Well it looks like my K5 will be going to the Vet's Monday with the "Battery Depleted" issue - with fully charged battery across several batteries. Still turns on, but the camera reports battery going from fully charged to depleted in a couple of shots. But - I have another year on the extended warranty. For $20 is a wonderful deal.
Currently, I am very satisfied and happy with the K5. It all depends on what the K3 actually looks like, how it performs during its first year or so, how the pricing goes, and what may come after it. Where the price for the K5IIs goes. What my funding situation is. Currently, I have been able to save up $600 in my sock drawer - plus the odd loose change in the change bottle (a 5 gallon water bottle) which is currently running at about 7 pounds.
Moving up from the K20 was a very good move - and I liked the K20 a lot, other than the sensor noise. I am still learning a lot and hopefully getting better with the K5 - however I still have a wide margin to go. I usually leap frog at least one model, and I really see no compelling issue, feature or capability that the K5 is not providing me. Right now I see the K5IIs as nearly equivalent, if I really needed to get another replacement body, and the price is coming into my maximum threshold. I will spend more on a lens than on a body.
Last edited by interested_observer; 10-06-2013 at 04:44 AM.