Currently in Australia, ebay has a sale of the a lot of tech giants this way offering a 20% code (till March 22nd), this brings a K-1 down to around $2300AUD (usually $2900AUD), I'm pretty tempted...
This year I will be launching a side 'hobby' professional photography business, not looking to make a million, just something else on the side (even if it only pays back on equipment bought), and I was already looking for an upgrade over the K-50 (K-50 will become the backup camera for jobs).
This ebay sale
only includes the K3 (not version 2), or K1, that's the choice...
So anyway,
I'm reading about FF cameras and what not, and realise that in actual fact maybe all or some of the 3 prime lenses I already own actually might come in at around 15mp instead of the 16 i'm getting on the K-50 lol, but it led me to think...
how do I know what lenses I have are going to adopt the FF 36mp sensor or not? And also... in future, when looking to pick up a FF lens for the K-1 are they typically quite a bit more expensive (generally) than the ASP-C equivalent?
The article linked above also says that some ASP-C lenses might damage a FF camera, but I'm getting the message from Pentax that using the K1 with any of their APS-C lenses should be fine (specifically my primes below)?
My current primes;
50mm 1.8 100mm 2.8 21mm 3.2
Slightly side topic; I'm doing 'ok' with my photography thus far, and
some pics published from a recent gig in Sydney's Timeout magazine, as well as
promoting Sydney's Westland Parks through social media and what not. I just know what kinda fella I am, and I'm concerned that if I settled for a KP or K-3 that somewhere down the line (perhaps sooner rather than later) I'm gonna get that itch telling me I shoulda just grabbed the K-1 when I had the chance (and be content for the next 2-3yrs)! I fully admit that at my current knowledge level it's complete overkill (i'm still mastering the K-50!), but once you have the 'best' then that does kinda let me fully concentrate my time and efforts onto that and not pissing about comparing whatever I have to what else I could get etc..