I need to simplify. I have had my K-3 since about whenever it came out, I have had the 645Z for 2 years or a bit longer, (since about when it came out), and I have had the K-1 since it came out this spring. Each of these cameras and associated lenses has its own advantages* but for the photography I do, mostly when traveling, I don’t need all three systems. And I don’t need all of the lenses I have for the K-1 system I will keep.
So, once I have done some pricing research, and taken some “product shots” I will be offering the following for sale: K-3 body and battery grip, O-GPS-1 unit DA 15/4.0 Ltd. FA* 24/2.0 (FullFrame) DA 20-40/2.8-4 Ltd. Carl Zeiss T* 35/2.0 (FullFrame) DA 40/2.8 Ltd. FA 28-105/4-5.6 (FullFrame) DA* 50-135/2.8 [missing “window” on lens hood] DA* 55/1.4 PK-A 100/2.8 (FullFrame) PK-A 200/4.0 (FullFrame) 645Z body 645-A 35/3.5 645-FA 45/2.8 [broken lens hood] 645-DFA 55/2.8 645-FA 75/2.8 645-FA 120/4.0 Macro 645-FA 150/2.8 645-FA 200/4.0 645-FA 150-300/5.6 645-A 1.4x 645-A 2x 645 ext tube set Plus some other bits such as the DA 1.4x extender, a helicoid extension tube for 645, etc. If any of this catches your eye, email me OFFLIST at [email protected] just to say you want to know more about x item(s). I will email reply once I have figured out my asking prices. I will post an updated listing with prices here next Friday. By the way, my next trip, in November, will take me into the Euro zone and it is possible I could arrange local delivery or shipment for some items. I do have luggage weight limits… stan * Advantages/disadvantages of the three systems, from my idiosyncratic perspective: APSC K-3: Light weight, compact. With two top quality lenses (20-40 Ltd and 50-135/2.8) plus the 1.4x this is a simple powerful travel kit. Weather resistant build. A “crop” sensor, fewer megapixels, but excellent quality. I would love to keep this but my wife wants something smaller/lighter (like her older Leica-branded Panasonic compact) and I know I wouldn’t use it enough to justify keeping it. K-1 full frame: Not light, not compact. Too many options, too easy for me to inadvertently switch into a different mode without noticing for too many shots. My solution is to use only this camera and to know it thoroughly. Lovely large images with broad dynamic range, good noise control. A two-lens kit here, with the 24-70 and 70-200 is good for all but long-range wildlife or sports situations. I have the FA 400/5.6, may be looking for an alternate long-range lens. My new 70-200/2.8 was great on my recent Alaska trip, right up until it fell apart. More on that later, the lens is on its way for repair. 645Z: Not light, not compact. But about the same size/weight as the K-1 with battery grip. The lenses are correspondingly not light nor compact. The sensor is awesome and the older FA-series lenses stand up well when used with the digital sensor. The 75/2.8, 150/2.8, and 120/4.0 Macro are right up there near the top of my list of all-time Pentax great lenses. However, the FA-series lenses are not weather-sealed and so this is not a good outdoor/landscape kit for wet rainy climates. Unless you pair the WR body with newer series lenses which are themselves WR. The body also does not have SR. I think the newer lenses have stabilization built in. If the body had shake reduction/image stabilization, and if the system with FA lenses were weather resistant I would keep this kit in lieu of the K-1. I carried both to Alaska, I got my Ansel Adams shots of Denali across Wonder Lake and the Reflection Pond with the 645, and now it is time to move on. -- 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.
