Thanks, Peter, I've thought about it, and decided too heavy. While Pentax lenses, on the whole, the new ones anyway, are much lighter than Canon's, with the K-5 and a longer telephoto, I'd come out about the same weight as I am now. So it would have to be a smaller Pentax camera body than the K-5. Sometimes just a few ounces makes a huge difference.
Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 9/8/2013 9:15:16 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Right now Buydig.com is selling the original K-5 NIB for $639.00 with a $15.00 coupon free shipping in the continental US and no sales tax if you reside outside New Jersey. You can find it on Amazon almost as inexpensively, if price is your issue. It is however still a relatively heavy, compared to say an Olympus OM-D. You don't lose a great deal over the latest K-5 II and it's three year old imaging system is still in the top 20 as tested by DxO mark. In fact it's tied with 6 other cameras in their scoring two of which are the K-5 II and the K-5 IIs. Yes, I know DxOMark doesn't tell the whole story, but it's a comparison. On 9/6/2013 2:15 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Second party? Third party? Not sure what to call it. > > I am just about to sell my Canon camera, and only have one lens left too. > Mainly due to a financial crunch and needing the money. (Boy, it will be > ODD not to have a camera. Had one or two since 2001.) > > I expect my financial situation to ease next month. So I thought, okay, > time to switch systems again. > > I really liked the Canon lenses I ended up with: good color, sharpness, > and focal lengths. I had one L glass. > > BUT.. the Canon system is a wide-mouthed mount, and the lenses tend to be > heavy. Being female, as I get older I am losing upper body strength, and I > just want something lighter. > > I COULD switch back to Pentax. But not the K-5, I like spending $400 or so > on a camera, $600 max. > > Truthfully the camera body doesn't matter that much to me, they all do > similar things now. Good resolution, ability to shoot video, and some > low-light capability is good enough for me. Once I learn a body, I pretty much > forget about it when I shoot anyway. > > I am much more interested in LENSES. Especially zooms, I haven't had any > primes for a long time now. I will probably start with two lenses (what I > usually do), and then work up from there. > > I've considered mirror-less, but I really need a viewfinder. I've also > considered micro 3/4. I am OPEN. > > A great many of you now have second or third party camera systems now. > Like the Sony NEX. > > 1. If you have a second (or third party) system what has been your > experience with it? What do you like about it? Dislike about it? > > 2. What lenses (zooms in particular) do you like/dislike? > > 3. If you are a die-hard Pentax fan, and feel compelled to recommend > Pentax to me, ;-), which of the smaller bodies would you suggest? Likes/dislikes? > > 4. What zooms would you recommend? > > I tried to be brief so you won't have too much to read, but it's hard. > > Marnie aka Doe :-) I When I thought about making a decision, I though, > heck, ask on PDML and get some experienced input. Then I can find a store, go > in and hold some cameras, and go from there. > > -- A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant, and the crazy, crazier. - H.L.Mencken -- 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. -- 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.
