Like many of you I waited for a Pentax full frame DSLR for years and years. Heck, I remember wanting to buy the MZ-D back when it was announced at the Ulan Bator camera show.
Anyway, years passed, I bought many Pentax cameras (istD, K10D, K5, K-01, K3 without counting a ton of lenses and a couple of point and shoots). Then Pentax actually make a full frame DSLR. And then I realized that I like smaller cameras. So this is the first time when, in the market for a camera, I don't buy the top of the line that Pentax is offering. I think the K-1 is too big for my taste and for street work. What I really want is a digital MX. So I went ahead and got what I think is the closest you get to that nowadays, if you want full frame: https://goo.gl/photos/KxBXtx6TMXJExqhj8 It's a Sony A7ii. On paper it doesn't compare fantastically to the K-1: 24MP vs 36MP, it has a low pass filter, it's an EVF. But overall, it is a beautiful piece of hardware. In the hand it actually feels more like a K1000 with a grip, their sizes are very similar: https://goo.gl/photos/kHtkpdMH7ZkuJuJ36 Here it is compared again to the MX, from the top. Different lenses mounted, of course. K30/2.8 on the Sony and M35/2.8 on the MX: https://goo.gl/photos/m912SuPsnaYREodN6 Also, I can mount all kinds of lenses on this thing, and I love that. Behold this beauty: https://goo.gl/photos/RdMyKJoCac77sFie6 I will be able to try some Soviet-made lenses I have that are Leica mount, but because of historical design decisions regarding mounts and rangefinders, never focused very well on a Leica RF. Things like the Jupiter 9 (85mm/f2) should shine when well focused. I'm posting this because when researching this camera I didn't find too many photos of it compared to Pentax bodies. In order not to end on a non-Pentax photo though, here is a last one with one of my favorite lenses of late: https://goo.gl/photos/28K1koPuKAsn2tRd8 Who knows, maybe Pentax will make a tiny full frame DSLR in a year or two. If that happens I'll be there. 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.
