Christine, I keep lusting after a new camera, particularly those Fuji's after seeing Doug's stuff and reading Cotty. But the K-5 and K-5IIs are so good... I grabbed a white K-01 as they were closing out. It's actually surprisingly good with a tiny lens, but not so small. It rides around in the car with me now. The K-5 (or IIs) with a 31, 20, or 55 are what I carry now. Hard to beat. (pictures I shot this week of a sink I need to have repaired) https://plus.google.com/photos/115638976374047590388/albums/5930231501357379409?authkey=CLC459SomqGs2QE#photos/115638976374047590388/albums/5930231501357379409?authkey=CLC459SomqGs2QE
Regards, Bob S. On Sat, Oct 5, 2013 at 10:24 AM, Christine Aguila <[email protected]> wrote: > p.s. I just weighed the K5 with the FA 50mm, and it came in at 2 and 1/4 > pounds--nearly half the weight of the entire kit. The K5 with the DA 40 > mounted weighs nearly 2 pounds, about a 1/4 pound less. The body of the K5 > weighs 1 and 3/4 pounds. And interestingly, the extra battery in my plastic > bag weighs in at about a 1/4 pound. > > Cheers, Christine > > > On Oct 5, 2013, at 10:06 AM, Christine Aguila <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Eric: >> >> I'd like to endorse Paul's suggestion about the K5 & DA 40. Below is a link >> that shows my everyday kit. Now you have to remember that I am a woman, and >> as such, I've had to find a way to combine a purse and a camera kit. I >> start with the Domke F-5XB. The link below shows what I can carry in the >> bag as a purse and a camera bag. I even show a photo depicting total weight. >> >> Now, as I said this is an everyday kit, which I virtually always have with >> me--even if I don't shoot anything that day. I did add the DA 21mm for the >> purposes of this demonstration, but normally I would only carry one lens >> mounted on the camera. Since I got my FA 50 back from repairs, I have that >> mounted. With the DA 40, you'd even have a lot more room in this bag, and >> the bag would be lighter. >> >> Now the gender thing is important because men usually carry wallets in back >> pants pockets and maybe phones in a shirt pocket, habits which would >> actually leave you more room in the bag. I normally have my keys in my >> front jeans pocket, but I put them in the bag for demonstration purposes. >> >> As I said this is an everyday bag, but if I was really restricted for >> travel, this is the kit I would carry: 50mm & 21mm (a pared down long and >> wide combo). When I travel for pleasure, I usually always take the DA* >> 50-135mm, so I use a different bag. But this past year, I've had to travel >> for work, and I used this kit set-up. >> >> Clearly, one good Fujiesque camera would be less gear and lighter; this kit >> won't beat that, and I do appreciate the point that even a kit like this can >> be burdensome sometimes. Like you, I've been thinking about a Fuji/Pentax >> MX-1 set-up as an alternative, but if you want to pack a DSLR with >> fantastic low light ISO quality, this kit works really well. Hope that >> helps. >> >> Here's the link: >> http://www.caguila.com/kit/index.html >> >> >> Cheers, Christine >> >> >> >> >> >> On Oct 5, 2013, at 3:47 AM, Eric Weir <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> On Sep 21, 2013, at 6:18 PM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I have a great compact travel camera. I take the battery grip off my k5 >>>> and mount the 40/2.8 pancake. Bingo. For everyday pocket camera, it's an >>>> iphone5, better than many p&s pos. >>> >>> After returning from my trip, during which I had my camera in-hand all day >>> during daylight hours almost every day for just short of a month---my first >>> experience of that---my mind keeps running off in thoughts about a new >>> camera. Two thoughts: an "enthusiast" level compact walking around camera >>> or a DSLR with great low-light performance and high image quality. Was >>> leaning toward the Fuji X10 or X20 regarding the former till I read a >>> review that said they produce images that are a bit soft. Regarding the >>> latter, I've wanted a K-5 since is first saw some of the low-light images. >>> New ones are still available from Amazon. [I'd go used but KEH wants the >>> same amount for LN. >>> >>> My thinking at the moment is to go with Paul's solution and kill two birds >>> with one stone. You may remember me fretting about what kind of camera to >>> take on the walk part of my trip. In the end I decided to go with m *istDS >>> and a couple of short focal length primes, an A 28/2.8 and an A 50/1.7. I >>> never took the 28/2.8 off the camera. Essentially my solution was Paul's. >>> >>> So, not a done deal, yet, but leaning very strongly that way. >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> Eric Weir >>> Decatur, GA USA >>> [email protected] >>> >>> "With an ounce of willingness, everything can change." >>> >>> - Kim >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. -- 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.
