Thanks iceblinker i thought as much hence the low price. i had noticed that when i focus the green hex appears and i have it set to beep when its focused too, very helpful. but i will say that it has very good iq much better than the 18-55 kit lens i bought with the K-7.

I bought a Pentax-A Zoom 1:3.5~4.5 28~80mm for £39 and have put it on my K-7. As I am a numpty and new to dslr I want to know if it will auto focus and if so how?

Thank you Stefan, I now have to remember it for the next time

why can't i get the image to appear?

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I'm on the Island Gareth, BTW I did enjoy your fireworks photos from back in Nov.

You da man JohnX, I new you guys wouldn't let me down, spot on with lens correction, I turned both options off and bingo 13 continuous shots.
Thanks loads
Steve

Thanks for the replies, I am using a sandisk ultra II 8GB and am literally swapping one lens for the other and performing the same test at the same place with the same settings and these are the results...I'm baffled.

Hi all, I've been viewing the forum and looked enviously at all your lovely photos for a few months now while waiting impatiently to become a fully fledged Pentaxian. My first ever DSLR, a K-7, arrived on Tuesday 12th from the wonderful SRS (through the link on this site) it arrived on the following day the snowy Weds. I had to pick it up myself from ParcelForce in Newport (20 miles) as they couldn't get out because of the weather (which wasn't at all bad on the main roads). I couldn't wait another day without it having driven my family crazy talking about it for months.
I chose the Pentax
18-55 kit lens and as I have a limited budget I chose the Sigma 70-300 to go with it, a bit of macro, a bit of zoom. I have played and played with it to learn most of its functions and yesterday took the K-7 and the Sigma to a local nature reserve where I had my first attempt at panning birds in flight at 5+ frames/sec and was totally impressed by the performance of the continuous focusing giving sharply focused DNG pictures, 13 at a time (before the buffer slowed everything down). I also tried it with a dog running towards me with a big log in his mouth and also a child on his bike also coming towards me and both camera and lens coped admirably.

So, to cut a short story long, I had the camera in work today and was trying to demonstrate the continuous shooting to a colleague but had on the Pentax 18-55 and was shocked that it would not take more than 4 continuous shots before slowing down. I checked the settings and they were the same as previous. Also tonight I have tried at home first with the 18-55 and again it would only take 4 continuous shots so I put on the Sigma and took 13 continuous shots, back to the 18-55 4 continuous shots and more subsequent tests have produced the same results.

I am at a loss so I thought I would ask you guys to see if any of you had any ideas?
Steve