>>3992881i've been on this god forsaken website since 2006 and I can honestly say in all that time I have never seen a reply to any of my posts that was so informative and welcomed. Thank you very much for your imput. I've never looked at Canon's offerings. I just always heard pentax had amazing weathering and really good old lenses. But for my needs this might be far better. thank you so much for your assistance anon!