On Aug 27, 2013, at 07:05 , John <[email protected]> wrote: > I am considering a replacement of my ist DS and see that prices on used K-5's > are starting to go down. Are there any lens issues I need to consider when > going to a K-5. My lenses have been working well with my camera but will I > start to see defects as the lenses have been used for a while. The two I use > the most are a Pentax FA 28-35 mm and a Sigma 70-300 mm. I also have some > older manual lenses with out auto focusing but they don't see a lot of use. > Are there any operational issues I am libel to run into? Or is there > another choice that is not as big a jump as the K-5 as far as performance > that would be a better choice? >
I think your lenses will be just fine with a K5. I made the slow progression from *Ist-DS to K200D to K10D to K7 to K5, and I'm still using many of the lenses which were great on the DS (but I've sold a few). Mostly what you'll notice is not anything about the lenses - what you'll notice is that you have a very fast, very quiet, very capable camera. The *Ist-DS will seem like some child's toy after a short while. (PS: Get a faster SD card when you get the new camera) -Charles -- Charles Robinson - [email protected] Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- 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.
