Yep very well corrected, the codec is M-JPEG.
It seems that MPEG-2 codec can handell them as well don't know what audio is going to be.

Luckely it's AVI so a lot of programs can handel that.

BTW Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 is running on my old AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ on socket 939. Good socket and I don't understand why they went so fast for the socket AM

DA* lenses might be a bit to much to begin with but indeed have a play with them, they feel very nice in your hands.
Also try some limiteds, certainly the FA if he has them..

Also you might wanna go the 6th if you've the time and also tryout the K-7. It might be worth to wait a month for that maybe.

Rob I see your point but I don't be lieve that the video function has driven the price up, well maybe a bit but the hardware would be the same with or without video so in that aspect you only have software cost.

The K-7 is placed to compete against the Nikon D300.
The sale proce of the D300 is now £1,100 so the K-7 Would be under that if not very close to that price don't you think and the price of new products go down quite fast after a couple of months so I believe it will become quite a bit cheaper.

Time will tell like you said but it looks alright for now.
Lets see what the new Nikons, Canons and Sonies will do.

But we don't know the sale price untill it is in the shops right?

Also only you in the UK seem to be unlucky since the advice price is the same in Dollars and Euros.

Lemmy focus isn't probable your problem simple get to know your lens better. Limited are great lenses and also very small and that also comes with some cost of course so sharpness isn't the best wide open but stopped down. Then also the bokeh and other aspect of the lens comes into play, sharpness isn't everything. I believe you said something like this earlier.

The DA15mm is a great lens for landscape and architecture so what is more important for that type of photography, sharpness at f/4 or distortion free lens?
The DA15 is still good sharp in the middle wide open so still usable for the strange shots handheld in my opinion and if you use it between f/5.6 and f/8 the sharpness improves a lot.

The same thing with the DA35mm MACRO
The only lens you used like it was designed to do were the kit lenses and the DA70mm and those do prefrom well indeed.
So now campare the DA15mm and the DA18-55 when doing architecture, I'm sure the DA15 would be the best one.

Peter f/2.8 tele lenses aren't cheap and the DOF would be quite small so if it is usefulll?
I really like how Pentax is keeping the price down, I looked up some priceses of Canon lenses and you near fell from your chair what the 300mm f/2.8 cost and the 400mm f/4.
Pentax isn't really aimed at top pro's so bringing out an 400mm f/2.8 of £6000 wouldn't sell so good I think. I'm sure that some would want one but not at that price

What a commotion.
Lemmy download a foucs test chart and simply try out how the focus is.
When looking at the photo of the ruler it looks like the focus is alright though to be honest.
It's just very strange that more expensive primes doesn't preform better then a "simple" £60 zoomlens, I hope you do agree on that and understand us being negative on your result.
I don't believe the DA15 is optical an excellent lens wide open at f/4 qua sharpness but it's almost distortion free so in that respect.

Could you redo the test but then at f/8, the results should even out.

Waiting is the worst part of it and then you see that you have the earliest frimware so you need to update first aswell *sighs*

Here is the newest firmware in case you need it link

A Pentaxian is the word I believe
The word sounds like an extinct species or something.
Have a lot of fun with them and btw DA* are differend lenses then DA.
The star* means it's a lens from the Pro-serie