They're RAW images, as far as I know Lightroom sharpens them automatically to some extent. However I think I forgot to apply 'output sharpening' for the resizing which might also be a reason.

The K20D (which the OP has) uses a CMOS rather than a CCD though.

K20D, with the buttons doing whatever they're set to by default. I always have the camera set to M (I tend to use Av only in places or situations where I can't delay taking the shot for long - exhibitions, parties etc.). Other than that, I will typically use centre-weighted metering but if there are a lot of differently-lit areas in a scene (and I want one particular part of it to be 'right') then I'll switch to spot.

True, but it would stop people who have bought expensive crop glass (I'm thinking especially of the 200mm and 300mm primes) from being tied to the APS-C bodies by them (which would be bad for sales of a FF since the people with money for the expensive glass are the people most likely to be able to afford a FF body).

Plus, if my calculations are right (I assumed a 24.6mp FF sensor like the Sony A900, and then calculated what its 'crop resolution' would be using the sensor areas on Wikipedia) the crop resolution would still be 10.5mp - not as good as a K20D but more than a K10D. It could also be another 'one-up' selling point over Canikon and Sony: "At Pentax we believe that you shouldn't have to buy a new lens just to buy a new camera!"

There, fixed for ya

21. 'Slight amount of dust as is common for a lens of this age' - It contains so much grime that it would be more honestly described as opaque

Some people have been suggesting that Pentax will/should follow Sony and create a full-frame DSLR. Others are suggesting that they should follow Samsung and create a 4/3-competing EVIL.

Here's just a wild thought, given Pentax's tendency to do things differently with DSLRs (small 'limited' pancake primes, emphasising image quality over speed in K20, weathersealing etc.) What if these two rumoured cameras are actually one and the same?

What I'm essentially putting in a guess for is that Pentax will produce a full-frame EVIL. After all they have to come up with a reason to make people switch from other brands - selling purely to K20/K7 upgraders will not do. So this would allow Pentax to have the "world's most portable full-frame Digital SLR camera". The use of an EVF (hence no need for a mirror box) could also open up a "get-out" from the fact that Pentax have sold a lot of high-end APS-C lenses.

With no mirror box, I don't think there's any mechanical reason why this unicorn camera couldn't accept APS-C lenses. The electronic communication between camera/lens detects a DA*200 f2.8 (or whatever) attached, and the sensor goes into 'crop mode' (ie the camera only records an APS-C size image from it). That way it wouldn't annoy people who've spent five grand on crop lenses, and would sell lots more upgrades.

Opinions? I'm not suggesting that there is any evidence of this, or that I think that it will ever actually happen (so it doesn't even really qualify as 'speculation'), but if Pentax were going to make a full frame DSLR I think this would be a very good way to do it.

Some very nice shots - my favourite is #1 without a doubt. Also I believe congratulations are in order for committing photography in central London without being assaulted/arrested

Yeah it was a LR preset I downloaded - I suppose it was the contrast in light levels between the building and the sky behind which caused the halo thing.

Yeah, I suppose the 50 macro isn't necessarily as good at infinity as it is at 4 inches

I don't own any SDM lenses and I'm not likely to in the future (for cost, rather than reliability, reasons) so it doesn't personally affect me, but Pentax could kill this issue (whatever its merits or otherwise) stone dead by doing a specific extended warranty on SDM failure like Microsoft did with the Xbox 'ring of death'.