And to think I sometimes worry about picking my camera up by the lens!

Very good Shaun, doing your cloning on a separate layer is a good idea. But it would be helpful to see the menu bar at the top of the screen so people can see what you're doing when you are selecting your brushes / checking the 'sample all layers' box etc.

Lovely set, great view from your loft window!

The focus peaking mode was something they brought in on the K-01; basically it's a manual focus aid for when focusing in live-view. Will be great for using manual lenses (which I have a lot of!)

Little explanation video from Pentax here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKnGzd1RLr8&list=FL58vSHTl3KI4J0RjUEMZlvg&index=2...

If I didn't really, really want focus peaking, I would definitely be going for the K5!

FWIW I'm not really bothered about nit-picking differences in the movie modes on these cameras, but I do love the quality of DSLR video - much better than the quality of dedicated video cameras unless you spend a LOT of $$$!

Oh, I see - that's quite a neat little design!

I have seen reports that the 'sensor' is just a dummy though:

I don't know what prompted this thread's resurrection, but it's interesting to see the K30 and Kx release prices about the same. Pentax pricing seems to offer even more bang for the buck these days.

I had both the Sigma 30mm f1.4 and the 35mm f2.4. My impression was yes, much more 'bokeh' with the Sigma at f1.4 vs f2.4, but much much nicer bokeh with the Pentax. After a lot of umming and ahhing I sold the Sigma.

In an ideal world the 31mm Ltd should offer the best of both worlds!

Saw these shots on another forum. I knew the DA40Ltd was said to be usable on full frame/film cameras, but hadn't really seen many shots with it apart from 'brick wall tests' which only showed it had soft corners with vignetting.

Looking at the shots, it seems the DA40Ltd / DA40XS lens is great for people shots on full frame - very nice sharpness and bokeh, and any edge softness/vignetting is hardly visible due to the nature of the shot (background is OOF in any case). But it falls down a bit for more distant views where the whole frame is in focus - the soft corners are clearly visible.

Not bad however, for a lens designed for APSC.

Portraits/People shots

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-0h--2OtTgzk/T1oTRa9F7TI/AAAAAAAABSM/Dp6bM4DoK...

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-iDxgvDpJAAs/T1oTUhturhI/AAAAAAAABS8/VdmhG69Ng...

More distant views

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-MT-HZqLfyx8/T1oTUC2hBZI/AAAAAAAABS4/XyUQMEVdh...

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-g0VbyEVCJwU/T1oTSzc3LHI/AAAAAAAABSk/wJqaKWByO...

There aren't any major differences, they both work in AF mode on your camera... the F lenses are an earlier series and looks different though.

The f1.4 lens is only available as an FA lens. It's a bit faster (and faster than your friends Nikon) so even more background blur.

The f1.7 lens is available in F and FA versions, the older F version being the cheaper one.