New Body or New Lens?
Hello Trencherman, Welcome to the Forum!
I've owned a K10D for about 5 years and a K-7 for the past two years. Both have grips, in fact every SLR I own has a grip, including the film bodies. I just like the 'feel' of the longer vertical size, and the weight doesn't particularly bother me.
Anyway, you might be interested in my honest opinion of the ergonomics and user-friendly features of the two. Granted, the K-7 isn't a K-5, but the body is the same, the K-5 has more features and better high ISO.
Overall, the K10D is the more comfortable, rugged-feeling and intuitive camera, but it is very limited in features. No video (which I never use, but still..), no live view, ISO tops out at 1600, isn't very useful above 400 and doesn't really have much in the way of lens focus correction. Still, I've kept it and use it regularly, it's my backup and often I take 2 bodies to classic car shows and live music events.
The K-7 is very comfortable to use but not quite as good a 'fit' for my hands. A very hard difference to put into words, it's just a subtle thing. The features are what I like best, an ISO button instead of going into the Fn menu, live view, faster AF, lens corrections, higher (and better, but the K-5 would be even better still!) ISO performance.
Here's a thought that might put it into perspective; I've considered getting a K-5II, for the improvements. The more I thought about it, the more I considered selling the k-7 and keeping the K-10D as a backup to a new K-5II. Crazy? I guess so, but that's probably what I'll do.
So, if you can afford to buy a K-5 without selling the K10, I think you'll be happy. There are many times when two bodies are useful, if not completely necessary.
Then you can consider some fast prime lenses, maybe a 2.8 24mm and a 70mm.
JMO, good luck!
Ron
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