Originally posted by biz-engineer Haven't you considered Leica SL? It also has no mirror.
A Leica is more in the Porsche territory price wise! Not for my budget (which could stretch to K3 + extra lenses, or K1/Fuji XT-2 or Sony A7 iii with one prime and kit lens)
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Originally posted by Rondec I know I am a little late to the discussion. I would echo would everyone else said with regard to your K10. It is a camera that has been surpassed by basically every camera on the market. If you need a tilt screen there are numerous options from Pentax and from other companies -- the KS-2 and K-1 would be current cameras that have it. My experience with wifi is that it isn't terribly useful. You certainly aren't going to use it to transfer RAW files, which can be pretty huge, but for transferring jpegs to a phone or other device it can work, but takes time and is a little clunky.
The biggest thing that mirrorless has over SLRs right now is video implementation. You said this wasn't terribly important to you, but many mirrorless cameras shoot 4K video and are easier to focus with the use of the EVF.
Size depends on what you shoot. Shooting fast zooms or longer lenses will end up giving you a pretty similar sized package, although with mirrorless you have a smaller body and a slightly larger lens.
I don't know what to say about the whole EVF versus OVF discussion except that tastes differ. EVFs definitely consume battery life, but some people love the focus aids and exposure help they get from them. I mostly auto focus and so have little need for that (chimping works fine for exposure questions).
At this point, I don't think there are any bad cameras on the market, you just need to choose what will work best for you. I would encourage you to think more about lenses than about camera bodies though, as it is the glass that you will carry with you for years, while the bodies come and go.
Reading your advice - and many others here, I'm thinking of sticking with Pentax. Maybe the KS-2 (I can buy more lenses), maybe the K-3 ii, really liked the Pixel Shift motion correction in pp software option.
Battery seems to be a problem for now with all mirrorless, for many it's totally OK to remember a lot of spares. But I would prefer to forgo spares in every pocket...
EVFs are maturing. Only tried a Fuji from a few years back (can't recall exact model and year), found the EVF strange, a bit unreal. But looked briefly at a GX8, seemed better. Maybe it's an adaption thing.
Video is really low on my list, so that makes one less advantage for mirrorless.
After some input and thinking, wifi is not that important, or most implementations seem slow, liimited?
Articulated or tiltable screen though... Well, not imperative, but nice. Really.
Hyperprogram seems still to be a unique Pentax thing? Minolta might have had something similar...
Grip goes in favour of a DSLR (or a Sony A7).
Thanks for all the input!
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Originally posted by luftfluss Most RAW converters automatically correct distortion on m4/3 lenses, just like they do with with modern DSLR lenses.
I'd strongly recommend seeking the advice of the folks on
https://www.photographerslounge.org/ Many members there - and on their sister websites - shoot multiple formats and have more accurate and unbiased information than you can find here at PF. Lots of images to look at, too.
Will check up, thanks!