Having grown up under very harsh circumstances....
but also having learned to find my way around a kitchen...

I had made dinner for fourteen last week for example, and had several "This is the best roast beef I ever had" compliments....
as well..
I take no shame in saying I've eaten out of garbage cans at one point in my life, I've eaten things that would make dog puke...

I can honestly say this.....
The food I've appreciated the most in this life were the things that tasted best and worst.
Everything in between is too easy to forget to be thankful for.

also the customer service issue...
notice the first link to DePressing Review?
One guy get's told they have no knowledge of the problem by a rep, yet there it is on Canon's site for the"Pro" members?

I feel there are two things that work against an honest cop:

one being the police work environment is taylor made from the ground up to encourage criminal activity...
Brotherhood mentality.
paramilitary styled structure.
Code of silence....
not much difference than the organized mafias and biker gangs in structure...

the other issue is this....
if it takes one good cop to arrest one bad cop, then the presence of a single bad cop is proof there isn't a single good cop in the entire detachment.

No sympathy from me, these people get paid to uphold the law, not only should they obey the law and serve the people who pay thier salaries, they should setting a higher example for conduct for others to follow.

here's one for you people that think Pentax is the only one having af issues:
canon af problems

link
for one..
but officially:
canon uk
now don't those spots look familiar?

Knee jerk reactions often come from a place of fear and fear is seldom gonna cause a rational reaction. up until very recently, cell phone cameras always were inferior quality and carried with them deniability... as in "You can't prove WHO is in that video/photo" where as the bigger cameras could be enlarged and identifiable images made.
My boy with his cell phone can prove there was a cop beating on somebody.
My hd camcorder can likely prove the identities of the cop and the victim.
My d-slr can make a blow up of the cops badge number....
all from across the street...
I'm sure the logic involved goes like this... you arrest the guy with the big camera, and all the others put thiers away, or don't come forward fearing they'll be arrested too.

google "Officer Bubbles" in that instance it was the cop who harassed the protestor for a prolonged period of time before charging her with assault with a deadly bubble, and resisting arrest, yet if he had simply accepted the fact that it was a peaceful protester and moved on, there would have been no incident at all...

yes it is possible that people will manipulate, but unfortunately there is ample reason to believe that cameras on police may be the last and best line of defense against police abuses of power.

Whenever there is a situation where one person is in a position of power over another the tendency is for the powerful to be the abuser.
I like your position, because really, only a corrupt police officer should fear the public carrying cameras. It is a passive, non violent means to fight back against abuses.

true for many people....
for me...
I find that every now and then I want to upgrade for business purposes.
if there is a factory defect it will be found and fixed within the first couple months... and if it is fixed, then I would expect the camera will be relatively problem free for the life of it.

as I wait patiently.....

Right now, Pentax USA rep Ned Bunnell says Pentax is investigating.
People with problems need to report it to where they purchased it. As people here are saying, reputable sources like SRS are being better than good to thier customers.