The old open clusters Berkeley 32 and King 11

We have obtained CCD BVI imaging of the old open clusters Berkeley 32 and King 11. Using the synthetic colour-magnitude diagram method with three different sets of stellar evolution models of various metallicities, with and without overshooting, we have determined their age, distance, reddening and indicative metallicity, as well as distance from the Galactic Centre and height from the Galactic plane. The best parameters derived for Berkeley 32 are: subsolar metallicity (Z = 0.008 represents the best choice, Z = 0.006 or 0.01 is more marginally acceptable), age = 5.0-5.5 Gyr (models with overshooting; without overshooting the age is 4.2-4.4 Gyr with poorer agreement), (m -M)(0)= 12.4-12.6, E(B -V) = 0.12-0.18 (with the lower value being more probable because it corresponds to the best metallicity), R-GC similar to 10.7-11 kpc and vertical bar Z vertical bar similar to 231-254 pc. The best parameters for King 11 are: Z= 0.01, age = 3.5-4.75 Gyr, (m -M)(0)= 11.67-11.75, E(B -V) = 1.03-1.06, R-GC similar to 9.2-10 kpc and vertical bar Z vertical bar similar to 253-387 pc.