Sadly my lenses aren't (that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it )

I'm certainly not regretting my purchase, I only got a relatively short chance to play over the weekend but it's all good news so far. The handling's good, grip's very comfortable, all the controls are in easy reach.

I can't compare the AF to the K5 but compared to the K10D I had it's on a different planet. focussing seems fast and positive, no sense of any hunting just straight there, no questions.

Now I need to start praying for some good weather to give it a proper test rather than just firing off a few snaps

K10D 142mm x 101mm x 70mm
Explains why it feels smaller to me.

Have to wait for the battery to charge, haven't yet ordered the AA adaptor.

Well, I'm home and the box is unpacked, currently the battery is charging. First impressions, it's so tiny compared to my old k10d! Seems to sit very nicely in the hand and the grip's very nicely shaped.

The courier has just delivered mine from SRS this morning, now have to wait to finish work so I can get it home and have a play, haven't had a chance to do more than check that the box says K30 on it so far

Couldn't resist and I've just hit the pre-order button and paid my deposit. The logical part of my brain kept telling me I should get a K5 but something just made me want the K30.

Now the waiting begins... Chris, any indications as to how long I'll be pacing back and forth?

The couple I've posted to the forum rather than uploading to the gallery have just been links to photos hosted on flickr, I've just been grabbing the URL for the "Medium" sized JPEG, it's probably not the most sophisticated of resizing methods but it seems to do a good enough job for most purposes.

Well, the National Geographic bag arrived this morning, first impressions are positive, all the gear I need to take away with me this afternoon fits inside with space over for a waterproof and snack.

The fastenings are a little more fiddly than the standard plastic clips a lot of bags have but still not exactly awkward, it's just a case of passing a strap through a loop and then presstudding(sp?) it to back onto itself. The metal instead of platic loops and clips definitely give a feeling that it's going to stand up to plenty of punishment.

I wonder how long it'll be before there's no longer room in it for things like waterproofs and the camera equipment expands to fill the space?

That was one of the things I liked about the National Geographic bags, they're set up inside to house camera gear but don't look too obviously like a camera bag to those not in the know.

It's not arrived yet and my wife's already started referring to it as my "man bag" though

Yes, it was a bit hazy which didn't help, we were there a couple of days and the whole time there was either haze from the heat or from cloud.

We stayed at El Tovar for a couple of nights, managed to see some condors but never in a place where I really could get a shot with the lenses I had with me.

This one managed to get itself (albeit in a small way) into shot though: