Gee, I've been thinking about the very same thing. The M10 looks like it would be a great compromise for size and capability. The kit you have is about what I would want to end up with. I suspect like you, I would not be carrying around my Pentax gear nearly as often.
Thanks for the comments and information. -- Bruce On May 15, 2015 3:21:13 PM PDT, Brian Walters <[email protected]> wrote: >Quoting Charles Robinson <[email protected]>: > >> I'm considering it as a second body, something more "point and >> shoot" that is small enough to carry around more regularly than the >> K5 with the 16-50. Kit is going right now for about $500 which >> seems great but I was wondering what people in Pentax-land think of >> the overall handling/image quality, etc. >> >> These days the K5/16-50 combo, while beautiful and durable and >> capable, seems kind of heavy to carry around all day when traveling >> casually. I was initially looking at the Sony a6000 but this >> Olympus seems like a great combo of features and price. > > >Yes - I got one about 6 months ago. > >I bought it initially for an upcoming trip where every gram of weight >saving will be important. The thing is, since I got it I've rarely >picked up the K-5. The E-M10 is a wonderful picture taking machine. >It's everything the K-01 should have been. > >I got mine with the 14-42 EZ retractable zoom kit lens. The lens gets > >a few negative reviews from the pixel=peepers but it's a wonderfully >compact everyday lens. I've since added a 40-150 and a 9-18. It all >fits in a small backpack - the whole kit weighting almost nothing. > >A couple of things to note if you get one: > >* The camera is very small and handles much better with the optional >grip (which is just a grip - not an extra power source). > >* The camera is highly configurable and the menu system is nothing >like the Pentax menus. It takes a while to get used to it. -- Sent from Kaiten Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- 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.
