Pentax do compress PEFs on the K20D - as I said in my post above a DNG is twice the size of a PEF so is not feasible to use, unless you like filling memory cards fast.

It would seem on the K& it is somewhat compressed but I have no experience of that - maybe someone with a L7 can do a test and confirm that?

My K20D goes out the door August 28th, so I shall be bodyless - photographically speaking - for a while. Once the new model(s) is(are) announced I'll decide what to go for next.

Meanwhile I can always use my husband's Km.

I really hope the new one isn't as big as the K20D - one of the reasons it's going is the size.

I would like an APS-C camera. Smaller and lighter than the K20D. So K-7 size or smaller would be good. Better high ISO noise would be great, as would a faster auto focus system. Also optional dark frame NR, such as the K10D had would be a plus.
Better live view, with a tilt and turn screen, could prove useful on occasion, but isn't essential.
Weatherproofing is essential.

A built in GPS logger which writes to PEFs would be a bonus.

A better strap in the box - Pentax straps lately have been a bit dire imho.

I don't need or want FF, nor do I need or particularly want more MP.

We had a BBQ last night. It was a lovely day - 24C and sun, very pleasant. We are paying for it today though - cool, cloudy and lots of rain threatened, though looking at the radar the worst seems to have gone over Belgium instead of us. Poor Techno-terminator.

Spain and Portugal use Iberian gauge which is 5ft 5.66ins. It means when travelling from say Perpignan to Spain you have to change trains at the border. They do have some lines which will carry both standard and Iberian gauge and are developing more.

Ireland also has a different gauge I believe.

It is international left-handed day today

Someone I know from another forum went to Rwanda and Kenya in June. Her first ever DSLR is a K-x, with the kit lenses.

Here is her Rwanda album.
I am impressed. Notice the ISO on some of them!

I'm fine for now - PSE6 can read K20D PEFs so that's OK.
When I change cameras I shall look at new software - I may go for Lightroom instead.

Just tried a photo in DNG and then again in PEF - the DNG is twice the size of the PEF so DNG is not going to be used with the K20D.

Haven't been to Selling for a couple of years. Since my Ma-in-law died (she lived in Canterbury) we haven't been over so often.

My last trip to the UK was a quick trip to Ashbourne for a cousins reunion last year. I used the Hull ferry for that rather than the long drive through France and up, otherwise I'd have called in to Selling on the way through.

We are thinking of making a trip over soon though. High time we did.

I agree about the meteors, and at least for those showers I am ready for the cold.

It took me about 30 years to finally be able to navigate my way around Selling, and even now I can get lost on occasion.