I really hate to admit it but I was wrong! So wrong to the point where I'd rather pickup my K-5iis before I'd pickup my K-3 I'd rather shoot with. All because of a grip I swore last summer that I would never need.
Spring last year I happened to buy my K-3 during the only month of the year you couldn't get a free grip with the camera from B&H or Adorama, and was too cheap to purchase one. "So like a good hater," I participated in a thread stating that I thought grips were overrated. (Honestly I was mainly trying to convince myself I could live without one) But truthfully up to that point, the only DSLR I'd used was my old K30. Then in November I bought my K-5IIs with a free grip and the time has come to say, "I have seen the light!"
You see, my K-3 is my Baby, my #1 and I actually like it more than my 4x5. But having large hands, the grip on my K-5iis feels so right and snug that now I sometimes catch myself pausing a minute to consider which body do I really want to shoot with. I'll pick the K-5iis and start shooting to only set it down a few minutes later in preference of my K-3. And it's only happening more often. Button layout aside, the K-5iis seems like it was built just for me but, I really prefer the way my K-3 operates. I've played with it so much that it seems like it's becoming an extension of my mind and I can't force myself to really get use to the K-5iis. Sometimes I wonder if I should start leaving my K-3 behind making myself get use to it.
It"s perfectly good, no need to get rid of it. Not a real problem, just frustrating.
Anyway, I'll be ordering a d-bg5 Friday and only want cameras with grips for now on if possible.
So my apologies, I stand corrected. From now on I won't knock what I haven't tried and try to keep an open mind.