Originally posted by Philippos With the exception of sport and wildlife shooters, I believe everyone will be satisfied by the new camera.
You don't need to be sport shooter to feel limitations of current Pentax AF system. It's enough to have toddler. He/she will not freeze when you want to take picture.
Framerate is no importance for me (flash recycle time is too slow to keep up even with 1fps
) however AF is a real pain in the ass for a parent of a toddler.
I didn't have any problem with AF of Pentax DSLR (and thought it is more than adequate) until my daughter started to walk... Then I understood why some people are criticising (not bashing and not whining!) Pentax for it.
Manual focus, good K10D viewfinder, O-ME53 loupe and fast lens (closed down to f/4-f/5,6 to compensate manual focus errors) are my best friends now when taking pictures of my daughter. Entry level Canon and Nikon DSLR shooters just snap with ease perfectly focussed pictures of their kids with their slow kit lenses...