I'm still not convinced that the battery grip would be named the D-BG4.
4 is an unlucky number in Japan and they avoid it if they can, for example can someone name me a pentax camera with only the number for.
We do have the MZ-1, MZ-3, MZ-5, MZ-6, MZ-7 and some more but not MZ-4.
Also Canon, Nikon and all the other japanses companies don't like 4,
Canon already skipped the 4D and have the 5D but nikon is coming close now with there top line D3.

And what settings are you shooting, a photo with EXIF data would be very nice.

Also don't expect the photo to be looking perfect on 100% zoom simply zoom to 50% and make a judgement then. Even the smallest movement can make the image softer at 100%.

Or a bottle of whiskey, works much better

But one thing though, why do you all say, field of view isn't angle of view a better one for this?
Field of view you also need a focus point (field) to make it comperable but angle of view is lens and sensor specific and field of view has the angle of view number in his equestion... so why do you use field of view?

Btw you can test that the focal length stay the same on digital, most say that 50mm is equivelant to our eyes, so if you keep both eyes open and zoom with your kit-lens you will see that just over that you get a match image with your other eye so to speak. So now you see that the focal length stays the same and that it isn't multiplied with 1.5, it really doesn't matter what camera you use.

Lightroom aplies for some setting something else, sharpening and colour profile are the ones that come up. White balance and exposure values are just picked up from the exif though.

There is quite a diffrence between the current models.

I think the K30D might wel be a degraded K-7, no magnesium body, no 100% viewfinder but a 95%, it sounds small but it saves a lot in costs. Magnesium vs Plastic and the precision needed for 100% viewfinder is a lot and precision cost money. And then maybe some other, a not so good LCD screen for example just to bring the cost down.
I think that leaving the hardware the same is the best choice but simple changing the sell.
The K300D will probabe have the hardware of the K20D but then with the shell of the K200D or new one, so mirror isntead of prisma etc.
They have done it with the K10D transforming it into the K200D and that was succesfull. so that Leaves the K-M as the real beginner camera.

I thought that they would come also with a K30D though, you get something like the nikon line-up
D60 - K-M
D5000 - K300D
D90 - K30D
D300 - K-7

Although I don't think that the K-7 is an even match with the D300 but is placed under it but it looks like it has some more power then the D90... let's see what will happen.

Nikon D90 offers 1280x720 640x424 320x216 24fps (720p)
5 min in HD, 20 min all other modes

Nikon D5000 Image size (pixels) 1280 x 720; 24fps, 640 x 424; 24 fps, 320 x 216; 24 fps HD 5 minutes, others 20 minutes

Canon 5D mkII offers 12 minutes of full HD at 1920x1080p, or 24 minutes of SDTV at 640x480 resolution, up to 4 GB @ 30frame/s

Canon 500D
1920 x 1080 (1080P, 16:9) @ 20 fps
1280 x 720 (720P, 16:9) @ 30 fps
640 x 480 (4:3) @ 30 fps
Up to 29 min 59 sec (or max file size 4 GB)

Pentax K-7 offers 1280x720(p?) 640 x 416 1536 x 1024 30 Frames Per Seconds, not yet know if limited in time.

Yes you're right, I don't have a k20d so didn't notice it.

What I meant with the special feature, I believed that someone said here that they would come with something no one else has... Don't see anything really special.
They didn't say something about AF in movie mode but since the liveview AF works with Contrast Detection that might mean they do have AF with video. Most standard camcorders use that so why not the K-7?

Edit: cold resitance... does that mean it has insulation?

You're the third one I believe on this forum with this problem others had banding problems. Most Have bought their K20D 5 or 6 mothns ago with the cashback offer and haven't hear any complaints about that one so maybe they improve something... who knows atleast I think the problems are getting less.

To be honest I don't really like the UK site either, I mostly go to www.pentaximaging.com the USA site, it looks better and is still easy to navigate.
It shouldn't be that hard right, to adapt that one for the UK