They really need an entry level, midrange, and semi-pro body to be able to compete with Cansonikon. At the moment the Kx is too expensive to qualify as an entry-level body, and doesn't have enough features (AF point selection, weatherseals) to be a Pentax 'midrange' body. I'm not saying they should go the route of Sony and have zillions of models differentiated to a microscopic extent, but a sub-midrange model and a model priced at semi-pro level but with lower high ISO performance than the sub-midrange one really doesn't cut it.

In short, let's hope that 2010 is the year Kodak buys Pentax from Hoya

Hey, maybe this is the "screw drive AF" firmware fix for SDM lenses that so many Pentaxians have been demanding

So that's why I'm so bad at manual focus!

Well, my Sigma has been and gone - needless to say I didn't get a good one and the Sigmaitis (aka front focusing) was so bad even the K20D's AF adjust couldn't fix it . May just give up on this sub-2.0 business and get that 50 Macro SRS have on offer...

Plus you can always 'end the auction early' and cancel bids if the price is catastrophically low with a day or so left to run.

True, although there is the downside that DeviantArt has the worst user interface ever conceived by human beings

Because if you're Pentax and even Sigma can do sonic motors and you can't, the marketing folks get a bit upset

The one caveat of course is that if there are any problems it costs you an arm and a leg to send it back (and good luck getting a refund on the import tax). Of course since this is an FA Ltd the chances of anything actually being wrong with it are presumably lower than they would be for a DA* or a Sigma.

True, but the user's question was about reading PMs which had been sent to him and had nothing to do with sending PMs.

I've just ordered a Sigma from SRS, here's hoping I get a good one!