This is the first camera, Pentax or otherwise, that I bought new for MySelf. Today. Accesories: two 512MB cards, a spare battery, and a cute little Lowepro case.
The cards I bought I did for one reason: the salesman showed me they can be pulled a bit to reveal a USB interface. No reader needed. Neat. Initial impressions: faster than that first Altoids Tin Optio S. Some VERY goofy modes, but the lens is all glass, SMC, and 36-180mm (35mm equivalent). It does M, Tv, and AV, but only if you set it up to do so, and can't do all three at once without punching into menus. Two out of three ain't bad. I bought locally, I know some of you gave helpful advice about buying on line, but with something like this I like to sniff it and fondle it and shoot it before buying it. I will never do Ebay again, and I'm sure as hell not gonna buy from anyone but KEH sight- unseen. I wanted a tiny digital Pentax with an Optical Viewfinder for trying to get into the PUG at the last minute. This little sucker is gonna deliver or I'm gonna kick it past the 50 yard line. Despite a WHOLE lot more modes than anyone in his right mind would need, I think I'm beginning to understand it. I hope to now post PESOs and PUGs. With an OptioSV. Geeenuwine pentax. And new. And I'm gonna buy that 10MP DLSR after the rest of you early adopters have bought it and analyzed it. Thanks for reading. ---Lon
