Access to Nikon system lenses and bodies is, to me, a big plus. The adapted lenses for FourThirds, Micro-FourThirds and M-bayonet mirrorless (Ricoh GXR-M) that have been most successful are pre-AI and AI/AI-S Nikkors. Nikon has produced some superb lenses.
Personally, if I were looking for a low-light animal, I'd buy a Nikon D700 without a second thought, and a Nikon D3s only with thought of how much thinner my wallet was going to be. Simple modification to convert pre-AI to AI-S compatibilty can be done yourself, but I'd have a shop do it. eg: http://www.zi.ku.dk/personal/lhhansen/photo/repair/aimod/aimod.htm G On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 1:50 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > As I've mentioned, my K-5 has been acting wonky. Unfortunately, it's been > intermittently so. Last Monday it was Tango Uniform long enough that I > thought it had gone from being intermittent, and hard to diagnose, to simply > broken, but after a couple of hours, it woke up again. > > I've tried the customer contact forms in both the pentax and the criscam > websites. Thursday afternoon it crapped out on me and I tried calling cris, > the receptionist was going to send me an email from her account, so I could > reply with details. I never got that email. My experience with the repair > department has me anticipating that if/when I send it in, I'll be without the > K-5 for at least a month, if not two. For the most part, I can get by with > the K-x (having now sold both my K20 and my K100) but there is the > possibility that something (like a paid gig) will come up where I'd need a > second camera body. > > As it is, I have a bunch of Nikon mount glass sitting around, gathering dust. > I've considered that if I were to spend money I don't have on another body, > rather than getting a second K-5, getting a D7000. > > Advantages of the K-5: > Less initial outlay. The bodies cost about the same, but I don't have any > modern (auto focus, VR etc.) glass. > No cognitive dissonance shifting between user interfaces. > All of my DSLRs would be able to use the same lenses. > Slightly better low light performance. > > Advantages of the D7000: > Able to use the Nikon glass that I already have like the > 105/2.5, 100/2.8, and if I get it modded the 1353.5 (what does it cost to mod > a pre ais lens to ais?) > Able to use Nikon Speedlights > Potential access to a whole new family of lenses that aren't available in > Pentax mount > > This isn't a question of shifting brands, this is the question of whether to > keep everything the same, or to buy a body that would allow use of lenses and > strobes that don't work with Pentax? What would you do? > > Note, that what I'm really hoping for is an evil with an APS or 24x36 sensor > that with an adapter would work with K-mount, Nikon or even my old Minolta > glass. Let me rephrase that, I don't really care about the size of the > sensor, I want an EVIL with low light performance as good as, or better than, > my K-5. > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
