Originally posted by Eagle_Friends i was expecting 81, but WOW. pentax is really impressing everyone!
Exactly - I was expecting an 81 also!
But I have seen hints in the past that DPR is actually somewhat fond of Pentax (in contrast to some of the negative accusations I've read) and would like to continue to see them succeed. For example, they've had a positive attitude in some other reviews, and they re-shot the K-5 samples (around the time of the 60D review) rather quickly when some people noticed the setup didn't seem to be quite right. I wondered at the time if they would have been quite so responsive for some other brands - possibly not, because the brand's reputation probably wouldn't be as vulnerable, what with their big market share and extensive lineups. When you only effectively have 2 or 3 'current' bodies (K-5, K-r, and K-x) an inaccurate negative could be much more damaging.