It did cross my mind something was amiss. K-m, K-x, K-r all released in September of succeeding years and nothing this year.

However the way forward may be to go mirror-less and electronic viewfinder keeping the same sensor size. It is a big change and this might be causing the delays in releasing new cameras, after all they have to get it right.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

This was my first slr.

It came with a 50mm f1.7 m series lens. The focusing aid was pretty good it also gave a beep when in focus. After about ten years the exposure became erratic. Took it to repair shop and they swapped the chip out for an ME Super one, but it made no difference except I lost the focusing aid. Half my shots would be unusable.

Still have it though.

Congratulations Sam. The K-r is a fantastic camera.

I should know I have one.

I am still learning all the functions

Regards Jeff

Hi Darren

I recently upgraded from Panny FZ38 to a K-r. You will be mighty pleased with the K-r


Jeff

I was one of the lucky ones to get this lens for half price from Amazon. On another thread I said that my copy gave poor image quality. I had taken a pic of a newspaper page taped to a wall, had the camera on a tripod set to timer mode. My Tamron ad2 80-210 gave a much sharper image through all focal lengths. My DA 55-300 seem to get more blurred the further right of the image you went and at all focal lengths.

I uploaded an image to the gallery

Following advice I made sure the camera was perfectly square to the wall and also tried with the camera in portrait orientation. Still the same.

I was worried returning it to Amazon would mean they would simply refund the money so I would lose the bargain of a lifetime. Anyway following reassurance from members, last Sunday I filled out the returns page ticked the box asking for a replacement and it arrived today. Excellent service from Amazon.

Checked again using the same set up and I must say I am very pleased with it.

I want to thank members for their suggestions.

Is there a known problem with quality control on this lens or am I just unlucky to get a duffer.

Its just that getting it for half price it would be just my luck thats what Amazon would do. After hearing from you both though and if my prob persists I will contact them and confirm if they will replace it. cheers.

Yeah thanks, I will try that out tommorrow. If its still the same I will try sending it for repair. Don't really want to send it back to Amazon because they will probably just refund the money.

I have put a shot from the da 55-300 and the tamron in the gallery. but their not very big pics

It was on a tripod with the timer function on and in daylight. The newspaper page was taped to a vertical wall.

My DA 55-300 came on Thursday. Just taken some test shots of a newspaper with it and its pretty poor. Right hand side is blurry until f11. Only good for 6x4 prints. My 25-30 year Tamron ad2 80-210 is sharper and all the way across the image. Will try and post some shots later.