Anyone going to Photocon LA? It is held May 21st & 22nd. Pentax will have a booth.

Where?

Here is the link:

PhotoCon LA 2016 - Photo and Cinema Extravaganza. May 21st and 22nd.

Had not given it much thought. But at $10 admission - could be fun. Just fear it would result in buying a whole lot of new equipment when I'm just figuring out how to use all the stuff we already have!

Ha ha ha ha!

Hmm, since Pentax will be there, I'd have a chance to heft the K1 and finally convince myself that it's too heavy for me. Then I could get rid of this thought about how awesome it would be to have a FF when I'm surrounded by awesome scenery in the Canadian Rocky Mountain national parks and the Black Hills of South Dakota.

That is my first concern. It is extra weight to carry around everyday when traveling. Secondly, I have no FF zooms for travel. They would be heavier than my 16-50 and 10-17.

Good point about zooms, but then I've been mostly shooting with primes. I do have the FA 100-300 f4.7, which is pretty respectable for a light-weight, consumer zoom. I could use that and the 3 amigos for most things, filling in with some of my DA lenses on occasion, if need be.

Keep coming up with reasons not to get the K1. But I'll still want to see it, at least.

After lugging my K3 with 50-135 and 20-40 around Scotland and Ireland for 2 weeks, I have a new appreciation for the "cost" of weight. But it would definitely be nice to see the k-1 live and up close.

Already stuck my arm with the K1 needle so going to this would likely cause OD.

I've bought tickets so I'm going. It's also the annual water meeting on Saturday so I'll be there on the afternoon. I bought the2 day ticket so that I can go Sunday if I get delayed on Saturday, or need to go back to buy something after thinking about it overnight.

I'm thinking about going too. I need to check my wife's schedule as to which day she can be without me.

Should we try to make this a group event?

If we can get everyone's schedule to work. I don't want to miss the water company meeting, we have significant issues with our water and I don't want to miss it.

I am OK with either day.

Looks like it might be just the 2 of us. The water company meeting is at 9 or 10, I assume I can be on the road by 11. That would mean I wouldn't get down there until 2 most likely. I'd still want go both Saturday and Sunday. If the K1 isn't too heavy, I would want to think about it overnight. I don't mind buying locally and paying our outrageous tax, it helps keep the local stores in business. I would hope that Samy's would have some on hand for people like me.