KEH.com has had used K-1's in stock from time to time since a couple of
weeks after they were first released. It's a great camera in a lot of
ways, especially image quality, but would be disappointing to someone
expecting the AF and metering technology to be comparable to that in
contemporaneous Canon and Nikon 24x36mm sensor cameras. Even more so
now that the latest offerings from those two brands have hit the market.
Most of my lenses are manual focus, so I don't care that much about the
latest and greatest, autofocus and even a crap lens like the Kalimar
Mirror 500mm gives acceptable results on the K-5II if you don't expect
too much from it. I expect it wouldn't be much worse on the K-1, but
it's AF will never improve since it has none. I also expect I'd quite
happy with a K-1 if I could afford one.
Most of those K-1 used cameras were from users who expected a huge
improvement in AF, and were disappointed.
Also the Buffer is kinda small, if you were expecting D810 or 5D Mark IV
performance in frame rates you are also bound bound for disappointment.
That's where a lot of the current used K-1 cameras are coming from.
On 12/27/2017 11:50 AM, Alan C wrote:
Used K1's already? Some people have more cash then sense.
Alan C
-----Original Message----- From: Stan Halpin
Sent: 27 December, 2017 6:22 PM
To: pdml@pdml.net
Subject: Deals on used Pentax bodies
Roberts Photo in Indianapolis has quite a few used bodies (several S2,
K-5, K-3ii, K-1, etc) in stock. Also, if you care, buy a body, get a
kit lens at 50%...
I have three preferred sources of gear, apart from PDML and misc eBay
vendors. Adorama, B&H, and Roberts. When I was using 645 gear,
virtually all came from Roberts. Plus some of my K lenses. Never a
problem, always top quality.
Happy Holidays!
stan
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