This thread is at great interest to me, as i intend to be soon K-7 user (i took a humble posture in saying "user" since I'll make the first steps, maybe someday i will consider myself as "owner", when the camera will share my vision and capture the moment). My experience is limited to some compact cameras, mostly an HP (with Pentax zoom lens though
). I will need it for buildings, some portrait, landscape and some stage shooting (indoor, outdoor festivals, nothing fancy). Main concern after reading opinions is about the "user-friendly" part, since i want to start this (i hope) long journey along with Pentax. For me K-7 seems like an old Aston Martin car, a beautiful piece of engineering that can perform outstanding, but for the person who has the knowledge to master it. Seemed to be some problems reported, including electronic level, capacitor issues, screen, sensor overheat, firmware etc., some real problems, some user errors. Should i be scared of all that, as a beginner, or manual reading combined with the actual use of camera, and some advice from you when needed would be enough?
Was considering also the D90, i had a chance to play with it (bulky for me though), made a little more "stable" impression on me, combined with what i read. But has no WR, VR is expensive, video is crap (not that i will use a lot), and does not have so many great old lenses to use.
I was a bit too long, this being my first post here, so if some of you got bored while reading and skipped to the end i take the chance to say "Hi, nice to meet you" to the friendliest community of camera owners and users.