Originally posted by Jyrkira You have very good set of full frame lenses already. I have 31, 43, 77 and FA 100 macro myself and I have enjoyed all of
them more with K-1 than I did with K-3.
For me, this is the main draw for a FF body, although I would get it with the DFA 28-105 as well, in order to have a fine all-around zoom lens that features WR, and is relatively compact and lightweight. I have a very nice Tokina 28-70mm f/2.6-2.8 Pro II as a fast zoom lens. The FA 31mm would be especially fine on FF, as you'd gain a fast WA lens with excellent imaging quality. If going FF, I might be more interested in that lens, though I already have the FA 35mm f/2, and would look forward to using it again in FF FOV. I already have the FA 43mm, which is also much more versatile on FF with its natural perspective and semi-wide normal FOV. However, the K-1 design is becoming rather long in the tooth, so a significantly updated replacement might be on the horizon. Because of this, I am playing the waiting game.
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Originally posted by Lowell Goudge The K1 has really made my Tammy 28-75 a lot more useful, and it now actually overlaps with my sigma 10-20 when the latter is on my K5. I look at this as a system not a one body concept
Exactly. Each has its own good advantages, and very fine lenses to work those advantages, so having both as an overall system is being realistic.
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Originally posted by MossyRocks I tried to find some comparison between the KP and K-1ii on this subject and the best I managed find was a dynamic range compairson and at ISO 3200 the KP gave 7.82 for stops of dynamic range while the K-1ii gave 8.02 stops at ISO 3200. So while the K-1ii has more dynamic range at a fairly common ISO for astro photography I would lose a stop of light so I would need to shoot at ISO 6400 to make up for it (you are always shooting at the maximum time you can per frame so you can't change that) with the K-1ii so I would really have a dynamic range of 6.86 stops.
Wow! Very interesting. I love my KP- 7.82 vs 8,02 DR is extremely small! Low noise at higher ISO with preservation of detail is quite close also.
The prototype photos for the new APS-C flagship in the link supplied by c.a.m. are intriguing and reveal a design pretty much as I have suspected it would turn out to be- with the latest topside controls system similar to the K-1 and the KP. If it has a new BSI sensor, it might be a sensation. There is every chance, however, that this horrible pandemic has caused a delay in its release. The eventual K-1 II replacement will no doubt follow suit in similar upgrading of the FF department.