No...Windows 7

Ok...would you like a K30 and Toshiba Laptop?

There wasn't any ZIP file associated with the download Steve.. Nada, zilch and or nothing...beyond my P.C throwing a massive strop and refusing to proceed with the transfer.
Nonetheless for that, cover me...I'm going back in again!

I didn't realise until today that the K-x was also available in 'fetching' pink...radical!
If the K30 is marketed as an 'entry level' camera, does that relegate the Kx or indeed any other perceived lesser model below the K30 to the confines of a point'n'press category.
Upon such a categorisation, this would suggest that the Guinea pig image simply couldn't have been taken with any humble model below the Pentax 640. I thus suggest instead that the photographer has clearly mugged a hapless member of the paparazzi and stolen his mega-bucks Nikon/Cannon/Pentax 640 'pro' rig in order to take the photograph as-and lets get real here kids- no punitive 'entry level' based camera like a Kx or K30 could possibly have facilitated the production of such a pin sharp and perfect image...
...Upon such unworthiness, let us all now worship at the alter of the marketing guru.

Hi.
I've tried to download the latest K30 firmware update by following the Pentax sites instructions and it just ain't working. I've tried the formatted SD card in the slot on my computer as well as directly into the camera -via the same perfectly healthy 2.0 GB card. I did get so far with the download, then my computer told me not to trust the source and basically offered no alternative but to abort the installation. I admit to the fact that I'm a bit of a technophobe when it comes to P.Cs but allowing for this fact either I'm too stoopid to own the camera, or I'm even more stoopid than I realised and basically shouldn't own either the camera or a computer!
Can anyone with the required degree of patience assist this techno-Muppet?

Hi guys! I'm back. Sad times.

But Iceland is amazing! Everyone should go.

We had 3 nights of lights, two in Skaftafell (first 3 photos) and one in Skálavegur (last photo).


All I can say is that if I'd have taken those images, I'd be mighty proud of myself.
Nice job dude...a very nice job indeed

Depends upon any of the following really:

Did she subtly shift her cardigan to one side so's not to obstruct her gun hand whilst maintaining unblinking eye contact with you?

Did a kind of unnatural silence descend upon the scene as you spoke?

Did the dog discreetly cower down and slither from the room with its tail between its legs?

Did she thereafter begin singing songs from 'Sweeney Todd' in hushed tones to herself as she went about her business?

Reactions are safe dude, we know exactly where we stand when our women react. Not batting an eyelid, however, is fraught with potential danger on so many levels. Not blinking an eyelid is tantamount to being lured to that clam and inviting watering hole in our domestic Serengeti.

How many Pentax Ads have you seen on TV? I'm not always especially attentive, but I cannot actually remember any.

Pentax don't make T.V adverts. Nikon do, however, and for a damned good reason. Their lenses seem to come out on top nearly every time in countless head to head tests, and when you lock and load them with one of their bodies you're pretty much onto a winner whatever your level of abilities might be. I conducted no research into DSLRs when I purchased my K10D from a photographic shop in Ealing, I had simply been thinking of getting back into photography and to be honest, the package price in the shop I happened to passing at the time appealed to me, so I went in and brought one. I purchased a range of lenses over the subsequent distance and then one fateful day earlier this year finally bit the bullet and purchased a 500 lens. Later this same year I decided that I needed a better camera to go with the 500 lens, and as the release of the K30 was due, I figured I'd order one...in white.
Attached to the 500 lens, it does rather look the dogs 'nads' and performance wise it's far ahead of my current abilities to drag the best out of it, so I've lots of room for growth with it. The 'ole K10D will serve as my landscape camera and to be frank it's well up to that task with a decent quality lens locked in.

It's a sharp and crystal clear image...and a damned fine one at that. So what exactly the hell are you unhappy about here dude?

I wouldn't describe the blue offering as hideous dude. I took a long look at a blue version when they first came out despite decided upon a white one. The blue tone impressed me with its deep lustre quite frankly, and even more so when struck by different strengths and angles of light. However, I had a vision of the white K30 chassis coupled to my black 150/500 lens and ultimately stuck to that particular colour coordinated script. In truth(and despite a few sceptical comments beforehand) said combo has subsequently impressed all by virtue of its dynamic contrast (as in all have more or less agreed that said combo does rather look the dogs 'nads).
The blue body is worth considering though...unless of course the sad fact is that we the photographic massive find anything beyond traditional black to be utterly abhorrent!