I love my k-5, owned it 3 weeks now, shot about 1500 frames on it, that continuous shooting speed is well addictive.

As for the 'dodgy' SDM lenses, have owned my 50-135mm for nearly 3 years now & never had a problem. Well apart from catching that AF / MF switch to manual...

I think you can worry to much about these things, lets be honest most of us on this forum probably change bodies every second update??? So its not as if they are going to be a long term investment....

Love number 5

I tried for years to get experience with mags, websites, other photographers etc, got nowhere fast...

As soon as I mentioned I was studying photography, bang there was the offer of some work experience, quickly followed by more jobs. This was just a month or two into the course which was A level photography. The course was more art based than photography, we spent 2 weeks learning how cameras worked, 4 weeks learning how the dark room worked & then the rest of the year exploring other photographers work. I found studying with like minded people more interesting than the course.

Enjoy the course, I don't regret for a moment doing one...

Whenever I have sold one of my images to the press I always wonder why that one???

The image that is technically & compositionally the best in a set never seems to get chosen by picture desks. Yet the one I think least off will...

A grip for the k5 with inbuilt 3g and similar card so I can upload straight to FTP without need for PC. Can only be a short time away....

For as long as I have been a Pentax owner
Owners have been complaining about lack of a serious compact to engage potential future already buyers. This seems to be that camera....

Fingers crossed for success which allows more r & d for future already development

25 focus points???

I prefer to use selective focus at 2.8 purely because the subject is likely to move between focussing & recomposing..

The F is a great lens, supposedly sharper than the newer fa version

The second one is a crop, that was a far as i was willing to go. It made photo of the day on my agency website, which was nice ))