For your information, I started a thread on that very subject, albeit not on the buffer "limit", and was asking if someone could explain what this really meant.
I had a few answers but the thread just died.
https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-dslr-discussion/115228-case-k5-buf...e-explain.html
Now, I too am concerned about this 8 RAW buffer limit AND the "alternative" going to 2 fps.
Will anyone ever have the REAL data on this K5?
It is becoming a real pain in the b*&% trying to figure it out. I mean, it is hard enough to find at least two different reporting sites on the K5 specs being similar.
Is there ANY way to once and for all getting the REAL, EXACT, and CONFIRMED specs here?
Or maybe we will have to wait until some tests come out; hopefully, with Adam reporting that they have now the K5 and K-r in hand for testing, some buffer tests will be performed.
JP