Looks like he has all his gear strapped to a protester .

They don't make an anti-shake in Pentax fit - no need for it.
And obviously (hopefully given the price difference) the DA*300 will be much better - it is a prime for a start, and a * for a second, and a Pentax for a third.

Well done Martin on judging a tough collection. Congrutlaions to the winners.

My personal favourites were from Dr Mhuni, Prieni and Pschlute. All very calm photos, all very beautiful and all very different.

I have an old (non Di) Tamron 28-300. It is back on my Ds now as my husbands lens of choice but I have never had any problems with it, even on the K20D. Maybe the newer lens gives problems.

From what I have seen here the Pentax 55-300 is a really good lens, and may be worth your money - you could always put the Tamrons on e-bay.

The Fuji does indeed have an amazing dynamic range.

Well this may not be an April fool joke either. We'll have to wait and see.

The only company churning out new camera models at the moment is Olympus, who seem to have a new model every other month at the moment. It is very quiet with all the others companies - the recession is hitting them all. Fuji made a superb camera, using Nikon fit lenses, but it didn't really take off, so I'm not surprised they haven't had anything since. I think if Samsung were to buy Pentax they would keep the K fitting - it would be very expensive to have to re-tool to change to something else.
Have a look at my post on the Pentax rumours - it may at least give you a laugh today, or cheer you all up no end if it is true.

I have taken this from a Dutch forum. The poster, Pentaxke, has contacts in the industry. Never the less take it all with a pinch of salt given the date.

He states that it will be announced on 30th April and will have:
A magnesium body, Jis class 7 water proof 9whatever that means .
Safox X AF with 25 focus points.
New sensor - possibly square so that the user can decide the ratio.
5fps.
Internal 4GB memory.
New Li-ion battery for 2500 shots, plus maybe AA capability.
Built in GPS, for tagging and for use as a GPS unit with maps- though it will then take some of the inbuilt memory.
5 colours - including Olive green and scarlet Lenses still only in black though.
Also:
New pancake zoom lens 26-43mm. Maybe in colours to match the camera.


As I said remember the date, but it could be interesting if it is true!

And the Sony 900 FF then? What's that or a new camera? Plus lots of new lenses. Not everyone needs a new camera every year.

Sony saw no reason to keep the K-M name when it took them over, and it hasn't stopped them being successful, and keeping the K-M fans.
It will be interesting to see what Samsung do if they end up taking over Pentax (no bad thing imho), keep the name or just the mount. It would be good if they kept the name, but as long as they keep the mount, and the quality, I don't mind if my next camera has Samsung on the front.