Originally posted by boriscleto People buy Fords? I thought they just Found them, On a Road, Dead...
You could stay with what you have and
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Tony
---------- Post added 05-02-19 at 07:12 AM ----------
Actually, when you consider what most camera manufacturers offer in digital cameras, there is very little reason to move from one manufacturer to the other.
Sure there are some small differences, for example in flash, and in some extremes, I guess AF performance, but neither have really let me down.
I got into Pentax because when I started shooting film, Pentax cameras were the best value for the money. I long recognized lenses were more important in the long run, so I stayed with Pentax, through MF manual bodies, auto exposure bodies, AF film bodies, cropped sensor digital bodies, and finally to full frame digital, in addition to a Q with the Pentax K adaptor
Everything I ever bought I still own (I admit I am a bit of a gear hoarder), and remarkably, except for a sigma APO EX 2x teleconverter that had the mounting flange bend when I dropped but saved with the camera strap the 70-200/2.8 lens and camera it was attached to, still works.
The whole collection, 60 lenses, 3 film bodies, and now 5 DSLRs is a system, and while I perhaps only shoot a few rolls of film annually, my digital bodies all still get regular use. Some bodies do certain things better than others, and the *istD for example has the best flash system, of all of them. Even if the image processing by today’s standards is very Sloooooooow.
For me unless there is a compelling reason to change, the K1MK2 might be the last camera I ever buy.
What would make me change?
- Pentax goes out of business AND my gear becomes unusable
- I branch out in my photography beyond what I do now, AND what I use now simply cannot take the shots I want
- I am no longer physically able to use my present gear (too heavy or I become limited physically)
But changing gear for the sake of change is a waste, and given the ever shrinking camera market Pentax is probably now just the right size to be sustainable, I am not sure about the others.
---------- Post added 05-02-19 at 07:17 AM ----------
Originally posted by Rondec For me, it is about the Pentax glass. It works well for my style of shooting and I am pleased with it. I don't really spend a lot of time gazing over the fence at my neighbor's yard and thinking about how green his grass is.
Originally posted by savoche “Rob the average man of his life-illusion, and you rob him of his happiness at the same stroke.”
Henrik Ibsen, "The Wild Duck"
There is a great quote from a Tom Clancy book. “Even if your belly is full you will sometimes take an apple from your neighbours’ tree, just to see if it tastes better”