Or wait 2 months to see what they might announce on Photokina

Sticky out bit?
Do you mean the aperture lever?

Yes it does.
my problem was that i didn't left the SD card door open and remember that after the text you must press enter since there must be a new rule to finish the sentence.

Om Nom Nom link

I thought I spend quite some time on the internet but what is this about? link
Those are mostly still images so might it be something for the next competition

Canon won't fit at all because the mount opening is bigger and the distance from the mount to the sensor is shorter.
The thing you could do is buy a Canon camera and use an adapter to use Pentax lenses that would work.
Those two lenses might sell quite well on eBay so you could do that and get yourself some DA* lenses in return.

Nikon and Pentax are closer together in specs, so it might work.
Here you go link

Sometimes, just don't trust anything I say

Yep but an original hood will cost you link
I believe the DA*55 also fits. link

As a member of this forum you get free shipping from them.

Because the percentages need to add up?

That's not true, the optics and the build quality of both lenses are the same.
Pentax only remove some features from the DA to make the DA-L lighter and less expensive.

The things they took out are.
- the hood
- quick-shift (with this you can manual adjust the focus of the lens even when it's on auto-focus)
- metal lens mount, they replace that to a plastic one

I also like the first one and the last one, the way the horns move through the frame is really powerful I think.

Wow Neil you love to write
It's very useful and appreciated so keep on writing.
I've little to add and all I can do is agree with you
Still have some minor points/tips to think about.

About the bracketing, I don't know how large the JPGs are but a single RAW file has the range to compensate for -1 and +1 exposure (if properly expose) and you get the added bonuses of better noise reduction and changeable white balance but you need to know your way around the computer to use RAW files.
Don't get me wrong it's isn't a wonder thing you still need to get close but at least you don't need to nail the exposure like with JPG.

There is a little trick for that to do it all at once.
If you got the right exposure but for example your DOF is too shallow, simply press the lock exposure button. It's the button named AE-L AF on the top right on the back.
You can then change the aperture and the camera automatically change the shutter-speed to keep the balance between them right and vice versa.

Flash is bringing a whole new ball in the game

Some tips to help you along today though.
Use a fixed ISO, it makes the behaver of the camera and the flash more predictable.
For the K-X ISO 400 would be a good ISO value to start from if the flash needs to work too hard you might want to increase that.

You said it was indoors and you've the Metz 48, you can simply bounce the flash from the ceiling, it gives you in a simple way a natural looking light.