Originally posted by Michaelina2 I understand your frustration, but please don't wait... return your K-5 as soon as you can and buy into another brand that will serve you better...
Personally, I want Pentax's proposed fixes (updates) to be one time events. As such, I want them to move at their speed, not mine (or yours).
Life is too short... If you are disappointed, don't waste a minute, or ounce of energy, grousing to strangers who are unable to anything about it...
Cheers and enjoy your fresh start into the next chapter of your life as a photographer... M
Heh...I honestly can't tell if that post was sarcastic or not.
But I would say that returning the K-5 and buying a whole different system is an over-reaction, unless MOST of your shooting is done in very low tungsten lighting. Hopefully it can be fixed with a FW update. Other systems will have their own problems or disadvantages. Nikon, for example, means lenses that are heavy and expensive compared to Pentax.
Several people have mentioned the price of the K-5. As in, "for this much money it should not have any of these problems." I don't entirely agree with that sentiment, because for what you get in the K-5, it's honestly ridiculously inexpensive. I refer you back to the Louis CK video.
I have a camera which is nearly perfect, and doesn't have any bugs or design/manufacturing issues at all. It's the Nikon D3. When I bought it new, I paid well over $5000 for it. The fact that, less than 3 years later, I can get something which gets me in the same ballpark as far as functionality and IQ for less than a third of the price is amazing to me.