Hi, I'm in UK and have been using Pentax since early Spotmatic, my first 35mm camera and a wonderful tool in those days, so simple and efficient. I used to 120 as well and must say, the best 35mm I ever used was a Contax.
After many years, I went digital and started with a small snapper, then gradually went upstream from there. I must say that due to lack of 35mm processing locally and the development of digital quite rapidly, I was converted through need rather than want.
Had a Nikon "full frame" with a "Bigma" stuck on it, which was great imaging.. but, like carrying a sackload of bricks around and certainly no good for wildlife as too shakey with all that bulk! Went to a smaller. lighter cannon 600D but that was suffering from "forward focus", so sent iit for repair and bought a 5550d and used that for a year. Not enough serious control! Upgraded to a 60D which had all the control and features I need to make me feel more at home. Trouble is, when you are shooting wildlife yo need a big
zoom as yo may be close or afar at any moment, which means that a 'Prime', say 600mm, is just going to make you miss good shots.
Saw the Pentax K-5 IIs and was impressed by it's aparent sharpness without the AA filter; seeing pictures posted by reviewers. So, got me one. I have some teething issues with this, which are posted elsewhere, namely camera lock-up or "freeze" by the Operating System (OS); after updating to 1.3 Apart from that, images are great but the body certainly needs some redesigning! If Pentax could do that, swap my not-quite-so-hot K-5 IIs for a newer body that's got all the problems fixed I'd be a happy bunny.
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