if you ask me, i say dun buy now. i noticed that this period is so called the DSLR boom period. pentax came out with K10D, nikon D80, canon 400D, sony A100.......all these cams are under the pressure of intense competition, with canon and nikon losing in the in-body IS, sony still dragging with the 7D replacement, and pentax with its long term reliability. it is really hard to say which is the best as the race has not completed or slowed down any bit. however, if you need one urgently and decide to take the risk, then follow the recommendations given by many CSers. if not, wait a few more months, or perhaps end of this year, that might be the time interval needed to distinguish the preferred choice.