Well, I'm back from the Henrys retail store in Ottawa and I have a new K20d that seems to work perfectly. I say "seems" as up to now I have not had a problem with it and I am cautiously optimistic... (just hoping the intermitent SD card access freezing problem doesn't crop up!)
I went to Ottawa with a charged battery and the 2 lenses I use the most.
I tried it and another camera for nearly half an hour in the store, it seemed to be working properly, and since I got home I've been playing with it for the last hour. I found my DA55-300 to be spot on, and my Tammy 17-50 needing a small focus ajustment (-3) to be spot on.
The salesman at the counter of the Bank Street Ottawa store was EXTREMELY patient with me as tried the cameras and put them thru their paces, so a big thanks goes out to him!
Also I received an email from Henrys Online Sales while I was in Ottawa offering to pay for shipping to change the camera again, or have it repaired by Pentax. Now thats service! A big thanks to the folks at the other end of the
info@henrys.com email.
I didn't stick around Ottawa to check out a musuem as the weather folks were calling for snow in late afternoon, so I drove up and came right back (ends up they were wrong, it was sunny all day!). Fortunately I had yesterdays "Bob and Tom show" in my Ipod to keep me company all the way and back
Pat