[christinelandon]

...snip...I find the 18-70 style lenses on crop to be a better fit as it covers more of the traditional portrait range without lens changes, but in pentax we don't have any real options on that front yet...snip

I'll agree to that! Still, if you can't wait for the ideal zoom range from Pentax to hit the shelves, I also agree that slightly short zooms don't satisfy my framing tastes indoors–I'll shoot the short end of a slightly long zoom instead. There is that Tamron 28-70, though...