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Forum: Pentax Full Frame
01-21-2018, 12:33 PM
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Where are you finding these prices? Amazon has K70 body for 600 dollars, K70 with 18-135 for 900 dollars, and K70 with DAL versions of 18-55 and 55-300 for 1180. The K-P seems to be selling for a solid 880 and the 18-135 kit is selling for 1350.
My opinion is that you end up getting really similar cameras specs for a given price point, regardless of whether you get mirrorless or SLR. But if anything, under Ricoh, Pentax has done a lot better of sticking pretty close to release prices until they are getting to close outs and are ready to release their next camera bodies.
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Forum: Pentax Full Frame
01-04-2018, 09:02 AM
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I don't really care about the whole OVF versus EVF discussion, but I would say that even the A9 still suffers from the fact that it is like looking at a tiny TV screen (which it is). It is a different experience from looking through an OVF and gives you different information. If I was used to it, I could probably make it work, but the issue really isn't lag from my standpoint. The issue has a lot more to do with looking at scene and figuring out the best way to frame it and make it work and there, the EVF feels like it gets in the way by just showing me what a camera processed jpeg would look like on a tiny computer screen.
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Forum: Pentax Full Frame
12-23-2017, 04:22 AM
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The whole EVF versus OVF discussion has been hashed out many times in the past. Most folks just like what they like. I think a lot does depend on how long you have been shooting as to how much help you need from the camera to get decent shots. If you've been shooting for awhile, you should be able to look at a scene and know what is going to be possible after processing your RAW file. On the other hand, if you just shoot straight of camera jpegs and do no processing then maybe the EVF gives you more of a feel for what the camera's jpeg engine is going to produce without chimping. I suppose if you shoot a lot of manual focus lenses, then the EVF has some helps there as well.
I still would be in favor of a K-02 -- full frame sensor, add in an EVF, improve specifications across the board, use a sensor with PDAF points on the sensor. It wouldn't be as thin as the Sony mirrorless cameras are, but it still would be a lot smaller than a K-1. I just don't see abandoning the K mount at this point. It has taken Pentax a really long time to get the lens line up they have and Ricoh has shown no interest in throwing a bunch of money at the imaging arm to speed up the process. Starting from square one it could take fifteen years to develop a full lens line up for a new mirrorless mount. And no, I don't think releasing a K mount to new mount adapter with screw drive motor built in really helps much for that sort of transition.
But, I think most of this stuff is sort of wishful thinking. The K-1 is the only full frame camera that Pentax will offer for the next year to year and a half. Hopefully at that point the full frame lens line up is a little more complete.
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