the kx is not being discontinued to my knowledge... is a fine camera for the price, and as such will not go down very much in used pricing...

I see many people who bought this camera showing no buyers remorse or "New camera" envy... most view it as a keeper...

like my ds2, I see that one going to my son rather than up for sale.

Here is my assessment of the k5 based solely on my needs:

(neither the k20 nor the k-7 were enough to convince me to upgrade the k10's....)

I have 2 hd video cams one dv video cam, 2 k10's on ds2...

Intended use: Wedding/commercial...

What does the new camera offer me, that adds capability to my offerings to clients:

Faster AF, Quite shutter, better low light AF, higher iso performance.... all add to the Wedding Clienteles experience, the k10's are LOUD, Gerri does use AF, and higher iso does make flash+ambient photos better and batteries in flash go further...

Bigger files may seem more impressive to commercial clients but slow down workflow.
High iso performance is not a factor when you got studio lighting....
My current computer system and software Can handle the bigger files but they may add an extra hour to post production, and since computers are due to be upgraded next year... not a big issue...

Wedding sales are down due to market conditions, Video sales are up.

having the ability to do fisheye and ultra-wide and low light clips to my video lineup is a huge deal...
then there is batteries and chargers...

So given all the factors involved for it boils down to a choice:

A kx with two lenses (say the wr kits 18-55 (which I don't need) and 50-200 (useful if wr version) IF the price drops to under $650 by Christmas and there are no further Wedding bookings for next year) (need seperate audio recorder, uses batteries I already got).

A k-5 with the 18-135 and spare battery IF the price comes close to the Nikon d7000 and Canon d60. (will need another rode video mic and battery)

A Sony nex vg10 camcorder with manual Pk lens adaptor. (it will work with current sony batteries I have, comes with a good mic and needs a lens adaptor.).

All of which would allow me to add to the (currently profitable) video offerings, and still be useful to wedding clients, the kx and k-5 are both quieter than the k10's shutter/ mirror-slap...

the best camera for us is the k-5 BUT is does seem a little pricey out of the gate, will have to wait to see.... unless we see a kx kit with an irresistible price...

I don't see any reason for somebody to upgrade from the k-7 to k-5 unless they're shooting video or sports/action and need faster af, this is an upgrade camera, an evolution of the k-7, not a revolution...

from a k10 to k-5 makes a lot of sense if you can justify the cost...

I'm thinking optio at this point....

I think my little guy could handle it...

here he is on a mountain hike:



we hiked from Banff to the mountian top, here is the view of where we started (building at the bottom of the mountian) from part way up:



We had Icecream at the top and took the cablecar down...



He probably could've hiked back down, but Dad apparently blew out his left butt cheek, and didn't wanna walk anymore...

it is the only way to ensure the deflector dish doesn't disintegrate when you reverse the polarity on the dialithuim crystals and maintain SR.

geez even a drunken Scotty knows that much.....

"She can't take much more of this Captain!"

the old way involved plastic bags, and uv filters and rubber bands to weather protect your camera... some well heeled photogs bought expensive raincoats (the sensible ones cut the sleeve off an old raincoat..
then there were underwater bags and housings...

one thing all the old methods had over the new WR camera and bodies...

you seldom if ever were tempted to stick a wet or damp camera into your camera bag/case.

I suspect we'll hear from photographers disappointed by fungus and humidity damage to items left in their camera bags, eventually.....

soooo... no need to worry crappy photos will clog the af...

live view is slower than using regular af...
that the af works that fast in live view is a good indicator that af in video will work...perhaps a firmware update or maybe when it ships...

tax is extra in cdn pricing... amount varies in some provinces...