Originally posted by jeromebertrem Hello,
I am not sure where to put this thread but here it goes...
Having the opportunity to buy a second hand
Ricoh GR III (including viewfinder, extra battery, leather case, screen protection) at a 30 % reduction (€650 instead €870 for a brand new one), I am thinking to sell my
Pentax K50.
The reason therefor is that I own a
Pentax K1 Mark II for the more elaborate photographic efforts. A compact camera would be a good asset for quick, swift photography when being for instance on a bike tour.
From your experience is there any reason to keep the K50 and not buying the Ricoh GR III? Or do you suggest to take the step and go ahead?
I am on a tight budget and I see no reason to have a K50 collecting only dust instead of nice pictures...
Any other remarks or suggestions are welcome!
Have a good day
I have never owned a Ricoh GRIII but I read about problems with dust on the sensor, the camera needs to be sent it for that.
I'd rather buy a K-S1 with the DA40XS and/or DA21.
But of course the size and weight is still different.
A friend uses the Sigma DP2 Merrill (30mm/2,8 lens but fix!)
I had a chance to used to borough it: Image quality is great (RAW only with Sigma PhotoPro though!)
It is a very basic camera which is slow in processing, only usefull for ISO 100-200 but otherwise I like it very much.
But one disadvantage which I find difficult to live with:
The LCD is as sensitive to sunlight as I remember it from the Pentax K-01 and in bright sunlight with glasses on one has to guess,
that bad reflection is. IMO this is going to be more and more a problem because when the sun is out it is brighter then it ever was!
It's about 3 years ago when I gave up my K-01 for the K-S1 for and this was one of the reasons.
The seperate Viewfinder is kind of o.k., an aid, but nothing more.
I guess that applies as well to the viewfinder of the GRIII
Of course, the K-S1 can be found only 2nd hand but on Amazon Germany there are good offers.
The K-S1 can have the same "dark-image-syndrom" as the K-50 but the repair is easy and straight forward
if ever it would happen.