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Hello all.
Bit of a pre-amble. I am 62, retired and recently disabled in that I need someone to push me about in a wheelchair.
Up until recently I was active, golfing and cycling and photography was a ‘holiday’ or special occasion thing.
I am a sucker for advertising and magazine hype and about 10 years ago decided I needed a digital camera. The one to buy the mags told me then seemed to be the Pentax K10d. Camera of the year etc .So that was the one
for me. I got the 18-55 kit lens and some time later bought a Tamron 18-250 for a holiday I was going on. I have acquired other bits of Pentax kit eg extension tubes, x2 converter. I also have manual 28mm, 50mm and 135 mm lenses. So I feel ‘tied in to Pentax’. Because of my disability I need to find an absorbing hobby so I am resurrecting photography.
I am concerned that when I buy all of the current magazines there are pages about Canon, slightly fewer about Nikon and absolutely nothing about Pentax!
Anyhow my dilemma is Do I buy the Pentax K1 or do I go for a KP? OR Do I cut and run to one of these others where gear seems more readily available.
Will the kit lens and the Tamron from the K10 work with both of these cameras?
My finances are limited and unless someone tells me I have to bite the bullet and get the K1 buying new lenses at the same time as a new body would be a stretch.
I aim to do table top, macro around the garden, and to get out when I can.
The internet keeps telling me that I ‘NEED’ a new camera and the K10 will no longer cut the mustard. I must confess the table top I have done is not so good with the ISO limitations of the K10.
Sorry for the ramblings but any advice greatfully received.
Regards