Originally posted by biz-engineer For example, smoking one pack of cigarettes per day cost you as much as buying one Pentax K1 per year, but the Pentax K1 is much more healthy.
My favorite argument for the K-1, at least from a financial standpoint, that I've heard thus far. Too bad I don't smoke and can't take advantage of it.
Actually, I could easily afford a K-1, along with the DFA lenses I would need to get what I want from an FF camera. The problem is that the current DFA lenses are just not a great fit for my style of photography. The DFA 15-30, while a great lens, is just too big and heavy. And its lack of filter rings is a huge nuisance.
Moreover, I'm not really a camera guy. Lenses excite me, cameras not so much. I look for lenses that give me what I want and then I look for whatever camera is the best fit for those lenses. If I owned the FA Limited trio and they were my favorite lenses, I would already own a K-1. But instead I have a DA Limited trio (15, 21, 35), all APS-C glass, and those happen to be my favorite lenses. With the DA 15, 21, and 35, I can hold my own with other local landscape photographers shooting Sony, Nikon, Canon FF. What I lose in sheer resolution to my FF shooting rivals I make up for in terms of color palette and life-like rendering of the DA Limited series.
If I was a camera guy, I'd buy a K-1. It's the best K-mount digital camera Pentax has ever produced, so of course its
de rigueur for any camera-centric Pentaxian (assuming they can afford it). If I was a high ISO shooter, I'd buy a K-1: it's clearly better at that sort of thing than Pentax's APS-C offerings. If I was a narrow DOF junkie, especially at wide to normal FOVs, I'd get a K-1 --- for obvious reasons. If I absolutely needed greater resolution than what I'm getting from my K-5iis, I'd get a K-1 --- again for obvious reasons. I don't really need any of those things right now, so I find no compelling reason to get a K-1.
For those who wish to be zealously rational about their buying choices, they should really ask themselves whether the K-1, with its current DFA lineup, fits their needs better (in terms of photography style and finances) than what is currently available on the APS-C side of things --- and then act accordingly. As for those who have no interest in being rational about their photography-related purchases, you're under absolutely no obligation to defend (or rationalize) your buying choices. Just get whatever you want (and can afford).