maybe someday image processing in camera will be fast enough to do some real time 3D 4k video... using the sensor's shake reduction to shift the sensor, and pixel mapping to create simultaneous images from left and right eye perspective using a single lens....

all of course!

I want the whole set! and a couple k5's to go with...
but reality sez I'd have to make a lot of money first.....

Well all my lenses but one (a super telephoto...hint hint) are Pentax. 3/4 of which were bought new, some bought to replace older ones originally bought used....

I have a re-badged lowepro slingbag with Pentax on it (sale price put it lower than the others at the time) all my other bags and cases third party.

I have four pentax flash units all bought new, and four vivitar flash units bought used.

Pentax flash cables and adaptors...

everything else non-Pentax.... I even skipped the k5 and went for the kr just to eliminate the extra battery charger and proprietory battery... the kr with aa batteries runs on the sam batteries as my flash units....

so.... if I'm typical of Pentax's Legacy Generation of consumer... then Pentax is better off putting their efforts, ad dollers and research dollars into getting another body with "I gotta have" features or a better telephoto line up...

also worthy to note that most of buys are either the odd ball lenses, or best value class gear as opposed to super expensive.... I have yet o buy the ltd primes I'd like to have, but I do have softs, fisheye zooms macros etc.... .

I'm being pessimistic, and stand corrected then.... it gets hard to tell while the competition is flooding the market with new models every other day!

Loss of definition, besides wouldn't the time, effort and money be better spent improving other aspects of the design DR, lower noise etc.

It reminds me of the "hosepower race" in Japanese motorcycles back in the 70's and 80's, they kept upping the power but the chassis wasn't up to it to start off with.

John[/quote]Having learned to ride on a Kawasaki Gpz 750 Turbo..... the above post makes me feel all wobbly, and shakey, all over again! lol!

Ah the good ol' daze... when you'd crack the wrist, count to three, while the turbo spins up, wait for the rear wheel to either break loose and squeel, or hook up and and launch, "Hey ma! no steering!" as the front wheel lofts and the gas tank comes up to thump you in the chest, then hit the brakes and get religion, cuas Hesus, there's a corner coming up fast!

but I digress....

unless they're using some king of pixel clustering algorithym to up the low ISO's, these pixels will be numbers on paper, but pointless in actual use for most every photo situation....

I think (as already stated) somebody rambled off the specs for a particular camera due to be released with this sensor... perhaps?

either way... Pentax always seems to show up to the party fashionably late.... so if the sensor appears in next years Sony's and Nikons, then it will be 2013 to 5610 before PEntax releases a new camera with it.

is your pro friend some kind of PentaxExpert? Just asking... the Pentax kit lenses are actually pretty decent performers compared to the crap Canon bundles with thier "Entry" d-slrs....

You seem to have made up your mind already, by the time you made the first post. But if you're intent on buying the fifty 1.4, you'll find they are all very good lenses, Pentax makes a good fifty.. the previous advice about which fifties is worth heeding.... . just hang on to those zooms for bit before selling them.... you may change your mind later and decide you need them after all.... or you may want to sell them and buy another lens when you've had more time and experience and have learned more about what you're looking for equipment wise.

remove battery, fully charge it.
swap memory card. ( link )
remove lens, place on body cap.
look at all electrical connections esp in battery compartment and on battery... I seem to recall a dead k10 that was down to pocket lint getting into the battery compartment... another reason to not store ones spare battery in the pocket...

failing that start a paper trail with amazon, they may relent and do the exchange....

that is an awesome lens.... the thing is with macros, vs standard lenses, is you don't have to get in close, but it's nice to know you can if you want to....

Why they always gotta make you choose? I prefer to take turns being good and evil on a daily ( somtimes hourely) basis...