeg not raw and hope to learn more about the whole business of digital processing as I go along.

I'm writing this while waiting for a delivery from SRS to arrive with my new k5.