Re: My Spidey senses are tingling

2017-01-22 Thread Zos Xavius
The K-3 II is already discontinued. This should be a direct replacement. I wouldn't worry too much about the naming conventions. Pentax is weird. On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 2:30 PM, Collin B wrote: > As the letter designated bodies are entirely hobbyist and the numbered >

Re: My Spidey senses are tingling

2017-01-21 Thread John
Just an off tangent thought, but when I was in the Army, "KP" meant "Kitchen Police" [in this context "police" means "clean up"] ... So maybe "KP" means it's a camera for hipster foodies to instagram with? On 1/20/2017 2:30 PM, Collin B wrote: As the letter designated bodies are entirely

Re: My Spidey senses are tingling

2017-01-20 Thread David Mann
On Jan 21, 2017, at 8:30 AM, Collin B wrote: > Or > > A K2 that makes 24Mp FF practical and inexpensive. That would fill in a > market gap quite nicely. Perhaps $1199. I'll sell you my K2 for $1199. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

My Spidey senses are tingling

2017-01-20 Thread Collin B
As the letter designated bodies are entirely hobbyist and the numbered bodies are prosumer bodies... First this ... I anticipate he KP will probably be a top-of-the-line hobbyist camera. Still good, but maybe not up to the ruggedness of the 5/3/1 series. Could be Full Frame. Because they need a