The symptoms you describe could be the backlight giving up the ghost.

If you Google for monitor backlight you'll see what I mean. I have never replaced a backlight or whatever it is that causes the backlight to go but there is a lot on the Web about it and most of it says it is fairly easy to do.

If you don't fancy having a go yourself is there a local computer shop you could try?

Dave

Thanks for the comments.

Dave

Managed to catch a bit of sun in the garden yesterday.

All comments and suggestions welcomed.

Dave

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K5 18-55 lens 1/1000 5.6

Thanks folks.

I'm playing with attaching old K mount lenses to the K5. These are the original K mounts from the mid 1970s and I was a bit concerned that I'd do something disastrous - I heard some old lenses cannot be removed!

I looked on the Web and was surprised how simple was the attaching of a 35 year old lens. I'm having a few probs with the focussing, but enjoying the experience.

Dave

A great photo, Richard.

I don't want to hijack this but I think there should be an autumn thread on the forum.

This one is not natural (it is a strawberry plant) but I liked the colours.

All criticism welcomed.

Dave

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If you never took another macro shot I think you could retire very happily after this one.

Dave

Thanks Andy.

I'm not a cat lover either. For many years we had dogs and I can see we will have more in the future.

The cat turned up as a bedraggled specimen about 3 years ago looking pathetic and she has been here ever since.

Dave

I've been a member here for a couple of years but as I have not, until this week, owned a Pentax so I have not contributed very much.

For the last couple of years I have used a Panasonic FZ28. This is a superb camera - very easy to use and IMO capable of producing some excellent images, but many years ago I used a 35mm SLR and although the FZ28 is very good, I felt I wanted to get closer to what I had years ago.

I looked at a lot of DSLRs but eventually decided on a K5, probably because in the mid/late 1970s the SLR I had was a Pentax.

The K5 arrived the day before yesterday and what an amazing camera it is. The manual is huge, but without reading too much, it is a very easy camera on which to understand the basics.

The weather in east London has been a bit dismal since it arrived, so I have not had much opportunity to use it but this is one of the first photos.

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Dave

I use Chrome sometimes but only as one of a few browsers I use to check our website looks OK on a range of browsers.

Seems OK to me, but unlike some folks I do not seem to have a problem with any of the browsers I use - IE, Firefox, Chrome, Opera and Sleipnir all work well.

Dave

Unless you have very steady hands I suggest the maximum magnification to go for is 10.

Prsjnb's comment about exit pupil is important. You could get really compact binoculars such as 10x25 but the exit pupil is 2.5mm. In low light the view these would give would be very dim.

This sounds as if having very large objective lenses is the way forward. However, bigger objectives mean heavier binoculars. 10X80 would give really bright images, but they could not be hand held.

The compromise sizes are as has already been mentioned. I'd add 10x42. My wife has a pair of deltaSL2 10X42 which give a really bright image and are lightweight.

The most important thing is going somewhere to try a few pairs. The only place I know is In Focus. Mrs Tringa and I spent over 2 hours at the Hertfordshire shop and tried loads of pairs from about 1/4 our price limit upwards and ended up with a pair under our limit, though while we were trying we did not know how much each pair cost. There was never any pressure to buy and as the bloke there said, They have to be right for you."

Dave