Grips are a marmite thing. I bought one for my K10D, kept it for my K20D, and maybe used it half a dozen times in seven years. I found I still used the normal controls even when shooting "portrait". When I bought my K-3 I decided not to bother with a grip, just a waste of space in my camera bag.

K.

Having been a loyal Flickr user for years, I so hated their new interface a year or so ago I jumped ship to Ipernity. Smaller user base, but a much nicer, cleaner, interface and a development team that listens to their users.

K.

Not unusual. I sent this email to AP earlier in the year:

"In AP Saturday 28th June you state, on page 4, that the Canon EOS 650 launched in 1987 was "the world's first AF SLR." This is incorrect. The history of autofocus SLRs is a little complicated as it depends on what, exactly, you are looking at but the Pentax ME-F with the AF 35-70 lens (which I still use occasionally) was released in 1981, Nikon's F3AF in 1983, and the Minolta 7000 in 1985. The latter was the most successful and can be still purchased quite cheaply along with a range of lenses. I bought one from a charity shop with a 50mm f/1.4 lens for £40!

Yours sincerely, Kris Lockyear"

I never got an answer...

K.

BTW. Why did this end up in the film cameras section?

Tell me about it...

I do 99% of everything in Lightroom too. Once in a blue moon I drop into PS for something Lightroom won't do, but not often.

K.

There have been occasions when I wish I had two bodies so that I had a back-up when I broke the main one... On the whole, however, I think it depends on what you photograph. If you do a lot of sports for example, you might want one with a telephoto zoom and one with a mid-range zoom. If you mainly take static things like I do, the second body is probably a luxury. I kept my K10D for a while after I got the K20D, and found that I never used it, so I sold it on.

K.

Thank you everyone. I thought long and hard and am now the proud owner of K3... The battery is charging!

K.

Hi all. I've been struggling with the following choice for a year and half but I now need to make my mind up... K5II or K3? As far as I am concerned, the following seems to be factors...

K3
More megapixels... not that much of a bonus for me.
Faster AF... again, not that much of an issue for me.
Focus peaking... a plus point for me as I use old manual glass a great deal.

K5II
Nicer results when bringing stuff up out of the shadows.
Cheaper...!

Both
Good results at high ISO.

Does this seem fair to those who have used these two cameras? My decision would seem to hinge on focus peeking v. shadow details. As I am about to embark on a trip with the likelihood of lots of nighttime, long exposure, tripod-based work I'd like to make the right decision. Actually, I think the right decision is a 645Z but I cannot justify the £££££...!

Thanks, Kris.

Great first shot. Nicely seen. I'd be tempted to crop it square, but then I have a penchant for cropping images square...

K.

The SMC 28/3.5 (aka the 'K' series) and the M-series 28/3.5 have different threads and constructions. The K is an 8-7 lens with a 52mm filter thread and the M 28/3.5 is a 6-6 construction with a 49mm thread. The correct hood for the K is the PH-S52. The rubber ones work well, though, and are easier to get.

The K series lenses were an oddity in Pentax-land as they departed from the Takumar norm of using 49mm diameter filter threads (for standard lenses and the like) and used 52mm, only for the M-series to revert to 49mm.

K.