Thanks Doglover
I order through Adorama with their current discount at $1350.
Resisted the silver one and instead use that difference ($1350 and $1700=$350) to buy a DA40 silver!
Lee
Edit:
received my k-5 from Adorama, again the shipping package from Adorama is just sub-par. I compliant once before and I think Sarah from Adorama in this forum contacted me and promise they will improve, not so. The k-5 was at the corner of the shipping box, only two sides of it is padded, leaving the remaining two sides banging with the shipping box. Nice job again Adorama! I don't know if I would recommend Adorama even I am their affiliate member.
My k-5 come with 393xxxx serial number. Not so happy as I see some of the people here get serial number 399xxx and 400xxx with their recent purchase K-5. The production date is 1/23/2011, come install with firmware 1.01. For this serial number, I have to do the stain test from time to time, NOT HAPPY!
First impression is that it is light, so I really need to get a battery grip.