Years ago, I bought two of the little Pentax slave units (they used to advertise them in the Pentax User magazine), and are still functional to this very day!!... I wonder what happened to these handy little gizmo's??

Excellent link, Mark!!

With any luck, a former employee of Apple will "inadvertently" leave "iPentax" on a train/in a bar/etc, and a journo from a technology magazine will "happen upon it" in a 1/1,000,000,000,000,000,000 chance!!

I think all this nonsense stems from the furore regarding paedo's taking photos of kids, then people taking it upon themselves to report parents for taking innocent photos of baby having his/her first bath as suspected paedos too. This seems to have been the precursor to the authorities trying to impose a further law stating that you could not take photos of people on official duties (police officers, troops, etc), although the government tried to "clarify" (politico-speech for making a total b**ls-up of things) this by saying that it would still be okay to photograph the Trooping Of The Colour, or the Sentry Box outside Downing Street... Correct me if I'm wrong here, but if I was a member of a terrorist organisation, surely detailed photos of Buckingham Palace and No.10 would be like manna from Heaven?...

As for the recent case of the numpty security guard at Braehead Arena (Renfrew), if I'd have been the guy asked to delete the photos I'd just taken of my child eating an ice cream within the confines of that mall, I'd have deleted the photos - then used file recovery software when I got home!

Adolf Hitler may be long gone, but it seems that he kind of lives on inside a fluorescent jacket with the word "SECURITY" emblazoned on the back of it!

The K-5 is way out of my league price-wise, but since you already own Pentax equipment, I'd tell you to buy the K-5, purely for the fact that you will not need to shell out any money (in the short-term) on Pentax accessories such as lenses, etc. This "buys you time" to try out the K-5 to see if it meets your own needs and expectations before finally deciding whether to stick with it in the longer term.

Bottom line is, if you don't like the Pentax, then you are only really losing money by selling the K-5 as 2nd-hand - you've already had mileage from the accessories you bought when you got your SF7. If you do like the Pentax, you pretty much don't need to part with your "hard-earned" on accessories immediately - it would be more like a "trade-up" for you in terms of new lenses, etc.

When I used 35mm, I liked using Fuji Sensia for portraits, and Kodachrome 25 in tropical countries for landscapes. In UK, I'd use Kodachrome 64 for landscapes in warmer weather (usually between April/May until late Sept/early Oct - after that, I'd use Ektachrome, as it produces a slightly "blue" cast, making the photos look "cold" (Ideal for snow-shots). I suppose it's really a matter of taste, combined with what you intend to photograph.

Peter - I spot a pattern here, bud!!. Stop giving cameras to the babes!!.. Flowers and a box of chocs is de rigeur, mate!!

That was FEDEX - SPECIAL DELIVERY!!..

Depends on what you're looking for, price-wise. DHL are owned by Deutsche Post, so I suppose if you wanted a courier service, they're the guys, although expensive! Better option is to use a reliable independent courier company, where you are talking to somebody that actually cares about you and your shipment. I noticed that you are in south-west London - give Lisa Dunlop a call on 020 8844 2676 tomorrow (Monday). She's the GM for Corniche International, where I work as the ops manager. We can collect from you, or you are equally welcome to call in to our office! If you do so, you are what's referred to as an "unknown shipper", so for security reasons I'd advise you to leave the package open for inspection. If you are happy for us to deliver this to Germany for you, you can also choose to pay by cash or CC. If you tell Lisa that you're a friend of mine, I'm sure she'll give you a slightly more favourable price.

I set mine for auto startup..