Reply #17: Here's what I'm thinking.

[Deep13]

It has a big viewfinder, bigger than the Canon D30. My wife wears glasses and really liked the viewfinder on the K100. It has weatherproofing. It has that shake reduction. It is less than $1000. It is rated for 100,000 shutter cycles and is made of metal, not plastic. My old Pentax SP1000 with no hot shoe and screw mount lenses is completely reliable despite have been made in the Johnson administration.

I have a whole lot of 35mm stuff. I want to upgrade to digital, but I only want one.

My second choice is the Canon 30D which is 50% more expensive, has smaller images, no shake reduction and no weatherproofing. On the other hand it is known to take excellent photos. My only real concern with the Pentax K10 is that the images will be as noisy as the Sony Alpha has proven to be. It has all the same features (except the weather seals) at about the same price, but makes noisy images about iso 400. That's no good because I take a lot of photos in low light. If the image quality turns out to be good when someone finally does a test review, then that's what I am getting. If not, it will be a toss-up between the K100 (my wife likes the ergonomics) or the Canon D30 for twice as much because of its proven low-light capability.