Phox don't seem to sell online - so you would need to visit France to buy one - which puts the price up, even from Kent.

I'll believe it when I see it. I doubt the cashback will be coincide with the launch.

The lowest body only price I have seen here is €1112. There is one shop which claims to have it in stock, for €1149. I've sent them a mail .

Originally Amazon said October 18th. In the US they said October 17th, and even shipped a few out. Now both say November. I assume the ones they shipped are pre-release models, with the wrong firmware. It all very odd imho.

It is however what I have come to expect from Pentax. Mid October invariably means Christmas if you are lucky. I just hoped this time would be different.

Now if they will get on and release the compacts, I might, just might, forgive them. But even they are only very sporadically available, and I really don't want to get one from some unknown internet store.
At least a compact would mean I could get out there and get some piccies.

I was going to say all you need now is a kitchen in which to cook them .

Enjoy!

Tony I know you can, even using the work around of opening an adjustment layer, but I still need to upgrade for ACR to be able to cope with the K5.
I don't necessarily want to shoot in DNG all the time, and PSE 6 ACR can't be upgraded any higher than I now have.
Besides some of the new goodies, like the content aware tool will be good to have too .

Well I hope they don't send me a cheque. It would cost more to cash it than the refund . As it is a refund will probably cost too much anyway.

Does it have to be a letter? Will an e-mail do?

It would be nice if they contacted their subscribers rather than us having to contact them. Last time a magazine I subscribed to folded they sent out letters and automatically refunded the remaining subscription. And that was back in the late 80's when things weren't as automated and easy as they are now.

PSE9 has the content aware tool too .
And is a lot cheaper than full PS.

I use PSE6 at the mo, which does all I want. I will upgrade to PSE9 shortly, mainly for the ACR upgrades for the K5 when they arrive, and proper layer masks.

Attractive as LR3 is I can't afford it and PSE9, and so PSE 9 is my choice.

Many many people use LR and PSE together though.

If it needs to be portable then get to your local market and buy some black velvet or similar. You can roll it up easily and velvet works well as a backdrop. Same for the white material - see what they have that is strong, doesn't crease too much and is really white.
For bigger groups a painted wall is probably the solution.

Interesting article in the new PU magazine about home studio work .

I had one and got rid of it.

If it ever comes out - November now. Typical of Pentax I'm afraid. Even in the US, where Amazon.com had a few which went out, they now say that it has not yet been released. Which kind of implies those that were sold by them were pre-production models they got their hands on somehow.
Frustration creeping in here . Even the compact I want hasn't been released yet.

Honestly FS in your situation I'd hang on a bit and see what happens. You have two great cameras, which you like. You may not like the feel of the K5. Have you tried a K7 before?