Id be tempted to wait a bit. Recently I sold up all of my Pentax 645z system and have been using my existing Canon 5Dmk4 system with 16-35/4, 24-70/4 and 70-200/4.
Why did you sell it? I have been looking at the new R5 mirrorless and ultimately this would involve a whole re-investment into new lenses (which are absurdly expensive), so it got me thinking about the Pentax system again and what the possibilities could be.
Doesn't canon offer an adapter that would make it so that you can use your existing lenses that you already use on the 5DMK4, and if you like it enough you could start gutting out the regular FF lenses for the newer lenses. Canon always did have good lenses and selection when I had an aps-c back in the day. I must admit, I miss the solid feel and very mechanical workings of my 645 system and having used the new Canon R5 this week, it has very little soul as a camera as its basically all computer.
645 is one robust camera, and it makes beautiful photos. The problem that exist now is that Modern FF sensors are very good. The biggest problem the 645 setup had was that when the K1 came out it offered a very comparable image quality at a better price. I have used an original K1 briefly in 2016 for a trip when it came out and only had the 15-30 lens, which while the results were stellar, the AF I felt was unreliable at best.
That is the only thing i don't love about my original K1. I love the image quality, but it falls short on AF. The KII is supposed to be better, another thing is the video options are lacking.
So the question is...........do I move back to Pentax or move to mirrorless. Obviously I won't get the amazing on-sensor AF that the R5 has, or eye detect etc, but most of my shooting is slow considered landscape and travel photos.
It all comes down to your needs, budget, and preference.
Here's some alternative solutions that I can think of.
Have you considered the fuji 50R, it sometimes goes on sale, and the 50mm lens drops in price to like 50% when that's put on sale too.
If you don't need the street walk-ability that the K1 offers and you already have some canon lenses, have you looked at a 2nd hand Canon 5dsr? More resolution and i've seen them aggressively priced for the kind of camera you get. I want to feel connected to the camera and to something mechanical and solid, something that I feel I might miss with the mirrorless. There has to be an enjoyment factor there for me with the gear too.
You're not likely to miss out on anything, you said it yourself, you shoot mostly landscape, the thing will probably be in a tripod. If you like the mechanical feel, and feel like it's a tangible thing to you go with what you think is best for you, and not necessarily what works best for someone else. The viewfinders on some of the mirrorless are pretty capable including the Sony A9, I think the benefit on the Canon setup would be that now it has the one feature that made the Pentax unique for a while which was IBIS, this is great for walking around, and that it has a good diameter for the mount which could potentially lead to less complications designing lenses. Sigma has abandoned the K mount.
Another option would be to keep using what you have for a bit and maybe Pentax will make a K1 successor. Can you convince me of all of the positives of the K-1 system that I might be missing?
It's robust, good weather sealing, I love the articulation in the screen. There's always the chance that you might find some distant relative's old lenses from prehistoric time, and you could adapt it to work on the K1.
If the do a K1 sucessor what I'd want is more resolution, better a/f, and I wouldn't mind if they try to copy the camera grip from some of the Canons, Canon knows how to make a comfortable grip. PS, I would probably get the new flagship crop body to compliment the system as well.
Maybe. I see it making sense when it's strapped to a high burst rate camera. The problem with some of the nicer crop sensor cameras is that they are so close to the price of FF it doesn't make it worth while at least for me, unless you need that 1.4x-1.6x reach depending on manufacturer, but you aren't birding.
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