Originally posted by normhead Be and sure and consider, if you're Brit (or East Indian) , the K-5 is from a higher "class" of cameras, and it will reflect better on your family. If you are an American, the K-5 II costs more and will help establish you as a person of wealth, a dilettante who can do what he pleases, and for whom money is no object. ( Americans admire that sort of person.). There is much more to consider than just "if it get's the job done."
Ummm, a camera snob I am not, a Brit though I am.
Although I generally go for the best I can afford, I will freely admit to initially discounting the 'cheaper' K30 because, well, it can't be as good as a K5IIs, can it? Really?
But now that you've made me aware that the purchase of a K5 will reflect better on my family and promote me to a more superior level amongst men (and women), I may now have to sell the car and an internal organ and order a 645. Damn it!