Well I'm glad it is not just me. Now does anyone know how to convince my wife that a K7 is worth it.

Yes guys, I do have 1.3 firmware activated.

Looks like I may have to resort to manual focusing for the champions league qualifier I'm shooting on Tuesday!

I recently spent a fairly large sum of money on a DA*60-250f4 lens.

I shoot a lot of sport and am currently disappointed with the focusing speed when combined with my K10d. Shooting for example football, and when a player is running towards me the focus is always behind the play.

Maybe I should have spent the money on a K7 instead.

How do other people find the focus speed on this lens?

I would personally love to see how this camera performs at a football match under floodlights. Also interested in the possible increase in AF speed in comparison with my K10d.

I find with the K10d that lowlight football photography is a nightmare. Shooting under floodlights is largely pointless. I cannot get the action frozen enough to get usable shots. I'm hoping that the DA*60-250 f4 which I got myself will help in this respect.

Under floodlights my best shots have been of celebrations or the crowd as I can lower the shutter speeds and still get something. I'll be interested to hear about how the K20 copes and am nearly wetting myself in anticipation for the K7 (though I won't be able to get one for ages.

Neil,

There's not many fast f2.8 lenses out there for the pentax. I too shoot a lot of sports. Football being the main one at the moment and I really struggle. Just got myself the DA*60-250f4 si I'll have to see how that copes under floodlights.

Also I think I'll have to see how the K7 performs in low light as this could be useful. Though I can't justify the outlay at present. I'll just have to plod on with what I've got.

It's a shame that the camera has the video function. Digital still cameras have a zero rate of import duty whilst video cameras, or cameras capable of video have at least 4.9%.

Check out the list here.

I hope that Pentax have built the camera better than they have listed the stats. according to the official site it has image stabalisation in many languages
"Image Stabilization: English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Turkish, Greek, Russian, Korean, Traditional/Simplified Chinese, Japanese"

and the language support works at -10 to 40c!
"Language Support: Body dimensions (W x H x D): 5.1 x 3.8 x 2.9” Body weight, without battery or removable memory - 22.9 oz, Loaded and ready - 26.5 oz; Construction material(s): Magnesium alloy shell over stainless steel chassis; Operating temperature: 14-104°F (-10 to 40°C)"

I'd love to get one of these but having just bought a DA*60-250f4 I'll have to wait.

Well I've just paid for one of these lens after getting my hands on one when the guys from Pentax were at Cambrian Photography in Colwyn Bay yesterday. I must admit I'm impressed.

Can't wait to actually get mine next week.

I'm looking to get a few images printed on canvas. I haven't had it done before and I would like to get it right.

I've got a K10d. What sort of size should the images print out at.

I was thinking 60x40cm or even a bit bigger.

What do you guys think?