[Mbaez]

Got a Flashpoint R2 Mark II Trigger, awesome piece at a bargain price.

[steamloco76]

KEH kills my wallet, again. I really miss having a weather resistant wide to short telephoto zoom. I sold a DA 20-40 LTD to buy a used HD 16-85 WR on Marketplace. Well, as I’ve posted before I wasn’t happy with that individual copy’s performance at the wide end. I replaced it with a Sigma 17-50/2.8 DC EX HSM, love it, but not in inclement weather.
KEH had an EX+ HD 16-85WR at a good price. I had a 5% off code. So I pulled the trigger and basically saved the full Pennsylvania 6% sales tax. $410. total. Please, let this be a copy of this lens like the one Pentax Forums tested!!

[Jonathan Mac]

I'm slowly buying weights to work out at home.
since the pandemic, they have skyrocketed the price, and its getting uncomfortable to purchase all of them individually. But i rather that than sacrifice health, both mentally and physically.

Though it can't replace all weights exercises, I've started looking as calisthenics as an exercise option as my family priorities are making it difficult to get to the gym. It's all about using your own bodyweight.

[AgentL]

I keep hovering over the buy now button on eBay for various things, but I'm doing a good job resisting!

[mattb123]

I've been considering changing systems for a while but the promising reports of the K-3iii made me reconsider. I received mine today (silver!). So far so good.

[madbrain]

Here are my photo-related acquisitions so far this year :

X-Rite ColorMunki Photo spectrophotometer . Very useful, made many paper profiles. Not good for display, though. Still using my Spyder 5 Pro for that.
Tamron 10-24 SP . Wide angle option, works in FF between at 15-24mm . Much cheaper and smaller than the Pentax 15-30
Flashpoint R2 X2T-P transmitter
Flashpoint R2 flash
Vello lens calibration tool
Print file 4x6 and 8.5x11 sheet protectors
DA-300CBF photo albums
24 empty Canon CLI-42 cartridges for my Pro-100, that I turned into refillables
micro UHS-II to full size SD adapters

Deacquisition :
Sigma 10-20 f4-5.6 . Vignettes at all focal lengths on FF, so no use to me anymore.

[ivanvernon]

I've been considering changing systems for a while but the promising reports of the K-3iii made me reconsider. I received mine today (silver!). So far so good.

Congratulations on the new camera! However, I would be very interested to hear your thoughts about staying with crop sensor rather than going entirely with full frame or medium format.

[eddie1960]

I bit the bullet the x100v came home today, so far I am loving all the upgrades from the x100t

[jspi]

Got a Flashpoint R2 Mark II Trigger, awesome piece at a bargain price.

I saw the price and ordered 2. They arrive Monday. Don't have a Pentax Flashpoint to use with it but Adorama said it'll trigger the two Flashpoints we already have (Canon and Panasonic).

[wtlwdwgn]

I've gone nuts.I didn't have any 50s so I got a K 50mm f/1.2. I've added a K50mm f/1.4, a K 55mm f/1.8, and an M 50mm f/1.7. I also got a K 28mm f/3.5. And now a K 135mm f/2.5 is on the way. Where will it all end?

[Mbaez]

I saw the price and ordered 2. They arrive Monday. Don't have a Pentax Flashpoint to use with it but Adorama said it'll trigger the two Flashpoints we already have (Canon and Panasonic).

They will, you just need the right trigger to use with your camera brand.

[mattb123]

Congratulations on the new camera! However, I would be very interested to hear your thoughts about staying with crop sensor rather than going entirely with full frame or medium format.

Thanks! My K-1ii and 645D are still safe for now.
I wanted something for faster action and I have an aging K-3 I've used for that but the hotshoe is damaged and it can be temperamental sometimes. I'd considered other systems too but have some Pentax crop lenses already. When the af feedback was positive I figured I'd stay in system for that niche and pick one up.
I usually cover races (mountain bike or trail running) with a FF and crop duo and hike with the crop unless it is a specific mission. So just updating that end of the quiver.
Dedicated landscape missions will still get the bigger sensor treatment much of the time.

[cyberjunkie]

Oh yep, you're right. It's the K version (well I assume since it just says "SMC Pentax 1:2.8 24mm" on the front).

I believe the SMC Pentax 2.8/24mm continued to be sold during the "M" times. I also believe that the same optical layout stated the same in the Pentax-A version with electric contacts. I think the best of the bunch (waiting for the beautiful FA 2/24mm) was the first 24mm in PK mount: the SMC Pentax 3.5/24mm. I have both, but I didn't have enough time to test the latter in a proper way. I have the A version since the eighties. I found it good but not exceptional.

Taking the chance to post an update about my latest cheap, Covid-affected purchases.
For little more than a tenner I bought an old soviet Sonnar clone. It's the Jupiter-8 2/5cm in LTM mount. It has the nice tab on the focusing ring typical of that vintage (1959) and the original front cap. Unfortunately the filter thread is badly ruined, though the damage sustained doesn't seem to affect the optical performance. I compared it to a Jupiter-3 1.5/50mm (1967) in spotless condition I bought at the time of the Leica M5. The two lenses share a similar (beautiful) "Sonnar bokeh" and perform well enough wide open, but the Jupiter-3 has a clear edge over the slower, less sophisticated alternative. It's a real pity both lenses don't have a place on Pentax DSLR's, cause I used them on a Pana GX8 m4/3 with very good results. However, I must say that these lenses scream for full format. A 50% crop doesn't give them chance to fully shine.

The other poor man's purchase has been a job lot of lens hoods. Together with a few really ugly bits, the package consisted in two nice Super Takumar era hoods, plus a rare pearl: the non standard push-in hood for the Tamron SP 17mm! Very few such lenses are sold with the dedicated hood, and all the replacement hoods I tried (including a Vivitar push-in with set screw) proved to be a failure. All of them showed strong vignetting. Now I have the two original hoods for both the Tamron 17mm and the Pentax-A 2.8/20mm. The latter is kind of unwieldy, but works great. Strong wide angles need proper hoods!

[ivanvernon]

Thanks! My K-1ii and 645D are still safe for now.
I wanted something for faster action and I have an aging K-3 I've used for that but the hotshoe is damaged and it can be temperamental sometimes. I'd considered other systems too but have some Pentax crop lenses already. When the af feedback was positive I figured I'd stay in system for that niche and pick one up.
I usually cover races (mountain bike or trail running) with a FF and crop duo and hike with the crop unless it is a specific mission. So just updating that end of the quiver.
Dedicated landscape missions will still get the bigger sensor treatment much of the time.

That all makes perfect sense. I am missing your magnificent medium format landscapes. I envy you the scenery since everything in Ohio is quite flat, but then I suppose any terrain that one sees every day becomes commonplace as well.

[richard0170]

I've gone nuts.I didn't have any 50s so I got a K 50mm f/1.2. I've added a K50mm f/1.4, a K 55mm f/1.8, and an M 50mm f/1.7. I also got a K 28mm f/3.5. And now a K 135mm f/2.5 is on the way. Where will it all end?

I fear for you that it won't. It certainly has not for me. I recommend you get a K 50mm f4 Macro too, as that would fit in well with your K collection, and is a beautiful lens to boot.