Agreed. They are not Canon or Nikon with their Hedonistic stands.......

Very true John.
In spite of Pentax not offically being there, it still a worthwhile event to go to. And some of the talks are excellent.

Not surprised. The have not been to the last three Focus shows and it is indeed frustrating.....
The offical line in the past is "We prefer to spend our money on advertising". Read into that what you will.

However, the upside is that a number of dealers at the show DO have all the kit available to play with, if that is scant consolation.

I wonder if SRS will be there? Chris?

I did, and OH MY GOD!

You would think Rizlas would scratch the glass, but it would appear not.

Useful tip there methinks....

Thanks John, missed that bit.
However, what I have got so far with DNG seem fine. (albeit only 70 shots so far.)
However, I will upgrade CS4 at some point.

Cheapskate......

PEF's on the DS/K10D/K20D. DNG's on the K-5. Only because I need to upgrade Photoshop CS4 to read them.
However, the reality now is, there is very little difference between them, well at least for me

LMAO.........

You naughty boy Mike. But at least it will give you some "interesting" effects.....

I have had some, and they seem fine. But I would prefer a lens cleaning cloth instead, something about the softness that is reassuring.

AP is a good one. I started reading it and the reviewer got his facts wrong about the number of Pentax bodies available at any one time (he said the the K-7 was the only one available in 2009 - well thats wrong for a start...) However I kept reading and in the end it was a good review.
The one interesting bit was the rivals, at first talked about the 60D and D7000 (fair enough, they are the price rivals after all) but then talked about comparisions against the 7D and D300s, and how it was equivilent to them with FPS etc. Good old AP, Finally realising that the K-5 is a rival to all four......
Shame that Practical Photography was not quite so glowing, but there you go....
Will be interesting to reading Photography Monthly when they review it (probably next month)