The kid does look jaundiced, so thats maybe two of us with dodgy monitors however he does look to be of middle eastern origin so the flesh tone could be accurate.

The catchlight in the eyes looks a bit wierd, looks like a starburst filter?

Its not a matter of it fitting into hand luggage, more a case of "will the authorities think your trying to smuggle a rocket launcher"

Just come across this, wonder if it will be available for Pentax?

http://www.sigma-photo.co.jp/english/news/200_500_28.htm

PS; it might be slow to load but its worth the wait.

We never laugh at anyones pics (not online anyway)

Welcome to the forum Eric

I will second Mannesty's advice, I bought my K10D from SRS, excelent service.

If you do want to buy local then take Johns advice and ask for a discount. I cant remember mine having shrink wrapping (tho' it was bagged) but it was definately unused as I was asked to set the date as per Johns explanation.

As for lenses you allready have a good line-up, although one of our regulars will probably tell you otherwise , mind you he does suffer with the dreaded LBA

Not used PtE myself but a few members of my CC swear by it and have used it to present shows to the club, I must download it and try it for myself especially as I am booked to do something at the club in November (Lord knows what though )

Pete, did you ever get strange looks from Canon and Nikon users wondering WHY you bought Pentax?.......prepare to get 10 times as many if you buy the Samsung

PS; heres a really evil thought , contact the person you sold the camera to, tell him you just had some files analysed from the K10D and it has a serious random fault, give your sincere apologies and offer him his money back

(whoops, hope you didn't reccomend this forum to him )

ROFL; does that mean he has to upgrade it with twin linked machine guns

Are you going to enter it into "Robot Wars"

Nooooooo!
I can just imagine that thing slipping and those nasty points raking thier way across the front element of someones pride and joy.