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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
06-14-2016, 07:13 AM
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I started photography with a P30n. I progressed through SF7, SFXn, MZ7 (insurance company replacement for the P30n) to *ist D (two off) then K5IIs and K3.
I will be buying a K1 to go with my *ist 35mm and full-frame glass (F 28mm, F 50mm, FA 100mm, DA* 60-250mm, DA* 300mm) and glass that can sensibly be used on FF (DA 10-17mm, DA 16-45mm, DA 7-mm Ltd, DA 55-300mm).
My consideration will then be whether to keep the K5IIs and K3 for street work, which I used mainly with short telephotos (DA 18-55mm, DA 55-200mm) for candid and quick daytime shots where there is no time to set up and compose.
There is no camera that does everything, but to have one film camera, and two or three digital bodies, each one with a different lens already mounted, gives me the ability to grab a camera from the bag and take a shot, knowing I will have the right body, the right settings and the right lens for the shot I want, without having to change lenses or fiddle with settings.
My entire collection has cost me around 6000GBP over 25 years, but all of it (apart from the P30n and SF's) are still with me and still working, so much cheaper than many other "hobbies".
In fact the only thing stopping me from ordering a K1 today is the gross price difference between the UK/EU pricing, and the rest of the world. 1700USD v 1600GBP v 1700euro! Clearly Ricoh think the UK is richer than the rest of the world.
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