Here Here.

Ergonomics very important, for me anway.

I will reserve judgement until I have held one but from what I have seen thus far it doesnt look promising... ho hum, I'm waiting for my K20D.

Like Father Like Son.... I used to mess around with my fathers Nikon F,so of course my first SLR was....you guessed it.. a Zenit E !! well I did progress to a Nikon FM when I started working.

That was the last SLR I purchased, after that was digital compacts..mostly Nikon again...well they did and still do make some fine cameras and lenses.

Last year I started to get a little more serious about photography again, being on a tight budget I went along to LCE to handle a few old used digital slrs....Canon...too much plastic...Nikon not bad...then I picked up an istD and the rest is history...yes I bought a K100D for a bargain price!

My reasons....the Pentax just feels and operates like a good quality piece of equipment....has so many old manual lens options...I could easily become a lensoholic...I suppose also there is a element of not following the masses in owning another Nikon...anyway I still have my
old FM if I ever get the urge to go to the 'dark side' again

So now I am a very happy Pentax owner and looking forward to upgrading to a K20D..soon I hope

Dont know of anyone has seen this before...anyway thought I would
throw it out there, looks fascinating to me.... not likely to see
off the Chichester coast, well not for a while anyway!

link

Hope I put the link in correctly

Thanks for your welcome and comments chaps,,,

I have never used a site like this before, I must say I am amazed with the broad range of users and knowledge available.

Looking forward to getting more involved.

Thanks again

Tough choice, the D3100 seems like a decent camera but the old lenses
would swing it for me, I am a big fan and getting worryingly addicted to browsing ebay.
I had an un drunken fall with my K100D, (saving up for something with less numerals), the other day, made an awful crash as it hit a hard floor, all seems fine though! The build quality seems so good.

I think the Canon I picked up the other day would have been in pieces!

Hello to all, just found this very useful site here.
I have been taking a few holiday snaps for years, played with an old
Nikon fm as a twenty something but never anything serious, my father
was a professional...so like many sons I didnt have any interest!

Recently my interest in wildlife has been re kindled and also have
1 year old daughter so have started to try and take more serious,
(maybe not the right word), lets say better photos.

On a tight budget so bought a K100D last year.. I have fallen in love
with some of the old Pentax manual lenses, seem to give a different feel
to the pictures...anyway that said I just picked up a DA 55 300...lovely lens, I chose this instead of upgrading the body, as I thought it better to spend a few quid on a decent quality long range zoom for wildlife.

Hope to get more involved and post some shots soon.

Best wishes and merry xmas to all
Mark