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Stefan, Pentax are never on time with releases. The K10 took forever from announcement to hitting the shops. The K20D was a bit better, but the K7 took it's time too.
It is truly a wonder anyone sticks around to buy them, especially in Europe.

Still the Nikon D7000 isn't out yet either so ditherers won't be switching just yet.

I am just going a bit nuts not having a camera of my own, so I really hope it comes along sooner rather than later. Even the compact I want isn't available yet .

I had a Sigma 10-20. A lovely lens but for me it was just too wide for landscape work. I concluded I would rather stitch photos to convey the width than cram all that width into a single photo. So I sold it. No regrets at all. I bought a netbook with the proceeds, which gets more use than the lens ever did.

I would try a 16-50* or a 16-45 if you can find one, before going very wide.
My 17-70 suits me just fine. Rarely do I wish it was wider, and when I do I just stitch two or more pictures together..

No one actually has the production camera in stock yet.

SRS had some pre production ones for their Pentax day, just as the Pentax stand at Photokina had them.

It was supposed to be available in the US this week but it doesn't seem to be. If you look at the latest posts in the SRS open day thread you will see they are saying end October(ish) now, which means November.

If you want to get a feel for the camera size and weight wise then try a K-7. They share the same body although they are different cameras. The K5 has a couple of minor differences, but not enough to affect the general feel of it.

Heard that one before.

Looks like it might be more a Christmas present than a birthday present .

I do wish Pentax would just come out and say when it will be available instead of this dithering and/or secrecy.

If you announce something and say it will be available from mid October than it should be available mid October, not late October slipping into November/December.

Rant over . Lack of camera is getting to me

Any hint of a release date?

Stefan beat me to it

The Ds could do it, under the WB menu and I'm sure the K20D could too, though I never tried.
Point at something white and set the custom WB. It was very easy to do.
The manual tells you how to do it, but it is in fact pretty easy even without the instructions.

Sellers could still link photos to the classified section as now - it is only the gallery which is affected by limits on posting. That was never intended for photos for adverts.

We are lucky enough to have an excellent coffee roaster in the next town. He roasts small quantities and I love trying different coffees from him.

I grind my own beans always.

One of these days I intend to treat myself to his Java Estates Luwak coffee .

Nesspresso is a really expensive way to have coffee - it wouldn't take many of those capsules to pay for my luwak coffee .

A friend of my sons works for Illy and I get some free samples from him on occasion too.

My Saeco has a cappuccinatore, so makes excellent cappuccino too.