Yes that's right they do.

What a shame, I think the K-m is great little D-SLR and it doesn't seem to be been around for very long at all.

Barrie, it will not appear until after the judging has taken place, in the case of the last issue it was around the time (or just before) the magazine dropped through my letter box.

Gwyn, I have always thought of you as a voice of reason and thoughtfully considered opinion. So as a relatively new member I am very sad to hear that you have decided to leave.

I must admit in the short time I have been here some of threads to which you allude have been uncomfortable to say the least and I too find most of the vitriol unnecessary and sometimes damn right mean. I just hope that some members take a 'cool pill' in the future because it is only helping to serve the notion that perhaps being a 'Pentax User' is not such a nice thing to be.
Please keep an eye on the site because you never know it might take a turn for the better. I truly hope so for the all the members including the ones that get carried away.

Best of luck with your picture taking Gwyn I will miss your posts

Congratulations to lofty heights for Daniel and Ken
seriously though well done both of you

Richard, I doubt that any of our D-SLRS are hot pixel-less (is that a word :blush we are talking about much much smaller geometries than LCD displays together with the thermal challenges of a camera sensor so the incidence of rogue pixels will be higher. This is exactly why camera manufacturers employ pixel mapping. It is a means to a wholly satisfactory end, otherwise your camera would have cost a great deal more than it did.
The real issue for me would be if pixel mapping did not effectively mask the problem of defective photosites.

You are right, the Pentax web site needs some work but by the same token the Canon UK site is not that much to write home about.
Out of all the bigger DSLR manufactures I think Nikon and Olympus have the most 'together' web sites.
Pentax UK seems to lack any cohesive direction to their web design, it all looks a little 'post it note' to me. The US and and more so the Japanese sites are much better, I would have thought it would make sense for the UK to use the English version of the Japanese site or something very similar.

Getting off topic slightly but marketing has a great deal to do with this discussion or at least it should do. The product line website is a key part of this.

Thoughtful and interesting post Joe and I agree with pretty much all you say. I just hope George is right and Hoya/Pentax realise the mistake they have made with pricing.

Have to admit that MP-e 65 looks and interesting bit of kit.

Best of luck with your photography business and your new Nikon.... sorry to see you go