Originally posted by LensBeginner You just now added the budget to the equation...
The ugly truth is that
one does not simply
buy a FF camera
You have to factor in the cost of lenses as well.
I don't know what's your kit, but I'll guess - based on some people I know - that one or two of the lenses you currently own are FF, the rest you'll need to buy again, and FF lenses are expensive.
To buy a modern, 36MP FF camera like the K-1, and to use it with F-series lenses could work in a pinch, yeah, but you'll miss out on a lot of the capabilities of the modern sensor. You need good glass to get the most of the money you spent.
And only the "lowly" 28-105 "kit" lens is more than 500€...
Honestly, you have to listen to this.
FF is twice the cost (and weight) of APS-c. And we've done many images where the extra res of the K-1 made absolutely no difference to the final output. The "this had to be taken with a K-1 images" are probably less than 5% of our output. A nice APS-c kit , the lenses are half the size, the cost is half the cost, plus in the Pentax world, there are more APS-c lenses than any other brand and many of them are top shelf.
The only way I'd recommend starting out with a K-1 would be if your shooting style is such you can get away with the 28-105 as your only lens for a while.
Compare that to a K-70 with a DA 18-135 as a kit lens and a DA* 60-250, with the 50 1.8, and you have a full range system for about the same money with top shelf IQ. All you'd be missing would be macro and ultra wide angle.
You pay a lot to get that extra 5% an FF brings to the table.