Originally posted by Raffwal I'd wait to see what's happened to Pentax AF in real life situations. If it has improved, that would be reason enough for me to buy a K-30 instead of a K-5.
Keep in mind though that the K-5 will be a very significant AF upgrade over the K100d (if that is what you're still currently using).
To me the K-30 may have a few better numbers that are more consumer/entry level oriented (better video perhaps?) than the K-5, but overall the K-5 is still the better camera, especially at prices that are close to or matching what the K-30 will release at. Keep in mind that there is a fine line for the pricing of the K-5; typically once the new model is announced/released and existing stock dwindles prices will likely go up rather than down. At around $900 new that camera is a steal.