welcome Ian..

Hope you have some fun with us....

OMG........ I totally agree with Smeggy... Well on this one at least.

Cant believe people are complaining a £5 product only lasting a year.. Which n most cases isn't true. Or want to compare it against a £55 product.

For the last three years Ive used Pentax and after market batteries in my K5ii and K7. After 10000s images. I still couldn't tell which one is in camera without taking it out and reading the branding.

If your at all concerned about buying one. Then don't... That leaves more to go around for the rest of us. Or also buy an after market grip then the battery isn't in contact with the camera.

Never had one stop working. Never had one change voltage. Never had one leak. Never had one explode.

If people want to spend their hard earned on Pentax branded batteries. Let me be the first to applaud you. But please stop scaremongering over the rest of the market.

Thanks guys. I was just having a discussion with a Canon user. Who stated the lens system was far better. (Well he would wouldn't he ) In all honesty, I didn't have a clue. So just thought I would ask....

We all know Pentax camera's have in-built shake reduction. How does this compare to having in lens stability ? Obviously Pentax owners only purchase it once. But has anyone ever compared the systems ?

For My two pence worth. I have a cheap Youngnuo 560 flash a medium range Sigma ef 610 and a high end Pentax AF540. The Youngnuo is by far the best value for money. The others are P-ttl. But this becomes redundant when using them off camera with a trigger. The pentax flash control is very poor compared to the other brands. So learning how to control a flash manually. Will save ££££'s Also I would advise a decent flash meter.

Equipment claims with Photoguard are based on inspection first. (Unless its lost or stolen of course) They have agents set up for Nikon and Canon, But as far as Pentax are concerned. You are left to supply your own quotation. Which at least means you can get it repaired at the repairer of your choice. When I had a claim I sent my camera to Johnsons, and the payment was settled very quickly from Photoguard.

I found Photoguard to be very helpful, when I had a claim a couple of years back. I would recommend them. Though do agree with the household policy route. Although excess limits on household policies. Can make making a claim prohibitive.

Well done. I never got any as good as those when I had my k-x 150-500

Some good work. Prefer the ones were the camera is at eye level.

If we are outside working. We can talk about weather sealing... But if its dry I wouldn't mention off camera flash control.... All brands have there pluses and minuses... We should concentrate on image making...