Originally posted by agp1337 In addition to my trusty K1 and KP system and various lenses I have just bought a Fuji xe-3, simply because I was fed up with the bulk and weight of the Pentax. I'm delighted with it, and have the 18-55 and 55-200 lenses. The 18-55 is not the standard cheap 'kit' lens, but is high quality. No regrets at all. However, this morning it was pouring with rain, so I used the KP for an essential shot, as the Fuji isn't as rugged, or waterproof.
It's horses for courses, choose the right one for the job. The electronic viewfinder on the Fuji is fantastic, especially when shooting video, as I do like holding the camera to my eye, makes it more steady. It is lovely not having so much weight, and really easy to use, aperture is set on the lens, shutter speeds on one dial, exposure compensation on another, as in the old days!
I'll probably sell the KP system and use the heavy K1 where top quality, and ruggedness in all weathers, are needed. Hate to say it, but if I was starting afresh I'd go Fuji over KP.
I'm with you.
First, I keep an
APS-C system for: my stills when I need light weight, for jpg files when I don't care to spend much time in post, and for video. I've owned multiple systems for years now (Canon, Nikon, Fuji, Pentax K5IIs/K3/K3II/K70). For example, I've owned 6 or 8 digital Fuji digital cameras since the S1 Pro came out 20 years ago (I still own a dedicated IR Fuji S3 Pro, and a X-E1). Recently I purchased a mirrorless Fuji X-T2 because with the new X-T3 just coming out, X-T2 used prices are very attractive (paid just $675 for mine). The X-T2 is a real eye opener. Very light weight. Great ergonomics. Best out of camera
jpg's of any camera I've used. Features/menus/customization that are mindblowing! Excellent in-camera 4K video (I have no interest in ever doing 8K). Further, when you buy a Fuji camera, you know that they will be coming out with regular firmware updates/upgrades (and excellent new lenses) in the future. Full frame lenses (Pentax, Nikkor, Zeiss) are easily adapted for use on Fuji APS-C bodies and they look great. I've been on again, off again with Fuji for my APS-C camera system for 20 years, and I just keep coming back to them because each iteration keeps getting better and better. I feel very comfortable saying that based on my wonderful 20-year experience with
Fuji APS-C digital cameras that the next 5 - 10 years in the future look bright for Fuji APS-C.
Second, I keep a
full frame system for when I need the ultimate in
RAW image files for my stills. With full frame, I don't care about the lighter weight of a full frame mirrorless (for light weight I use my APS-C camera), and I don't care about mirrorless' EVF because I always focus using a Zacuto viewfinder on the cameras LCD screen. So, mirrorless offers no advantage to me over DSLR for my full frame needs. I am still a big believer in the Pentax K-1 digital camera. I've owned Canon and Nikon full frame cameras, and prefer the erogonomics/features/WR/quality/IBIS/Pixel-Shift/cost of the Pentax K-1 camera. I only shoot manual focus lenses, so the K-1's auto focus "averageness" is OK with me. 36MP is the perfect full frame sensor size for me - 42MP, 50MP or 100MP don't interest me at all. I regularly print large, and 36MP is more than enough for my prints. So, even if Pentax stopped making K-1s and ceased to develop/offer new full frame cameras, I believe that I'll still be happy with my K-1 in 5 to 10 years in the future. So, if my
Pentax K-1 dies in 5 years, I'll either get it fixed, or buy a good used copy of another K-1.