I used to be a Canon AE-1 and Olympus OM-1 film shooter long ago doing weddings and high school sports photography! After almost 25 years I am getting back into photography. I did months of research and finally decided to get a Pentax K-3ii as its features for the money made it a much better camera for me over the Nikon D5500 I was looking at. Also it had the features that were most useful to me such as weatherproofing, pentaprism viewfinder that helps me with my bad eyesight! The pixel shift and HDR opens up a whole new world of opportunities for me also. I love the GPS feature as well. I have the DA 18-55mm II and HD 55-300 DA lenses as well as a nice Pentax-A 50mm 1.7 prime that is sweet! Anyway, I am thrilled with that and now want to go on photography junkets with my wife and teach her how to use a DSLR rather than her point and shoot. I wanted to get her either the K-50 or K-2S so this is a great opportunity to get one for her. I can't think of any better way spend time with my wife swapping lenses!