Just mention I recommended him... I am about to send him an MX and an ME Super...

Hefty... if you were really tight fisted you'd use GIMP.

I haven't used it myself, but I know lots of people who swear by it and it is free.

Personally I use Lightroom 1.4 and CS3. Like them both apart from Lightroom's appalling inability to move directories around, say from one drive to another. I have been told this is better in v.2 but not used it.

Cheers, Kris.

Sounds like a katz-eye (or equivalent) split screen focus screen is the way to go.

Full frame... err, unlikely and expensive for Pentax as they would have to issue a whole new series of lenses. It is taking them long enough to launch the ones they have already announced.

Live view... I'm not bothered but it would help to sell to other punters.

More megapixels... I find 10 enough on my K10D let alone the 14 of the K20D.

The more I think about it the more I find there is little else I want. What I do want, however, is Pentax to do well and stay in business and from that point of view, a faster FPS, better low light focusing / quicker focusing and a better live view system would help convert more to the light.

Cheers, Kris.

If you don't fancy doing it yourself I can highly recommend Harrow Technical. My ME-F came back last week with it's dodgy electrics fixed, the sticky foam changed (I know I can do this myself but I couldn't fix the electrics) and generally cleaned, lubed, adjusted and calibrated. I took it out this afternoon and everything worked well and sounded sweet. It'll be while before I get a film back to check, however, and metering in the snow is never easy!

Best wishes, Kris.

Opps I forget that we can edit our posts. Sorry Peter

I had guessed the line we were going down was a dodgy converter.

I wonder if this is related to the old front/back focusing chestnut? Presumably the hexagon is part of the AF system even if it is being used to help focus an old manual lens?

Cheers, Kris.

I've been quite happy with my Mark I lens (the foggy trees photos were taken with it for example). So much so that when faced with the choice of replacing it with a DA 16-45mm or DA* 16-50mm, or buying something utterly different and keep using the kit lens, I went for the utterly different. The first time I got the 50-135mm and the second time the 12-24mm. I have a horrible feeling that next time I walk into SRS thinking of getting one or other of those replacement zooms, I might just walk out with the 43mm Ltd instead The only thing that bugs me sometimes is the f/5.6 at the long end.

John, your nice new shiny K20D seems to have some dust on the sensor already!

Best wishes, Kris.

Bold my edit.

Best wishes, Kris.

I would expect about £30-£40 each depending on condition on fleabay.

Cheers, Kris.

At least I know now how to pronounce "Asahi".

Great stuff all.