Originally posted by Jonathan Mac Takumars won't behave the same on a digital body as on an M42 film body as the camera has no way of stopping down the aperture at the moment the photo is taken. Metering will be manual, though some say that the green button metering (using the green button to measure the exposure necessary) is more accurate on newer Pentax bodies than on older ones. Personally, I always use manual metering with manual lenses and don't bother with the green button as it's too inaccurate. Pentax cameras struggle to get a good exposure much of the time with a fully automatic lens, never mind an old manual one.
What you really need to look for in a digital Pentax body is the best viewfinder possible so that you'll be able to focus as accurately as possible. The viewfinder on my K3 is much better than the one on my K200D, for example. I'm not sure if any of the newer cameras have a viewfinder better than that of the K3 (other than the FF models of course). Look for penta-prism, not penta-mirror, as they'll be brighter and probably bigger too.
The other thing is to make sure you use a genuine Pentax adaptor as the cheaper third-party ones can cause get stuck on the camera leaving it as permanently M42 or requiring dis-assembly to get the adaptor off.
Yes yes, I will use a genuine adaptor, they are great, from pentax. Very thin too. I like it, because it is like I had no adaptor.
Viewfinder is one of the most important features in a camera for me, specially for manual lenses.
The one from K-S1 is great, one of its markting arguments, I guess.
I think that - even if the KS1 was not loved by the public - the image quality is very good, even for today's parametres.
Add to that a good stab and good OVF and I'm ready to start.
I read that I will have a software for raw editing. This body has a good jpeg editing, but I know that with Pentax, raw will be clearly superior.
With Fuji I can forget raw, but not with Pentax. It will be new for me. May be I'll begin to raw with Fuji, too.
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Originally posted by surfar Well maybe?....for a little more the KS-2 is weathersealed so if you sell the Oly,you wont have protection when you need to shoot in some rain/dust/sandy conditions.
WS..Hum... yes, you're right, but I had plans for XT2, selling Olys.
If I find a very good deal.
You know, the important is to start.
Knowing myself, this is my first camera, just to taste the Pentax world. Then I will consider a better one. K3 is the minimum, if I stay with pentax.
May be I'll find a cheapo K-S2. It is possible!
The good thing about not going to far is a good and solid evolution.
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I may have found a very very good deal!
I am waiting for an anwser. It seems to good to be true...
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