I always find pleasantness often resolves any customer service issues. If you don't get the service you feel is needed then that is the time.to get upset.

If any of my customers dealt with me as aggressive a that then I would just give a full refund and move on... life is just too short.....

Why did you save a raw as JPEG then open and save the JPEG again???? Every time you save a JPEG you lose data as it recompresses the image.

As for uploading. Every image in an image library needs post work be that sharpening colour adjustments exposure adjustments etc.... don't believe that all editorial images have no post done... they all do.... just not for removing stuff or duplicating stuff......

Although the k20d is slow compared to the k-r I would hold both and see which you prefer... the k20d is still an excellent camera and at current second hand prices is a bargain...

I got rid of my k-r as it was to small foe my hands. Super camera though...

As has been said way to many images to comment on.

First off an halterneck bikini tops needs some boobs to fill it. A push up bikini top would have made for a curvier body which would have suited the model poses more... a few of them also have shadows on the legs...

I would have also used the morph tool a little to boost body parts and shrink other parts also removed some skin creases...

You have something to work on. A little touch here and there would make a difference...

Most Pentax accessories are ridiculously expensive;

K-5 focus screen £60
M42 adaptor £60
etc etc etc...

As for price differential between here & HK VAT 20% distance between Vietnam to HK Vietnam to UK

As for price of the 540 flash gun I guess its down to the product life cycle curve, at the moment the flash is at the maturity stage & will soon be in the decline stage as a replacement is being brought to production....

Good body of work & very well deserved, congratulations

I tend to think monotheistic tendency photographers are not really photographers, just camera gear collectors.

Photography equipment are just tools to do a job in the end. If you need to shoot a portrait for a large billboard campaign then you would use large format digital, if you are shooting wildlife then a long lens is possibly necessary.. etc etc... It's all horses for courses..

Some of the best photographers I know use a multitude of brands & show no allegiance, unless of course they are being sponsored by that brand, but believe me if another brand came along with a better they would part like a shot...

I wouldn't think shooting into the sun would harm your sensor, looking at the sun, nevermind through a camera is definitely not a good idea

Isn't that a reflection of the market in general though, a consumer photography magazine that was to write about Pentax wouldn't have much to write about on a month by month basis would it??

Anyhow back to the OP, having owned most models I wouldn't hesitate in recommending the k-r, superbly built & just so responsive when compared to the k-x, the k-x is good but that little k-r is a pocket rocket...

I would love to own another DA* lens, but just cannot justify the cost involved for so little improvement. Review after review seems to back this. I think Pentax seriously need to review this lens & its cost before I would consider buying it now...