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Forum: Pentax K-3 & K-3 II 07-05-2016, 10:39 AM  
Does it make sense to keep an APS-C camera when you have a new fullframe?
Posted By frogoutofwater
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I am planning to get a K-1 sometime in the next year, but I expect to continue using my K-1 in some circumstances and K-3 in others.

1. Most of my photography is animal portraiture (especially rescued animals). I can foresee that in some settings, the K-1 will be very useful (e.g., indoors, at the farm sanctuary when the animals are fairly close to me, etc). I have run up against some image quality limits with my K-3, and I'd like to be able to produce some higher quality images that I can print at much larger sizes than what I'm doing now.
2. I have a really bad back, so lugging around a heavy zoom in some settings just won't be manageable for me - even if I'm using a Cotton Carrier system to take some of the load off. When I shoot, I'm often moving around a lot - standing up, then crouching down, etc. I can manage that with a heavier load for a while - but not for hours at a time.
3. If I'm travelling, I'd probably rather take the K-3 and smaller lenses with me if I'll be on the move. For example, on our recent trip to the Galapagos Islands, we were climbing in and out of boats, going up and downstairs, and walking on rocky paths sometimes for a couple of hours at a time. In those situations, I'd rather have a more portable system. But I might take a full-frame body (and lenses) to Africa (as well as the K-3 as back-up) if we were going to be photographing from inside a vehicle.
Forum: Pentax K-3 & K-3 II 07-05-2016, 09:35 AM  
Does it make sense to keep an APS-C camera when you have a new fullframe?
Posted By frogoutofwater
Replies: 50
Views: 5,278
I have the 16-85, the 18-135 and the Sigma 17-50. I had found the 18-135 to be a useful walkaround lens but decided to try the 16-85 for the extra reach on the wider end and because it was reputed to have better IQ. To be honest, I haven't been particularly knocked out by the image quality of the 16-85 vs the 18-135. I do value both for their WR, but I don't shoot a lot at the wide end so I mainly let Mr frogoutofwater use it while I continue to use the 18-135 outdoors.

I quite like the Sigma 17-50 but mainly use it indoors when I need a fairly fast lens to photograph in low light without flash.
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