Oh yes I agree, with that Remco.
But pentax plays it differendly then the other companies.
I rather have underexposed images then overexposed where the highlights are burned out, also if you look at the dynamic range you see that Pentax goes down further into the dark then any other camera.
For that reason I don't think that pentax will change much about the metering. The AF needs some improvement if they want to stay in the game I believe, many users rely on it.

Although that wasn't why I said those things, it was more in general.
Electronics ages much faster then mechanical products so you may find the need faster to upgrade.

The rate Pentax bring out new models is decent, most of us skipped an generation although alot couldn't refuse the Pentax cashback offer

Oh wow lovely, certainly the bee shots where you use the leaves as a coloured background, the yellow and orange-red works well together

you can get the DNG converter from adobe for free, it will pick up the PEF files from the card and convert and compress them to DNG. the bonus of this are that DNG is better supported by most programs and the file is smaller.
in photoshop CS2, 3 and 4 I had the same option with DNG as I had with PSD. I could easely make HDR photos without converting them for example.
I think that photoshop elements offer the same support.

There is a WD passport running now besides me. It's very small, very quiet, very fast, feels solid (have dropped it sometimes :blush, doesn't run hot and the best thing is it only have one usb cable for data transfer and for the power so no extra cables.
oh forgot to say that they come in funky colours, sound stuppid but if you buy more you know which one is which
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The FA 100-300 f/4.5-5.6 has powerzoom, maybe that makes the difference?

Already to late for that Gwyn,
If they want to launch new models this year they are already almost finished with the final product probable.

Pentax really doesn't launch so much models compared to other companies.
In the film age the only thing that improved was the auto focus and the metering now we have many more things because the sensor is in the body and the image needs to be processed of course.
Camera's are becoming more like computers now and they are already old after 4 years.

Launching new models also brings pentax in the picture again, certainly if they come with something special.

Dan you're right

Is TIFF also larger if you use image compression compared to PSD?

Only DA lenses have quickshift if that was your question, you can of course focus manually if you set the switch to that.
Macro lenses also won't go cheap second hand so find a good price for the D-FA, I would say. It's a lens that you will keep for life if you like it

I'm not going to answer everything since Ken has done it already.

3) the problem is that everything you do later on with jpeg degrades the quality, even moving.
5) you have an option to when saving in TIFF to use an image compression; zip, jpg and another one which i forgot.
The images are zipped but you can still open them without any problems.

I shoot in PEF since that's half the size then DNG that comes from the camera. I then compress them to DNG with the pc those files are even smaller then zip TIFF. I only keep those DNG since the stuff i do in photoshop is now so routine that it's done in 5seconds per photo so I simply redo most or save as TIFF if i need a print.

With landscapes you've quite a lot of time to set everything up so prime would be the better option since the image quality is better.

There is also a DA 15mm Ltd on the way link