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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
08-23-2018, 10:30 AM
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I have no issue with people who buy all the latest stuff mostly because they want to play with new toys. It's only when gear obsession turns religious and dogmatic that it can become annoying. I find the insistence that Pentax should become more like Sony a bit tiresome.
That said, in my experience, upgrading to better gear had a significant impact on my photography. In 2011, I bought the Pentax K-5 for $1,350. That's more money than I've ever spent on any one piece of gear, but it turned out to be worth it. The ISO performance of the camera, in combination with the DA* 300 and Tamron 70-200 f2.8, has allowed me to capture images at the local zoo good enough, from a technical point of view, good enough to be made into bus adds and magazine covers. That's not something I could've done with the old K200D and the Tamron 70-300. Now obviously some level talent is involved. But talent alone is not always sufficient. Sometimes the better performing, faster aperture lens combined with a high performing sensor proves the X factor.
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