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andrea63 · 04-20-2023, 02:21 AM

Hello everyone, I'm new to the forum and happy to participate!

Hi, photographer for decades now always and only film, and I decided to take a digital camera body... I ask for advice on the purchase, recent camera body or a good used, even last generation? thanks and excuse my English...

pschlute · 04-20-2023, 02:35 AM

Hi and welcome

**Kerrowdown** · 04-20-2023, 02:59 AM

Welcome to the forum, enjoy all that it has to offer

jcdoss · 04-20-2023, 04:29 AM

Greetings and welcome to Pentax Forums from Germany!

**UncleVanya** · 04-20-2023, 04:33 AM

Questions:

Budget?
Photography types you tend to shoot (or intend to shoot)?
Autofocus or manual focus?
Astrophotography?
Weight limitations?

OrchidJulie · 04-20-2023, 08:13 AM

Welcome to PentaxForums! Let us know more about your requirements (see Uncle Vanya's post above) and we can make suggestions!

hcc · 04-20-2023, 08:30 AM

Welcome to the forum.

If budget is not issue, Pentax offers the following nice camera bodies:
Medium format: 645Z
FF: K-1ii
APS-C: K-3iii
All these bodies are very well regarded by the PF community.
If you have some budget limitations, you may consider buying (2nd hand) an older model, e.g. K-3 or K-5ii.
Hope that the comment may help.

ChristianRock · 04-20-2023, 01:27 PM

Hi, if you want to continue using your current Pentax K-mount or M42 lenses with their original field of view - and you can do that - you should plan on buying a Pentax K-1 (the current model is the K-1 mark II).

If you can use some of them with a reduced field of view (it's called crop mode or APS-C) and perhaps add some APS-C lenses, then there's the K-3III which is the more professional body, and the KF which is the entry level (but still full featured and with excellent image quality).

In the used market you will find options for any budget. Even the first generation Pentax DSLRs (all APS-C until the K-1 came along) still work until this day for the most part!

C_Jones · 04-20-2023, 01:31 PM

I would recommend the Pentax K-1 II if you are shooting full frame, or the Pentax K-3 III (color version) for shooting aps-c.

Welcome to Pentax Forums.

04-20-2023, 02:21 AM	#1
andrea63 New Member Join Date: Apr 2023 Posts: 2	Presentation and advice Hello everyone, I'm new to the forum and happy to participate! Hi, photographer for decades now always and only film, and I decided to take a digital camera body... I ask for advice on the purchase, recent camera body or a good used, even last generation? thanks and excuse my English...

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hcc Pentaxian Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Brisbane, Australia Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,005	Welcome to the forum. If budget is not issue, Pentax offers the following nice camera bodies: Medium format: 645Z FF: K-1ii APS-C: K-3iii All these bodies are very well regarded by the PF community. If you have some budget limitations, you may consider buying (2nd hand) an older model, e.g. K-3 or K-5ii. Hope that the comment may help.

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ChristianRock Pentaxian Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: People's Republic of America Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 9,912	Hi, if you want to continue using your current Pentax K-mount or M42 lenses with their original field of view - and you can do that - you should plan on buying a Pentax K-1 (the current model is the K-1 mark II). If you can use some of them with a reduced field of view (it's called crop mode or APS-C) and perhaps add some APS-C lenses, then there's the K-3III which is the more professional body, and the KF which is the entry level (but still full featured and with excellent image quality). In the used market you will find options for any budget. Even the first generation Pentax DSLRs (all APS-C until the K-1 came along) still work until this day for the most part!

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C_Jones Pentaxian Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: NY Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 6,087	I would recommend the Pentax K-1 II if you are shooting full frame, or the Pentax K-3 III (color version) for shooting aps-c. Welcome to Pentax Forums.

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