Sorry Kris I was wrong

Huh what how?
Van Gogh, try to pronounce that one, I still need to find an Englishmen that can

Peter, just found this list full of enjoyment.
http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html#errors
... I'm missing atleast in the list though

I've used Paint shop "in my younger years" but I wasn't into photography then I used it for drawing and things like that, I've no idea how it's for photo's never really consider using it, just too used with photoshop now.

I would go for Wacom though, they have a good name and you don't need batteries in the pen or anything, very nice to work with them.

What you find big or small is a personal thing, it's the same thing with drawing. I really don't use big movements and all so an A6 is fine for me but just a size larger A5 might be better for most users but that's something you need to find out.

The one you linked to now are the new series you might find a good deal at the bamboo series before that.
Maybe even an intuos 3, that's the pro series of yesterday.

Oh I so hate that, is there a language in the world that write lens like that?

Don't worry Mike, was interesting to discuss why you prefer some things of other makes which might not be possibly better. Wondering if you prefer the make or that it was something else.

I'm no market expert and not pretending to be one.

Pentax K-X seems to appeal to a lot of people, the Sony a500 has precisely the same sensor for example but the a500 is hardly sold it seems... which makes you wonder what Pentax did right with the K-X. It's probably the form factor that does it for most people and the good reviews on the net.
Here are some actual numbers, Japan only link
Pentax is 4 times in the top 20 with 2 models with 2 colours, it seems their tactic seems to work instead of overflowing the market with models like Sony does.
(I love the silver K7 if it was better on some points then I would be in financial problems right now )

Pentax does have a patent on an new prism design which has a lower profile very suited for MF camera's but the 645D does not have it... I wonder why they aren't using it. It would make the MF camera slightly larger then the top ranging FF cameras, maybe we would see that in the future...

About if Pentax has a long-life... I don't know they have taken in quite a lot of new users with the K-M and the K-X so who knows, hoping they would bring out some good budget lenses. Some good budget primes for example would be interesting.

I think that only over 2 years we can say something if Hoya did good with Pentax or not, it's too early for that. All we can say that the Entry models of Pentax brought out under Hoya do work and having the freedom to select the best 3th party product is of course also good.

About the loss making every camera company has being making losses in the crisis but the EVIL camera's seem to be the new trend... Like I said over 2 years we would have a clearer picture, now it just have been crazy times all over the world.

No it does have better ISO performance then the K-X so you can't say nothing about that Mike

Is the IS of the Sony better then that from Pentax?
I find the "tilt" reduction from Pentax pretty neat, don't think Sony has that yet.

Indeed there is no perfect camera but I'm already happy with what I have and it seems the world is shifting to the CMOS sensor, which is good for high ISO but I rarely shoot over ISO400 so I'm happier with a CCD
Seems you're forced to go mid-frame for those sensors, not that I'm complaining though, just hoping the 645D would be within my reach

Here we go the Sony a500 use the same sensor as the K-X link
So why take a lesser ISO performance, is there a reason behind it?
Besides that, the dynamic range of the 7D is greater... so we all want a 7D it seems, I wonder why most of you haven't jumped ship yet