See this user report. It is shocking!http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1036&thread=32360648Is there any quality control for the K-7 actually? How come such a "bad sample" can reach the hands of an end-user??As for the noisy image crops as seen, it can be a camera design weakness as well. Who knows? Pentax? The God?Do also note that that user has 3 K20Ds and 2 K10Ds. Just view