Juan - I have been enjoying the adventures of Milo and envy you your trip. With each photo you posted I played a bit of a guessing game: "Did he shoot this one with Leica or Pentax?" I never found any defining characteristic in the subjects or in the rendering which gave a clue as to which one you used... I don't know Canon, so I can't speak to your alternatives on the dark side. I do have the K-3 and 20-40. Very quiet in operation, very comfortable, straightforward to use, good results... If you go this route, you may still lust for a 35mm-sized sensor, but you won't otherwise be disappointed with your choice.
stan On Dec 28, 2013, at 11:48 AM, Juan Buhler wrote: > 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 > > -- > Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.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. -- 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.
