Originally posted by BlakeShellman I was just about ready to spring for a new K-3 but since current activity seems to lead everyone to believe a new camera is on the horizon, and many believe it will be a FF my question is about current lenses and a new Pentax FF camera. Do most think the lenses currently available and earlier lenses will fit a Pentax Full Frame camera?
I know there is also the belief that even if a FF camera will be coming out soon or a K-3 II or K-3 IIs will also be coming out soon as well. I'm just trying to justify holding off.
Here is my strategy on these things. I bought an original K5 (before the II even came out)... but it was nearing the end of it's 'generation'... so I picked it up cheap. It served it's purposes quite well and still works like a charm. Now that the K3 is coming down in price I have 1/ skipped a generation, in fact 2 generations of cameras between purchases 2/ picked up a fantastic camera that will show much more obvious 'total package' performance improvements.
If the K3 were to be discontinued tomorrow and another whiz bang camera came along in 2-3 years when the prices on the new whiz bang gadget starts to drop I will get one of those.
In real dollars I paid a slight bit more for my K3 (now) than I did for my K5 back then...If you chase every butterfly that comes along you will have spent a lot of money on a lot of things....instead of just using what you have.
Too many people are gear junkies and approach things from that angle rather than approaching them from a photographer's/artists angle.