Originally posted by UncleVanya "To give you a few numbers, more than 24 telephoto lenses (300mm or longer) are available for the D500 and that is without counting kit lenses, all-purpose lenses and teleconverter options. "
And how many are affordable for a non-pro enthusiast. If you can find what you want in K-mount, then the superior number of lenses is meaningless. There are no Nikon or Canon lenses would buy right now, even if they were released in K-mount. They could have a million more types of lenses and it doesn't matter unless i want one of them. I have 4 telephoto options, A DA*55-300 for it's fast focus and light weight, a DA* 60-250 for excellent landscape and some wildlife, a DA*200 2.8 for low light situations and use with TCs, a Tamron 300 2.8 ditto . I don't have DA 560, an DFA 150-450, a DFA 70-200. I have lots of stuff to buy if my rich uncle dies. Why do i need more? They just have to satisfy my imagination, not any real needs.
I'm not looking for an upgrade path, not everyone is. Many of us are looking for a downgrade path. We just want to sell some of what we have and don't use, not acquire new stuff.
That is the one argument that has never made sense to me.
Nikon and Canon have more stuff that I don't want to buy than Pentax has. duh
Tilt shift on FF,? Naw i don't want that. $4,000 plus lenses, naw, I don't want those.
You aren't suffering at all because there's a lot of stuff out there in the world you don't want, as long as you own the stuff you do want.
Then people say well, you might want it some day. Sure buy into a camera system because you might want it some day. I tend to live in the present. If i want something else someday I'll deal with that then, I can't make daily life purchases based on every imagined someday "want" you might come up with.
Ya, you might want to go with Nikon or Canon because someday you might want to go with what they offer. And you might want to go with Pentax for what they offer right now this very second. In what warped mind is what I might want in the future ( but probably won't) put ahead of what i do want now?