Originally posted by faidoi As most of the types of photography I enjoy works great with the 1.5 crop view it would be nice to have a camera that would work well with wide view.
I'm doing more portrait lately so a FF if Pentax see fits to release one would definitely be on a wishlist camera to utilize the FA lenses that I already own.
DA55* is a great portrait lens that is significantly cheaper than most 85.
I can tell also that FA50/1.4, FA31ltd, FA43ltd and DA70 (I don't own FA77) are doing great for portrait.
I don't know in which conditions you are doing portrait, but if you don't need massive prints and can control lighting. The K20d and the K7 will compare nicely with any FF.
Regarding existing lens lineup, Pentax have the best and broadest lineup available for portrait. Period. I cited a few lenses that I own, but DA50-135 is another great portrait lens. Depending on the focal lens you need you have here - 2 "normal" (FA31, DA35)
- 4 "portrait" (DA40, FA43, FA50/1.4, DA55)
- 2 tele/portrait (DA70, FA77)
- 1 Macro (DFA100)
- 2 Zooms (DA*16-50, DA*50-135)
That's more than enough choice for portrait. What you bring you a FF ?
Guillaume