Nice one Matt. Wonder if you'd get the 20mm f4 in there rather than the 40mm? You could go 20/50/135mm as an alternative set up.

I have never noticed anything wrong with your spelling Don! I don't think that was the point that was being made, although it was a bit over-the-line... it's possible to express a disagreement without throwing all the toys out of the pram....

BUT when these little blow ups do occur, the way I see it, it's best just to move one rather than 'reheat' them on other threads, or continue bitching about the person who was seen as 'out of order', or be all unnecessarily 'grovelling' to the person who was 'wronged'

My K7 is hardly ageing - I bought it last year! And as far as I'm concerned this is it for me. The camera has to break before I upgrade. Obviously the K5 has better DR and noise and you are right to point it out. It's fine to point out the advantages of the newer cameras (as I did in my first post here) but Christy - you're like an unstoppable one man K-5 marketing machine!

I hear that for Coors Light they cut out the middle man and sell it straight to the consumer

I get really annoyed with people going on about how certain cameras 'smoke' others in terms of DR and high ISO - I own a K7 and I don't want to be constantly reminded of these things, especially when I don't feel the K7 is a significant constraint on the sort of shots I take. It's also a totally lovely camera to use, and in terms of build quality- the equal of the K5 in that regard! That said, it is quite right to encourage new users to pick something a bit newer and more up to date, especially when it's more affordable. As wonderful as the K7 is, it's three or four years old tech- a dinosaur like the D300 or Eos 50D. Still works great but technology moves on fast.

Lovely mono shot there.

(Mean the one of the chain in front of the golden gate bridge. The others you just sorted look good too just a lot to digest on my phone's screen

K10d's come up a lot but you can't go wrong with a Kr or even Kx. It would be well worth the extra.

If I had to whittle it right down I'd take the 35 and the superzoom. But if you've got space and you're hiting a car, why not cover a few more bases. Out of the 50 and the 85 I'd take the 85... street candids.

I like your new avatar TT. You know it bothered me when you ran yourself down with that dunce's hat. Now you look like any techno-stuff that gets in the way is just gonna get it with both barrels, which seems like a much better attitude to have!

Think of it this way. DSLR's take amazing video footage, but are not great ergonomically for video.

This is coming from the other angle: a video camera that will also be able to take DSLR quality stills. But it will not be great ergonomically for stills picture taking. So depending on which you value more, you will be able to compromise on stills or video ease-of-use with your choice of device.

Why would anyone want to put a mirror in such a machine?