ReklawyksEkul

Where are you actually based ?

Let's face it , we Pentax users are biased in favour of out beloved Pentax cameras , lenses etc BUT if you are somewhere where they are exceedingly difficult to find [ thus sending you to Ebay ] then you must also consider after sales service etc etc .

It's no good having the best camera on this planet if you can't get any repairs done [ even though it should be a long time before you need something BUT accidents can happen at any time ]

I may seem to be disloyal here - but I think we have to be practical in our advice.

Me --- I love my K-x - it's relatively small so fits my small hands , it's reasonably light - so suits someone with hand problems like me , has built in image stabilisation [ fantastic for someone with reduced sensitivity in their hands and can have hand shake ]

< shakes head > surprising how gullible some folk are

Do you know - I've never checked that as it has had 3 cards in use in it - the original 8GB card that came with it , a 2GB one for College that was filled and another 4GB one that finished the college course and is in use now .

Flash has been used 2 or 3 times only I think [ maybe slightly more ]

Can't see how to get a decent count - being a Machead I can't use Photome [ or whatever the Prog is called ] without a huge amount of palaver and I'm not competent to play around

I have to say I'm happy with my AAs - still using the original set of Energizer Lithiums and have sets of Hybrios ready for use when necessary.

I was concerned as to whether date etc would be retained when batteries were out as our Fuji was a pain that way - change the batteries and you had to fiddle round and change the date setting immediately . The manual said it was retained - but it wasn't no matter how fast you changed the batteries .

I've had the batteries out of the K-x overnight and date seems to have been saved

I'm echoing the final petition of Polchraine's

I , when trying to decide on a replacement for the deceased Fuji , went into the local Jessops to try some Canon Compacts in my sweaty little paws

Got a nice young man serving me who asked what I was using - said I " a Kodak 703 P&S " and to my utter astonishment he said -" oh that's an American model !! " and he was right - mine did come from the USA

However he then let himself down when he showed me the camera I wanted to see , let me play with it for a bit and then told me it had been superceded by a new model - and it hadn't

I ain't been back since

Sherryl

Welcome - you ain't the oldest newcomer to the world of photography - I beat you by quite a few years

The folk here are great - I've had a lot of help and still need it so post your pics and questions and sit back and watch the advice and help come rolling in

I prefer the original one you took - the unedited one.

It is really a study in a child's concentration .

I know you wanted the emphasis on the eyes BUT the patches of paint that have escaped from where they should be, show her determination and concentration. You can sense the tension in her as she works

WOW - that's some view