Originally posted by Stratman More bang for the buck, simple as that !!
Yep, that was one of the main reasons for me. I was looking for a small, cheap, easy to use, good camera. The K-m got my attention and I was also considering the K200D. I read a lot of reviews of entry level DSLRs, spec sheets, test photos, photo albums. Fortunately local photo websites and magazines just did "let's compare entry level DSLRs of different brands" reviews at that time and Pentax was the winner in all of them. Simply Pentax offered the same or better quality, but for less money (considering body, lenses, accessories) - more bang for the buck which was/is important to me as I can't and not willing to spend a lot of money on this. So after a lot of hesitation between K200D and K-m I finally bought the latter. So far I'm very satisfied and also like the community here