Originally posted by reh321 You don’t need a top LCD, bigger battery, better queue, ad nauseum for general purpose photography.
My KP is great for general purpose photography.
The K-3iii is specialized for action. for those cases where certain capabilities are needed.
Almost every time I use my KP I wish it had the K-3iii’s focusing - I have used the KP’s ‘flippy LCD’ only once in the 3-1/2 years that I have owned it.
I suppose I should offer to make a {even-up} trade.
added: I see above you say you already have 2 KP’s - so you already have a “general purpose” camera - so for what particular purpose do you need a K-3iii??? In what particular cases do you still need a K-3iii??? What particular improvement in the KP and how much more would you be willing to pay for it. This thread is taking about how much we would be willing to pay for particular improvements in the KP. I have already stated many times that I would be willing to pay up to $1K for a KP or K-70 that would focus likes the K-3iii does.
On the K3 not being a "general purpose camera"
Agreed, the top LCD has no appeal for me. I also don't need a longer-life battery or a bigger buffer for my style of shooting, but I'll gladly take it :-)
However adding more features I think makes the K3iii a better general purpose camera, as now it has much better AF, especially for a moving target which I'll take every day of the week. And just because I wouldn't use a longer battery life and so on doesn't meant that those features aren't useful to most other people.
However, the flipping screen on a KP is a must-have for me. I'll often go for a lower perspective, and that screen feature means that I'm not laying down in the mud when I do that. It also means I can shoot over a fence or other obstruction, which happens quite a bit too.
If they rolled a KPii, or a K3 mark IV, or even a K1 mark III that had all of these things (with more pixels but the same or better dynamic range and ISO range) I'd buy it tomorrow. If I had to leave out something, I'd leave out the top LCD, I don't see myself using that very often, but that's just me.
I'd love a new KP model, but I'm betting the next thing we see will be a new K-1, it's due for some sprucing up