Originally posted by stevebrot He is a member here. Perhaps he will drop in
Steve
Hi Steve,
Thanks for the invite!
So to set the record straight, I have continuously had multiples of K5/5IIs/3/3II of some kind or another since 2012. I have
tried many other cameras (when I do it people think I'm crazy, when Tony Northrup buys and sells even 20K medium format systems he's cool. What's up with that?
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So you could say the Pentax APS-c system has always been my "fall back" system. And quite frankly in June of 2016,
I have not found a camera or camera system that has actually measured up to what the Pentax APS-c cameras are, can do, and value they represent. The APS-c Pentax cameras and system is so good, I even don't have a need for a K1. That's actually personally depressing, because I really want one!
Since February 2016, I have been trying to get the Fuji cameras in line, but after the past couple of weddings, I'm back to the K5IIs and K3II. Fuji is 20 years behind the flash curve and life is too short to fight that every weekend at a wedding.
My current wedding rig is a K3II with HD15/21/35m/70 LTD's, Metz AF-52 on a stroboframe quickflip 35 bracket and the excellent Vello TTL cord from B&H for $15. The wife uses the K5IIs with 18-55 WR or Tamron 17-50 2.8, and a Pentax 360 flash on Strobo bracket, and we both occasionally use the 55-300HD, and Sigma 10mm 2.8 Fish.
For landscapes I'm using the K3II with Pixel Shift and the LTD's.
I have not made any videos lately because I really don't think people are interested in me telling them how they don't need a K1 as much as they may want one...
Though I may do one on why Fuji is not ready for prime time wedding photography with flash and how the Pentax APS-c system is great for that.
My take away from Tony's review was that the quick dial and tilty screen on the K1 may be good things. I found that interesting, because I was sort of not impressed by either, though I had never used them. So now I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt. The price comparisons were useless. I was surprised the K1 had USB 2 only, as the K3 and K3II have USB 3. Kinda weird. Everything else he said was not news to any Pentax user and things we have already accepted.
Kai from Digital rev had some interesting points as well. The bloaty suit was interesting. Almost like he was suggesting the K1 should have been mirrorless... which is a thought. And I think people heard the negative things he said, but didn't realize that he was actually enjoying shooting the FA LTD's on a native Pentax FF. And I think that was the main message: It's a great camera if you love Pentax and the different way Pentax does things.