OK. So, after thinking a lot, and more importantly, after going out to shoot with the 6D and a nice Zeiss 35mm lens, I've decided to stay with Pentax.
I got some really nice frames from the 6D. The shallower depth of field is really noticeable to me. But the camera is bulky, heavy, and so are the lenses. I can see myself buying this camera and then leaving it at home while I go shoot with the Leica. I'll keep waiting for a full frame Pentax MX. I know the technology is there... I'd be happy with a full frame 10MP camera, MX-sized, similar viewfinder. Hey, make it all manual and drop the LCD screen, even, I don't care, as long as mi DNGs are on the SD card when I come back home. Or course, that's a pipe dream. In the meantime, the K3 will be a really nice thing to shoot with. I'll put a Katz Eye screen on it and my viewfinder magnifier. Now my decision is: do I get the 20-40 with it, or, since it's just a little bit more money, the 31/1.8, which seems like the ideal normal lens for these cameras? j On Sat, Dec 28, 2013 at 10:01 PM, John <johnsess...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I was saving up for a full-frame Pentax. Doesn't look like that's in the > near future, but that's Ok, because some other things came up & wiped out > the money I was saving for that, setting me back to square one. > > Maybe Pentax will have something to offer me by the time I've saved up > again. > > > On 12/28/2013 12:58 PM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: >> >> >> The Canon 24/105 is a great lens. >> >> Just saying... Marnie aka Doe :-) Actually so is the 17-40, I believe. >> >> In a message dated 12/28/2013 8:48:46 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, >> juanbuh...@gmail.com writes: >> Hello all, >> >> I don't post here much anymore, but I decided to ask this because I >> see a lot of the old names and the pdml has always been an awesome >> group of people. >> >> As some of you might know, I've shot with Pentax all my photographic >> life. Starting with an ME-Super, going through PZ-1, MX (I still have >> two black ones!), ZX-n, istD, K10D, to my current ones, a K5 and a >> K-01 I bought because it was a really cheap way to put a sensor behind >> my lenses. >> >> I love the quality and ergonomics of my Pentax cameras. After all >> these years, I obviously have a nice set of lenses. I am currently >> traveling in South America long term, so I have a subset of those with >> me: 12-24 zoom, 21 Limited, FA28/2.8, FA35/2, FA50/1.7, 17-70 zoom. >> The first three are my most used ones right now. I also shoot a lot >> with a Leica M8 and either a 28 or 35mm lens on it. >> >> Now the time has came to renew my DSLR. Obviously, an option that is >> up there is a K3. It seems like a camera I'd love, and given that it's >> a Pentax, I can just use it without waiting for my fingers to learn >> where the controls are. >> >> BUT. I've missed having full frame all this time. I would love to go >> back to shooting mostly with a 50mm, because of its shallow depth of >> field. I would love to have a big viewfinder, and fast AF wouldn't >> hurt. Every time I pick up a Canon, it makes me sad how fast the AF >> is. Even way older models, like an original 5D, focuses way faster >> with a 50/1.8 than my K5 with a 50/1.7 or 35/2. >> >> So I am now trying to make this decision: get a K3, along with a 20-40 >> (that zoom looks great for photos in the street!), or get a 60D ($1300 >> at KEH), with a 50/1.8 and possibly a 28/1.8? If I get a Canon, I have >> lenses available through my girlfriend: a 17-40/4 and a 24-105/4, so I >> would immediately have a complete kit. >> >> The money spent would be about the same. One option means staying with >> a brand I know and love. The other means getting full frame and state >> of the art AF, no more little screws on my lenses. >> >> I feel like if I get the 60D I will miss Pentax tremendously. And if I >> get the K3 I will love it, and in three months I will be wishing for a >> full frame K mount. >> >> What says the PDML? It seems like the only good thing about Pentax not >> releasing a FF camera is that Cotty's hat is still intact, no? >> >> j >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
