Amazing!

Words can't describe how good this camera is. "You deserve it"- it screams. Simply amazing! I knew that most old lenses would work with it, but so far every single one works like a charm. eBay is loaded with cheap and not so cheap lenses- around 800 used film,and 150 digital for Pentax alone- all the others combined have grand total that's few times lower. So far I got 4 prime lenses(A50/2,M50/1.4,A28/2.8,M135/2.5+35/3.5 screw mount, but still no adapter) 3 zooms(FA100-300,kit lens,A80-200),asahi tele-converter, remote, 3 asahi macro tubes for a total of around $350 all from eBay. Got the camera for about $550 (and I'm waiting on $50 MIR), so everything costs less than k10d body...AA batteries are nice but don't last- NiMH Energizer 2500 mAh do around 500-600 shots- not sure if I want the lithium rechargeable CR-V3 now, but people say it does shoot quicker. The kit lens is sweet- manual focusing is a little wobbly, but that's normal with AF lens.You can adjust focus manually on-the-fly after it stops AF-ing. The camera auto is pretty intelligent- it picks the scene automatically; it under exposes about 1/3 of a stop which is what I would do as safety- this way I can restore the shadows manually. Manual used to scare me, but know I almost feel the right numbers- awesome feeling! SR is a dream- it does make almost 1 second long hand held exposures possible. Works on all lenses I got- with the manual lenses it will ask the focal distance and BAM!- 50/1.4 becomes a night-time monster, +2x tele-converter turns it into 100mm/2.8 w/ shake reduction- so glad I didn't go with Canon- after HAVING this I don't think it's possible to look another way. Pentax made incredible choice to put SR on such a cheap model- it's amazing to see 20 years old piece of glass work on this modern marvel. I've used the *istD few years ago, and it was nifty camera, but just another SLR that you can't pronounce the name, so you can't even brag to your friends...this time around the name is just as classic as k1000, and the camera is going to be classic too. So far I've recommended this to anyone I know- after all everyone deserves to be a good photographer.