K1 or K3ii

Thanks for all the info folks. I think the answer came earlier today with a price hike on the K1 to just shy of £2k. Crazy when I could have bought one last week for £1599. It was waiting for the insurance that stuffed me. £400 for a K5, K3, 2 batteries , an 18-55 and 3 s d cards. So much for travel insurance.

That's odd isn't it. They're cheaper in the states despite the fact the dollar is worth less than the pound. Seems Ricoh are having a laugh and have their conversion rates the wrong way round. ($1795 at B&H is equivalent to £1450, less than the UK initial price.)

There is no question that I should get the effected lenses fixed - however it is not the case that all Sigma lenses have the same size mount; many, if not most, fit on the K1 without modification. I have just returned home after a day travelling (hence the slow response) and have measured the width of the mount on the Sigma lenses that I have (all measurements are approximate as I cannot locate my measuring callipers at the moment).
70-200 66mm
50-150 66mm
150-500 65mm
18-35 63mm
17-70 62mm
12-24 61mm
24-70 60mm
24 prime 60mm

Of course Sigma have produced various versions of some lenses so these measurements may not hold true for all versions.

Still £1799 in a number of shops. Easter weekend deals coming?

Off to WEX tomorrow, they still have K3ii at a sensible price but still in a quandary. Maybe put K30 in part ex plus the insurance for a K1.

If it was me it would be a K1 or wait for a K3II successor. K1 offers image quality beyond anything else outside medium format. As for K3II, it's close with the KP, despite being a different class of equipment. Personally, I would not buy it now. I'd wait for it's successor if I could, or did not want to go for the K1.

I think so. Lens prices seem to be at their highest at the moment in preparation for Easter deals, so the same may well be true for camera bodies as well. Better to wait a few days.

I like the option of a moveable screen as I always find it useful on my NX300`s. Then again I prefer to have the LCD display on top too. Must admit to liking the K3 IQ and AF. A big improvement on the K5. I can`t wait too long as it`s hols in a couple of weeks.

Yes the moveable screen is a definite plus. The 3 dials are a good feature too - less delving into menus. The top screen is still there, just smaller.

Noticed the price had gone up to £2000 at a few places, maybe in anticipation of deals but I don't expect much more deal wise than the standard £200 we've seen almost weekly which still makes it £1799

Even SRS....that's rather disappointing. Thought there was at least one shop you could count on providing honest service.

Things are getting TOO expensive!

Isn't that against the law . I seem to remember that they couldn't promote a price reduction until the higher price had existed for 30 days (or was it 6 months? )

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I'd like to think that we do - it's not something we are doing on purpose!

Price rises are happening from all manufacturers. We've had two from Nikon and three from Canon over the last six months. Sigma went up in March.

Pentax increased the price of some products on the 1st April, so anything I now buy is at the new price, hence the price rises.

We will be doing Easter specials, but these will not be on products that have risen in price.

There are also some promotional activities starting on Monday which will help to soften the blow slightly.

As always, if anyone is after anything, then please speak to me and I'll see what deal we can come up with!

I expect those of us who are regular customers of SRS would consider this quoted comment to be disappointing, and its implied negative criticism of SRS to be unfounded.

Philip