Sadly, the K-01 wasn't really what anyone wanted. Sales outside Japan
were disappointing, and I at least thought that no one would ever
attempt a mirrorless camera that natively supported DSLR lenses again.
Then came the Sigma mirrorless sd Quatro cameras, and the concept though
wounded still appeared to be limping along. The reviews of the Sigma
cameras however make it clear the Sigma didn't so much save the concept
but deliver the coup de grâce.
There's noting wrong with the concept, the execution however of it has
failed. Marketers being marketers won't be able to tell the difference
between failure of concept and failure of execution.
On 1/6/2017 4:02 PM, Brian Walters wrote:
G'day Charles
Nice to hear from you again.
By all means hang around - you wouldn't be the only one shooting other
brands. I've gone down the OMD route too (just bought an E-M5ii to add
to my E-M10) but I still like to drag out the K-5 from time to time.
It's still a great camera - these days, just a bit too heavy to lug it
and a few lenses around like I used to...
I'm hanging on to my Pentax gear waiting for the mythical and
competitive Pentax mirrorless to appear (much as I liked the idea of the
K-01, it wasn't what I wanted).
Cheers
Brian
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Brian Walters
Western Sydney Australia
http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/
(PS: you could even hang a Pentax lens off your OMD and submit to the
PUG :-)> )
On Sat, Jan 7, 2017, at 02:30 AM, Charles Robinson wrote:
Howdy, folks! I used to be on this list and things got busy/weird and I
left about a year or two ago...
I came to the realization a while ago that since getting into the Olympus
OM-D line, I've not used my Pentax gear for ages - almost a couple of
years, actually.
It pains me to watch my K5 and lenses just rot in a bag - is there *any*
resale value on an original, "well-loved" K-5 body? And what's the
current
state of opinion on the 16-50? (But if each are only a couple hundred,
I'll probably just tuck the big ol' bag of gear into a cabinet and let
'em
sit there...)
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