I didn't make any claims having not tried both, it was a "let's suppose" for the sake of an example for the discussion. If it were true, etc.

Sometimes sellers are just happy for a nicely cared for item to go to a good home rather than the tip.

I've just been given a pile of stuff on that basis, sadly not Pentax, but it was all destined for the tip if I didn't take it.

It depends how you work.

I have two card wallets, marked unused and used. Card from unused goes in and at the end of the day comes out, is backed up to the laptop via a card reader and then put into used. card two is installed for the next day, and so on all through let's say a week's holiday.

When I return home the cards are copied onto my PC using a card reader and then each card formatted ready for use again.

For me, connecting the camera to the PC never happens, so yes, I need to use the card door.

The problem I have with the K-5 card door is that there's no room to get the fingers in to remove the card.

Ironically, the tiny Q has a similar design but it has extra space that solves the problem completely.

No doubt whilst the K-5 body design was being used it would have been too expensive to redesign just that one tiny component, especially if not everyone sees it as a problem.

It looks gorgeous, a very nice find.

I've been grumbling about the SD card door for long enough, I wonder if that's been put right!

And vice versa? It's logical though to assume that those who get paid for writing actually do have some justification that they can offer those who pay them. I wouldn't expect to chip in on a forum about, say, fishing and be given equal weight to those who write the magazine.

As for mistakes, everyone is human and errors do happen for all sorts of reasons. Once in print it's difficult to do anything about them. I think in general the people who write professionally do a pretty good job under a lot of time pressure.

The gallery will accept larger images, but it's always a balance between file size and speed.

Sadly, 800px will have to serve so it's better to make your images the right size and not let the forum software do it for you.

It doesn't look too bad, and having said that I use my EPZ sized images (1000px)and they look OK to me. It's a message forum, not a gallery. Use the gallery for larger images?

It's a Classified Ad gentlemen, please settle down....

A picture of the item on offer will help your sale - click the Image button below the message pane to insert an image in a message. It's best if it's no more than 800 pixels on the longest side.

It's just another way of saying, "It's not cheap, but it's worth it because it's an outstanding lens" - that could make it excellent value in context with, say, Leica prices. Or Zeiss prices.

So let's say it's as good as or better than a Zeiss lens at a much lower price, then it's certainly excellent value for money.