Originally posted by Phineas I totally agree....I would always choose the Kx over the Canon or Nikon...but the decision between K20D and Kx is much harder...did the soft- and hardware in the time from the presentation of the K20D advance so much that the Kx is the logical choice or is the development incremental enough that I should go for the K20D?
Go K-x with your budget.
Same here I had a K-x as a replacement for my broken Nikon D-80 due to budget constrains. I am supposed to buy a D-90.
However I attended an event hosted by my Nikon / Epson dealer friend. It is a photographers seminar and Canon users also attended. I'm the only Pentax user there.
I tried the D-5000, D-90, and D-700 using the same Manual mode, scene, object, and ordinary room light. I also tried the Canon EOS 500D T1i and EOS 550D T2i
D-5000 was dismal and can't match the K-x after several shots. D-90 was just the same as the K-x shots that I made and I cannot see any difference on the D-700.
The Canons that I tried were noisy at ISO 12,800 and my K-x is still ok at 12,800.
Then I compared the camera's test images here
Imaging Resource "Comparometer" ™ Digital Camera Image Comparison Page
And saw this actual D-90 and K-x user
FLASH OF LIGHT: Nikon d90 vs. Pentax Kx...on the Job comparisons
They justified my decision on choosing the K-x and since I am more of a low light seldom flash user, I am not convinced on going to K-7 after checking the comparisons and on what I have read on it's Samsung Sensor. K-7 could have been greater if it used the Sony Exmor K-x sensor. Compare the K-x and K-7 here
Imaging Resource "Comparometer" ™ Digital Camera Image Comparison Page so that you can decide if K-x or K-7