looking better all the time, just wish they were my pics but if I'd seen a Red Tailed Hawk near Keswick I don't think I'd have been on my own for long!

http://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/52502087

http://www.photosafari.com.my/news/pentax-k3-hands-on-review/

Exchange rates eh?

Best to wait a bit, in a years time the K3 will be under eight hundred quid!
As it is for me it's worth it even though the nearly five hundred quid difference is to me a ton of money!

http://www.camdapter.com/http://www.camdapter.com/handstrap/prostrap.htmlhttp://www.camdapter.com/adapter.html
Unused put it together but have never used it, over a hundred quids worth here!comes with the adaptors for both Manfrotto and Arca Swiss Tripod plates, with the neoprene on the base to save your precious, and for ultimate versatility. aBOUT £100 WORTH HERE...

£50 Including Postage in UK

It is Algi, and hopefully I'll get out tomorrow to get some Landscapes with it, Sorry mike no Action unless there is a Goose take off around Derwentwater or Grasmere.

Visible dust brush now sold!
Manfrotto head now on EBay also...

Well then I reckon any lens you can use on a k5/3/30/50/500 et al
and retain all the functions sans autofocus is modern, anything else is not... Simples...

Can't agree with you there I'm afraid, my initial findings on using the Camera are that it is a must have camera and a step change from anything else that has gone before (In Pentax land that is!). Everything is upgraded in my opinion especially the meter which to me is worth the price of admission alone, which has in turn improved flash metering, the focus while not really faster with SDM lenses tracks far better but still does the little double take on statics but I can't really see why that matters too much as it's definately more positive! The build quality is improved all over the body, everything just feels better, and the extra features regarding white balance HDR etc, all on a body that doesn't really cost much more than the K5IIs did on introduction. If only I could get out of the house for long enough to give it a good crack of the whip I'd give my report on the AF too but that might be a while I'm afraid. Also there is more detail in the Low ISO Captures at least up to ISO 800 it outstrips the K5IIs and not just by a little bit either, At higher levels it's no worse that I can see, which to me because I'm going to be biased here is also a win! I haven't done a direct comparison because my K5IIs is now sold but I know what I see.
For me at least it's a keeper and a must have, obviously thats not what everyone is going to think but for me at least it is a massive and welcome upgrade...

D7100 shoots a paltry six shots before it locks up, seven if you use crop mode, then it chugs, 7D is better but the K3 is a beast!
I'd like to get out and shoot the black Greyhound at midnight for ya but alas I am tied up this week and though itching like hell to, can't get out to test my new toy properly!