Pentax lens selection

Hi All,

thanks for interesting discussion. Just so you know I have not bought camera yet and I am not rushed even though it would be nice to have something new for my coming  annual Caribbean trip in April.  Someone asked along the way what P&S was/is used by me - .....Panasonic ZS5 which is typically carried in nice small leather pouch hanging around my neck, well protected from elements, easy to pull out and shoot when needed. Serves 90% outdoors and 75% indoors ( 25 mm - 300 mm, 3.3 - 4.9, 12 x zoom) Not much use in museums where iPhone seems to be doing sometimes much better job due to its bright lens, but there is not much zoom on it....I am wondering sometimes why manufacturers don't make de-featured cameras for photographers like myself who need predetermined good setup according to scene, very good glass and decent zoom without tons of other features which are typically buried in tens of menus. They could still come with basic manual setup features for those who would like to play more  with them.Take for example Sony RX103 - perfect lens, great zoom but practically no scene selection compared to entry level Panasonics or even Olympus....and very complex and unfriendly menus..Oh, and price.....Yes I have looked at MFT and was quite impressed with EM5 II which probably would be great with 12-100 lens but that would get quite expensive. It would get even more expensive with EM5 II successor around the corner ( judged by recent price discounts onn EM5 II) which would probably come with new 20 megapixel sensor...Also, didn't like ergonomics of it and there is no good grip for it -  available one requires removal for battery change ( those little things can be irritating sometimes)...I have been looking lately at FZ 300 which would give me same size sensor, much brighter lens and great zoom and probably push my satisfaction level to 98% in outdoors and 90-95% indoor situations. Regardless, I enjoy reading your comments ..there is always something one can learn and get different angle on subject...:-)