I was saving up for a full-frame Pentax. Doesn't look like that's in the
near future, but that's Ok, because some other things came up & wiped
out the money I was saving for that, setting me back to square one.
Maybe Pentax will have something to offer me by the time I've saved up
again.
On 12/28/2013 12:58 PM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote:
The Canon 24/105 is a great lens.
Just saying... Marnie aka Doe :-) Actually so is the 17-40, I believe.
In a message dated 12/28/2013 8:48:46 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
juanbuh...@gmail.com writes:
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
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