Watching the K-r ff "debate" is just too funny. Here's a metaphor for what I'm reading about this issue:
The K-r is like a
really nice car which only makes right-hand turns.
- The people who only ever make right turns are trivializing the problem and calling the left-turners a bunch of whiners who are simply looking for problems.
- The people who only ever make left turns say the car has a
major defect and demand a recall
right now!
- The people who make both right and left turns and are Pentax fanboys admit that there is a problem, but they are really enjoying their nice new car with its nice leather interior and great sound system and can simply work around the problem by making three right hand turns instead of a left.
- The people who make both right and left turns and are
not necessarily fanboys are wondering if maybe they should return their car to the dealer... They can be heard muttering, "A car should be able to turn left and right, yes? This is true, yes? ...hold on, let me try making a left turn again. Yep, still broken. What to do... What to do..."
EDIT: And then there are the chickens who know full well that there is a problem but are too afraid of the K-r FF problem bankrupting Pentax to tolerate discussion of the topic.
Can't forget those folks!