KEH just yesterday had a bargain D800 for $999. It's gone today, but you can still get a bargain one for $1,079 and a LN- for $1,429. Add to that D800 an EX+ 24/1.8 for $648 and you've got a body and great landscape lens for less than a K-1 usually runs. (Yes, you can buy the K-1 used for a bit less than $1,800, but it will take you a while to find one.)
So that's like getting a 36meg camera with great image quality that also autofocuses, with a top lens, for less than the Pentax body alone.
Continuing in that vein, the D750 is just $1,359 in EX condition. That's like the more-nimble K-1 Mark II that a lot of people fantasize about -- for a lot less money.
KEH is also listing a LN D7500 for $1,169. That's not a whole lot more than the KP, and it has good autofocus AND the same hi-ISO sensor as the D500. Want an even better price? Go to the Nikon refurb site and it's $1,149.
Thinking Canon? You can get a bargain 6D now for $792. That's incredible FF image quality for less than the price of a used K-3II, and speedier AF than the best of Pentax. The 5D3, the 6D's grown-up cousin, is down to $1,542.
Of course, you'd have to jump ship.
Why am I posting this? Not entirely sure, except that people who have well-defined photographic needs should know that Pentax is no longer the bargain solution.
Last edited by bkpix; 01-18-2018 at 06:48 PM.