At maximum jpeg quality that's roughly 536 frames taking 5 minutes 35 seconds!

I'm sure that's why they chose 1.6fps & it makes for a good advertising point. Whether 1.6fps is useful is another matter. Who needs to fill an 8GB card in one long "burst" & who needs to fill it at 1.6fps?

That's "progress" for you.

I looked for that John hoping that Pentax had it hidden somewhere in the book, the menu or the drive screen. No such luck.

I think a continuously variable setting is needed.

"needs to be shot." That's a bit harsh!

However the idea that 1.6fps is useful for anything other than advertising is idiotic.

Having just bought a K-5 to replace my K-7 I'm loving it ..............except for the abysmally slow Lo Speed continuous shooting which at 1.6fps is too slow for Street Photography. Hi speed at 7fps is great for Sport but for Street it's overkill. 3fps on the K-7 was perfect for Street.

Of course this does allow Pentax to boast that on continuous you can keep shooting jpegs until the card fills. Some achievement.

Anyone else feel as I do? I had hoped that a firmware upgrade would address this but no such luck.

Thanks for that Nigel. It, & the links contained, made interesting reading.

Thanks all.

Impressive photos Smeggy.
I was surprised by the relatively shallow DOF in the mosque shot.
Thanks.

Welcome.
Regards,
Ian.