[Edgar_in_Indy]

Were these shot in manual mode? My impression from what others have said about the K5 is that it defaults towards over exposure, exposing a lot hotter than the the K10 and K20 cameras did. Not sure if that is the difference.

I'm sure it would have been manual mode.

I don't know whether the K-5 has a tendency to expose lighter, but even if that's the case the lab images should feature a consistent exposure. Afterall, the end user of a camera will also adjust camera settings and/or tweak the exposure in post-processing to get the exact exposure they want.

I'm not saying that DPR intentionally allowed the D7000 and K-5 to expose lighter, but if somebody did want to do a little something to make the D60 look better than the competition, this would be one way to do it.

[luke0622]

had the chance to play with the 60D, don't want to be too harsh, it's a piece .....

Good job, Canon, all they have to do is to pay dpreview some cash, they'd get some better sales...