Originally Posted by suzanne pollard 
The main trouble i have is with sunsets as it won't pick up the actual sun, just a yellow light, whereas the ist takes beautful sunsets just on 'landscape' mode, no fiddling etc.
It' a bit unfair to judge a camera based on what happens when you pont it directly at the sun. Taking pictures of the sun without fiddling should not normally result in perfect exposures. That's *way* too great a dynamic range for any camera to reproduce correctly. So some sort of compromise has to be made. I'd compeltely put that aside and concentrate on pictures of "normal" subjects in your comparisons (and then learn how to adjust exposure to get the shots you want when you *are* taking pictures of the sun).
And with respect to other shots, I agree with others: if you prefer to more saturated colors you got from your *ist, change the K200D from "natural" to "bright" mode and/or increase the saturation control, and be done with it.