So my little 10 month old has started to sleep a bit more. Which means mama now has time to think. bad idea.
I got it into my head the other day that I would like a Q. Nice and compact. Easy to take around. Small enough that I can get lots of wide angle shots of wolfiepup and myself without depending on wolfieboy to take decent shots. Selfies, here we come...
At the moment I already own a k-01, which attached to a 17-70 does the job. But putting that in the nappy bag along with everything else makes for a sore shoulder and not much room for anything else.
Cue in the 'maybe I should get.....'
My budget is probably closer to $300 than $500 and I'm looking to buy secondhand.
I've got a few irons in the fire but I can always pull out before I pay right?
A little research tells me that the Q is nice and small and relatively cheap. (the $300 end of the budget with a lens or two thrown in). It's fun and will inspire me to be creative (a must when I'm so tired from wolfiepup that it's enough if I can get around to documenting her cuteness, let alone do anything else). It's also in the same system as everything else I own (k-01, kx and k100d).
But then I got sidetracked....
NEX 5 can be had for similar money (some are selling in the $350 range with a kit lens. meh) and has focus peaking. But they have lots of cheap adapters.... $8 gets me a yashica and nex adapter. I have an accidental kiron yashica lens purchase that's collecting dust. And the m42 adapter is only another $8 (!). It looks like the camera is still relatively small - so again I can just slip it in the nappy bag.I've also seen some cameras with a fisheye or wide angle in the right price range. I've always wanted to try fisheye and go further than 17mm. But I'm never going to spend the $200 plus for one in Pentax mount. But if it comes bundled with a camera for around $300-$400, then I'm willing to give it a go. Weird psychology, no? Since if you broke it down, I'd still be paying about $200 for it.... anyway...
So help me out.
1. Talk me out of buying any of it and convince me that my k-01 with my 17-70 really does do the job.
OR
2. Tell me that the Q is a fun little thing to be had for $300 odd and will suit my needs just fine.
OR
3. Convince me that the NEX 5 is the bees knees, will still let me use all my Pentax gear and is actually a smarter buy than the Q.
Please DO NOT tell me to buy both the Q AND the NEX 5 (or possibly a NEX 3) as they are like comparing apples to oranges and I will want both.
HELP!!!!!!