Aloha all,
Dedicated Pentax user here. On my 2nd K50 body and starting to realize the limitations when printing pretty large, so am in the market for an upgrade. I'm really going back and forth between the KP, K3ii and going K1.
Now I imagine there is a thread or two that can answer my questions, but I am having difficulty sifting through all of this amazing data on this website to find. After digging for two days, and worrying I'll miss a good deal, I have decided to try my luck with you all. So, hoping maybe some of you can point me in the right direction to learn more. (other threads here, online discussions, info elsewhere etc) Again, realizing this could be redundant for some, so a friendly point in the right direction is all thats needed
Specifically, I'm curious about the lenses I currently have and if they'll work. I hadn't realized before now that some wouldn't..? I realize my naiveness here. I am also curious about crop mode, more specifically, if using crop mode actually uses less pixels that if I rocked one of the 24mp APS-C. I shoot some surfers with my 400 pretty far away and will be cropping, is that going to flow with the idea of the full frame? Reading all the info out there is honestly just confusing me more.
Here is my current lens line up:
Pentax A 400 5.6
Vivitar Series One 70-210 3.5 and 2.8-4 (Komine and Ciron, I believe? Versions 1 and 3 if I remember correctly.)
Vivitar Series One 28-105 2.8
Pentax M 50 f4 Macro
Pentax SMC DA 50 1.8
Sigma 17-50 2.8 (the one with the quiet motor haha, don't remember all the other letters)
And of course the two kit lenses, 18-55 and 50-200 WR which I'll likely never mount again..
In the market for a DA HD 15 f4.
Will I need to also be in the market for a landscape zoom? Or will the Sigma in crop mode deliver ok? Or would just settling (settling...ha!) for one of the APS-C's be adequate? I'd like to think my next purchase will last me several years, and worry I might feel that sinking, pulling, 'I want the new one!' feeling when the K3ii replacement comes out, should I go with the K3ii, or possibly even the KP.
Possibly noteworthy, I do currently have a GPS-01, though could always sell if I acquire the K3ii or K1.
Any help appreciated you beautiful pentaxians you!!
Ok. Think thats about it. If anyone would like to see my style in case it helps direct me, my website is thepickledimage.com. Hope thats ok to post right here.
Mahalo!!
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