Originally Posted by regken 
You want a travel unit and are now forced to look at Oly. I wanted fast AF and wound up buying a Sony A700. I'm not giving up my K10D but running two systems is not an ideal answer, workable but not ideal. After rereading the interview I'm still convinced any new unit from Pentax will not address my needs for faster AF so the A700 was a good move. When I'm ready for a travel unit it looks like I'll be eying the E-420 also. To bad, Pentax could have made me a multiple body owner.
And that's the thing, Ken. What I really want is to buy another Pentax camera: I don't have any intention of starting a new "system" per se; my exclusive interest outside of Pentax is the E-420 and the 25mm pancake. To the extent that I'm hesitant, it's because I can't get over the impracticality of making a "one shot" purchase that's incompatible with what I've already got.
At least now I can make my decision without the looming possibility that Pentax will themselves introduce something which would serve as a compact "street-shooter."
-XM