Originally posted by sumitkar1971 While we often complain about the auto focus of the Pentax system, the flash capabilities and the somewhat limited lens selection compared to the big boys,
Those do see a lot of complaints and for those where those areas are lacking I can see why. But for most (I might suggest 90% plus) of Pentax users those complaints are not valid.
1) Auto focus?? nothing wrong with the AF on anything after the k-5 IMHO. TRACKING auto-focus, OK I'll grant that is not up to speed. But auto-focus on static or slowly moving subjects is as good as it needs to be.
2) Flash?? Yes other systems have more sophisticated flash systems and for the handful of photographers who need that the Pentax system is lagging. But I suspect not that many people use those features anyway. When I do use flash it is with wireless manual triggers so P-TTL is not an issue. For general use P-TTL works just fine. If you need fancy options well, yeah Pentax is lacking.
3) Lenses?? Except for long and fast what is really missing? Well good 24-70 and 70-200 but no need for those until the FF so not an issue. For APS-C I think they have most of the boxes ticked (except long and fast) and how many people really buy $8,000 lenses?
I am quite happy with the K-3II I have now (my k-3 is now in my wife's capable hands) and while I might buy the FF, I'm not convinced it will deliver anything that will make MY photography any better. If it does, well the money is in the bank and the purchase is in the budget, it just needs to justify itself.