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10-19-2019, 03:08 AM - 1 Like   #46
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Owned many trough the years (Except Canon)......as most are getting in to the newest and greatest I find myself going backwards, mainly back to CCD. Just love it, can't quite explain why, just prefer the IQ of it.
Some of my current ones.....only 4 are CMOS.


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QuoteOriginally posted by UncleVanya Quote
Wait for the dfa 85?
As for the 135 - is the desire for the sigma related to af vs manual?
The 85 DFA won't have eye af.
And the sigma 135 is to have af, and to be able to use it in lower light situation. The a7rii really does struggle with low light, so any help will work
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Only Sony E-mount here, crop and ff, including the A7R4. They re marvelous cameras but I still have more fun using Pentax.
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Once I could afford a secondhand SLR it was an M42 Pentax (several), then an MX which I've still got. For DSLR it's been Pentax from the start, so I really shouldn't be posting here...

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I've got a pretty complete Canon system, based on the 6D and 7D2. I use Canon for events, flash, long-lens/wildlife, and Pentax for most everything else, which for me is travel, walkaround and bad weather landscapes.
10-27-2019, 11:46 AM   #51
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I still have and use my Nikon 1 V1 with both original kit zooms 10-30 and 30-110 (27-81mm and 81-297mm equivalent) and the 18.5/1.8 normal prime. The 10-30 is not the sharpest, but the other two I really like. Just a shame that the normal prime is not stabilized / that the stabilizer is in the lenses, not in the body.

The body has a nice heavy feel to it, the EVF is okay for me and the FPS are good, but with just 10 megapixels and the old, small sensor, cropping and high ISO are not recommended.

It's quite a bit smaller than my K-S2 and so it's more of an "always with me" camera than the K-S2 is, it fits in a jacket pocket with either of the lenses attached.
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I have been a Pentax guy from the start. Never owned a Canon, Nikon, Minolta, Contax, Yashica or any other brand in the film days. When it was time to go digital, I got a K10D.

Two years ago I drank some of the mirrorless Kool-Aid when I got a cheap Samsung NX100 with 20-50 kit lens. I really liked the taste of it and got an NX1 with 16-50 and 50-150 lenses as well. Pentax has never made anything like the NX1, so I don't feel like I am unfaithful.

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I have been a Pentax guy from the start. Never owned a Canon, Nikon, Minolta, Contax, Yashica or any other brand in the film days. When it was time to go digital, I got a K10D.

Two years ago I drank some of the mirrorless Kool-Aid when I got a cheap Samsung NX100 with 20-50 kit lens. I really liked the taste of it and got an NX1 with 16-50 and 50-150 lenses as well. Pentax has never made anything like the NX1, so I don't feel like I am unfaithful.
I loved my NX100, its what really kick started me into photography again after owning some point and shoots. I had a NX100, 20-50mm, the 50-200mm, the NX1000 and 2 copies of the 16-50 power zoom. Its sad that Samsung is out of the camera business, I loved their interface, their features, and they had lots of light cheap primes, which most systems can't even say now. I decided to buy a Pentax K-5 used on Pentax Forums because I owned a Ist-Dl and a 18-55mm kit lens and the rest is history.
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I loved my NX100, its what really kick started me into photography again after owning some point and shoots. I had a NX100, 20-50mm, the 50-200mm, the NX1000 and 2 copies of the 16-50 power zoom. Its sad that Samsung is out of the camera business, I loved their interface, their features, and they had lots of light cheap primes, which most systems can't even say now. I decided to buy a Pentax K-5 used on Pentax Forums because I owned a Ist-Dl and a 18-55mm kit lens and the rest is history.
The best camera is the one that you have with you. My NX100 travels with me just about everywhere. I have taken a like in street photography, almost entirely because of this camera. These days it usually sports a K mount adapter with my prime lens of the day - 20mm, 28mm or 50mm works best, but 85mm can be useful too. Anything longer becomes a bit much for street photography. If I anticipate being out and about after dark, I take my NX1 as it is a lot better in low light.

I have on occasion packed a Pentax body with a Sigma 10-20mm. Not much need to aim or compose at the wide end, just point in the general direction and shoot, hehehe. Great fun on the street, but the package is a bit big to travel with on a regular basis.
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Of the better known brands, I continue to own Olympus and Nikon gear, but there are other ILC brands that I've used extensively, just didn't technically own. It really is more or less by chance that I own the Oly and Nikon stuff - Pentax, however, was a deliberate choice (which I know is every other Pentaxian's story as Pentax sales are in large part made to those who research independently rather than those who will be marketed to).
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Just Samsung but those were a K10D/K20D with a different badge anyway. I've owned plenty of other camera brands but only Pentax ILCs.
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I have a Nikon FM2n with 50mm 1.4, 28mm 3.5 and 55mm 3.5 macro.

It still gets used occasionally with B&W film.


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The first one was an Olympus OM-10, which actually was not mine. My girl friend did not use it at all, so I considered it mine. I loved it, and used it only with a 50mm lens.
The I had a Canon EOS-500. Bleah.
Then a Nikon, got exchanging my motorbike. A lot of lenses - my favorite one was the Tamron 90mm - but I did not use it a lot. I do not know why.
Then my Pentax K10D. I still have it, from time to time I use it.
Then a Panasonic G3, later on a Panasonic G80/85. Several Olympus and Panasonic lenses.
I am waiting for the new APS-C Pentax, but I am keeping an eye on the K-P prices. Maybe they will go down when the new APS-C flagship arrives.
11-07-2019, 05:01 PM   #59
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Minolta Autocord twin lens (2)
Minolta SRT-101 and 6 lenses
Mamiya C330 twin lens and 3 lenses
Polaroid 180, 250, 340

Canon AE-1 and A-1 (both sold to fund digital)
Pentax K-5

Awaiting the K-3 II replacement but the K-5 still make me very happy. I dig out and look longingly at my MC Rokkors and wish there was an affordable full-frame way to use them.
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Zenit, Mamiya, Chinon (M42)
Ricoh, Chinon (PK)
Yashica and Rollei TLRs with the wide converter lenses
Graflex D and Speed Graphic
Nikon F-mount
Kodak Retina with the two converter lenses
Russian M39 LTM
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