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digital029art · 03-13-2015, 12:52 PM - **1 Like**

Adapters? .. adapters are so 2014!

**jatrax** · 03-13-2015, 07:12 PM

Originally posted by biz-engineer

Shall we be realistic, wait one year for the new FF to be available, wait another year for the bugs to be fixed, wait another year for FF lenses available (except using old FA, A or M lenses), that's 3 years.

What is the point of that sarcastic remark? Two new lenses are already released, the camera will be released with at least one additional. And the point of the original post had you bothered to read it was that he wanted to use his existing lenses, not buy new.

robjmitchell · 03-13-2015, 08:14 PM

Unless you have 5K to spend you are much better off getting a much cheaper Aps-c camera and some quality lenses. If you like shooting with primes then Pentax gives you three stops of in body stabilisation useful for still subjects while FF dSLR gives you 1 stop advantage is ISO quality. Unless you intend to shoot sports then you are often loosing performance. Note the new sony A7 II does have IBIS along with magnification in the viewfinder making it probably the best option for manual lenses. For the same price you can get a modern pentax body and 2-3 limited primes.

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03-13-2015, 07:12 PM	#17
jatrax Site Supporter Join Date: May 2010 Location: Washington Cascades Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 12,991	Originally posted by biz-engineer Shall we be realistic, wait one year for the new FF to be available, wait another year for the bugs to be fixed, wait another year for FF lenses available (except using old FA, A or M lenses), that's 3 years. What is the point of that sarcastic remark? Two new lenses are already released, the camera will be released with at least one additional. And the point of the original post had you bothered to read it was that he wanted to use his existing lenses, not buy new.

03-13-2015, 08:14 PM	#18
robjmitchell Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Melbourne Aus Posts: 1,776	Unless you have 5K to spend you are much better off getting a much cheaper Aps-c camera and some quality lenses. If you like shooting with primes then Pentax gives you three stops of in body stabilisation useful for still subjects while FF dSLR gives you 1 stop advantage is ISO quality. Unless you intend to shoot sports then you are often loosing performance. Note the new sony A7 II does have IBIS along with magnification in the viewfinder making it probably the best option for manual lenses. For the same price you can get a modern pentax body and 2-3 limited primes.

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