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I'm really looking forward to seeing the low ISO DR performance of the sensor. The GX-1 and G3 are a bit weak in the low ISO department (dxomark rates the GH2 DR as almost a stop better). It's...

Yes, it looks like it could be a 17-85 or thereabouts, but I'm thinking that it's all a bit diffuse because they don't to reveal if this is for an upcoming FF DSLR or not ;)

All the 35mm cameras are discontinued, though. But the 645NII and 67II seems to both be readily available in the Japanese market,...

+1 to that. I already had some manual lenses from my old film Pentaxes, but my first AF lenses that I bought were the 16-45 as kit lens for my K10D and a few days later the DA70. A very useful...

[blablabla] But... the Canikons are ugly big monsters, the Pentax is a small work of art. the Canikons are simply very good tools, the Pentax is one of the best lenses ever made (I don't...

Since you say "afford", I would say the DA35/2.4. Very much lens for the money. But personally, I would - like a lot of commenters - choose the DA 35/2.8 Macro. It's almost glued to my K10D anyway...

Well, they probably know more about vacuum cleaners than cameras - at least the Expert stores I've been to lately. When someone with no knowledge of Pentax looks at my K10D, they often think it...

Hehe :-) You beat this nkenji guy in nominal focal length, but not in 35-mm-equivalent focal length. Here's a shot of Jupiter with 800mm, 2x converter and the Pentax...

Stacked indeed! But I wonder if the second TC really brings anything that you couldn't have had by cropping the image? Anyway, it would be fun if you tried this on the moon - if it doesn't move...

Nice shots! I especially like the house in the fog, very well done. -- Espen

sorry for the bold face... I tried to add a footnote marked with a star... -- Espen

I don't have the FA-50/1.4 myself (I don't use 50mm primes that much(*), and have three manual 50mms to choose from :-)), but it's certainly not "mediocre" from what I've seen from it (or judging...

very nice ones, I like both. -- Espen ( http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/espenvestre )

The best reason for me to upgrade to FF would be to get back the large viewfinder which I'm used to from LX and ME Super. FF mirrorless? No thanks! -- Espen

Thanks for showing those samples! I'm considering this as a general-purpose walk around lens (not for me, but for someone with a NEX), and was especially interested if it works well for normal...

I'd say purple rather than blue. This is something I see very often in K-5 shots, and which has worried me quite a bit since I saw the first K-5 samples. I'm hoping to be able to upgrade my K10D to...

Nice! The level of detail is amazing! I had a look at the full-size shot of the desert with the 25 mm and was surprised to see the lack of DoF at the edges compared to the centre - but I've seen...

Richard: You would never actually go anywhere with it - because of weight and size, or because it's so expensive?

It has no ExpSim? I guess it doesn't even come with a coffee brewer, then?

What would really be more expensive, would be to make two almost identical models, with one of them crippled of video. But if those who want a video-less K-3 are willing to pay the necessary...