I am with you on that one Albert. I am trying so hard to learn all the functions and have taken members advice and place the shutter speed on the front e-dial. Sometimes remembering all the stuff makes me dizzy.........
You make mention of using the aperature ring, I know on my old super, in manual mode you would change the aperature setting and it would adjust the shutter speed. Will that work with the K10D. I am not to sure haow valuable that EV scale is as well. I took some shots last night and noticed that when the EV scale said I was in proper exposure, I was propably overexposed by about three stops. I only have one full manual lens so maybe I should not be so concerned about it. The rube is though at the price lens are now, In order to get your hands on good glass at a reasonable price, you have to go manual. To be honest, I prefer manual over AF. I trust my eyes more than I trust some sensor in the camera........