Originally posted by Paul the Sunman If you lost all your photo gear in a fire, and assuming it was fully insured, would you
- Replicate exactly what you had;
- Stick with the same system but make different specific choices of cameras and lenses;
- Jump to a new system;
- Get a new hobby?
Good question... The only thing I definitely do know is that I'd re-acquire a Ricoh GR (II or III, the jury is still out on that).
Apart from that, well, since I still want an OVF I guess Pentax would make sense. Everybody else seems to be in a hurry with abandoning proper viewfinders.
Should I go Pentax again I would be happy with a K1 (II) and
- FA/A 20/2.8 (not as good as the DFA 21, but much smaller)
- FA 28/2.8 (a great little lens, smaller than the 31)
- FA 31
- FA 43
- FA 77 (I don't have this one today)
- DFA 100 Macro
- DFA 28-105
- A glaring hole in the bag where there should be a (relatively) light-weight 100-400mm tele-zoom
- Some old manual lenses, just for fun (the Super-Tak 50/1.4, "K" 30/2.8 and "K" or A 50/1.2 spring to mind)
And a compact "maybe" list consisting of a K-3 III and
- DA 15 (the SMC version, I think)
- DA 21
- DA 40 (I don't have this one today)
- DA 70
- DA 18-55 PLM to have something small and WR
- DA 16-85 even if it's not exactly small
- DA 55-300 PLM
I don't have the three zoom listed above, but I think they'd be a better combo on APS-C than the 18-135 and SMC 55-300 I do have.
This is a "maybe" list because experience tells me It might get in a squeeze between the K-1 and the GR.
What I miss with Pentax is a reasonably sized xxx-400mm zoom. Canon, Nikon and Sigma all have xxx-400mm lenses weighing in at well under 1.5 kgs, I believe. By all means, I love my old DA 55-300, but it's less than perfect on the K-1. Then again, for telephoto use I should probably get a K3 III... I'd still like something longer than 300mm that's not 2+ kgs, though.
I don't know enough about the current offers from other brands, but I do notice that the DFA 150-450 weighs more than a Nikkor Z 100-400 and Nikon Z7 combined. Not sure it's worth giving up an OVF for, though.
To get back to the question posed, I guess I'd end up with the "same system but different camera/lenses" choice. Most of my current "collection" wouldn't be missed much