Also.... kinda kills the hopes of many of a glut of K-5s in the classifieds as everyone would be upgrading to the the K-3 at least the K20D remains relevant

I will wait until the products are launched in the market rather than just 'announced' at Photokina... If I recall correctly the initial RSP of the K20D was set ridiculously high, and the protests were highly vocal. When the camera appeared in the shops it was blatently apparent that Samsung had been caught out by Pentax's original price point and the GX-20 ended up being more expensive - even the 18-55 on the K20D had been significanly upgraded; this ended Samsung's aspiration for dominance in the DSLR arena.........

If the DA560 is $8k then I can live with the £560 Sigma 150-500......

Ahhh Rabbit Mountain - just like K-E in Capelle, Cameranu in Urk and my regular HAFO in the Hague - all very good dutch retailers with a good rep. Much money spent....

Hooray for the Red squirrel!

If you'd offered that before the Kenko

The gear freak in me says to a K-3 gimme gimme gimme...

the realist in me tells me how wonderful K20D, K-5 (D3:shock, Z-1 and Z-1p, not to mention my M645Pro still are.... I really don't know how you can really improve on what is currently available, as I am spoilt when it comes to low light photography.....I really didn't think I needed the K-5 but now I have it I can't keep it down, but still pick up the K20D....

If as much energy was put into getting Pentax to enhance lens options (and Sigma, Tamron and Tokina making more lenses available in PK-AF2) then I would be inclined to buy more lenses...I have 12-24, 16-50, 60-250, 300, FA*85 and 2 Limiteds... I have appetite for more (but nothing that overlaps what I have at the moment.

I concur...but watching the issue in the classifieds that does not appear to have been resolved does bother me, in all but one cases I've sent my items tracked so if I don't get acknowledgement straight away I can see from the couriers site they have been received...as it is we have the perspective of only the buyer.....and question marks over the seller.

Sigma extenders work only with the Sigma EX lenses..

For the DA* lenses the Kenko/Tamron/Teleplus 1.4/1.5 Pz TC work well.

WHY do we have to defend our faith in Pentax?? In spite of the fact I have a Nikon D3 which runs rings around my Pentax gear in a few areas (and the fact it cost 5 times as much as the K-5...) I LOVE my Pentax kit....

Same with my car - I am a Saab owner - ahhh Vauxhalls in disguise, dead car maker blah blah, fact it the moment the Garrett turbocharger spindle spools up nothing accelerates like my 9-5 Aero and if I crash I stand a better than average chance of survival...

Let's celebrate Pentax ownership.

oh and the covering of the EOS650D which degrades and causing skin irritation

Makes sensor stains and SDM failures more palatable in comparison