I've always thought of myself as a lens guy in a sense that I get much more excited by lenses, especially old ones, than bodies. I have a K-5 and it works fine, no complaints. I don't really like it's low light performance, but I've been told there is something wrong with me
Last year I got these two beautiful lenses, both mint, and both at a fraction of the cost that they sell for on eBay. One is Carl Zeiss Ultron 50mm f1.8 in Icarex mount and the other one is Enna Munchen Ennalyt 75mm f1.5. I love these old lenses and the Ultron has probably some of the nicest bokeh I've seen. I've been thinking of getting a Fuji XT-1 or XT-2 to shoot them. I could get Skoparex 35mm and have a nice Fuji kit. I shoot either landscapes or portraits, so these two lenses would set me up in the portrait department.
But now I am feeling kind of meh and thinking maybe I should just sell the two lenses and get a K-1. If I sell the two lenses for what people ask for them on eBay (not a done deal, obviously) I'll have enough for a K-1 and will have some cash to put towards the D FA (50 or 85, if it ever comes out).
The problem with this plan is that I will miss those lenses and I am not likely to find them again, definitely not at the price I paid. Sounds funny, it's a tool after all, but they are so nice to hold! The focusing ring on that Ultron is just amazing.
The benefit is that I am not really sure I want another system, and really, who can complain about K-1?
Final thought, as I said, I really like old lenses and I have a few (Trioplan, Primoplan, Helioses) but in the end, they are specialty lenses. I use them when I need what they offer, but most of the time I just take my 43 and 77 along. It's funny how these lenses grew on me. When I got the 77 I thought there wasn't really anything special about it, not in the way Primoplan or Trioplan is special (in other words, optical problems). It's when you look at the mundane images that look great when taken with the 77 that you realize how nice it is.
Anyway, any thoughts?