Which new body?

No chance

Worth a try! On a serious note, does anyone have for sale a DA*300 in excellent condition? If so, please let me know.

Regards
David

I think we may have accidentally hijacked this thread, apologies for this

To get back on topic, the question was 'what upgrade' from K-5? Hope you get some decent feedback.

Regards
David

If you have the $$$, then go for the K3 otherwise go for a K5IIs, which is a good camera as well.

Surely a choice of camera should be determined by user needs/wants rather than how much money you have?

I easily have enough spare £££ to buy a K-3. The reason I haven't bought one is that it doesn't offer anything exciting enough to warrant spending the extra on in comparison to the K-5 Series.

I've had two original K-5 bodies since 2011. One of the most lacking aspects of the K-5 original was the AF, particularly in low light.

The K-5II(s) has gone some way to improving this so recently I bought a K-5IIs. I wasn't even bothered about the 's', but one appeared at a good price with less than 200 clicks on it so I bagged it. I would have been quite happy to buy a K-5II, with no 's'

Extra features and better AF aside I haven't seen ONE image taken with a K-3 or K-5II(s) that couldn't have been equalled IQ wise with an original K-5.

The ONLY images I've seen that exceed the IQ of the original K-5 from ANY brand are Full Frame examples. D800(e), A7(r), etc. check out examples of Pentax Ltd Lenses attached to a Sony A7 fopr example they are yummy.

The sooner Pentax releases a FF DSLR the better

I neither need or especially want a K3, but.......
Smeggy wrote..
"I easily have enough spare £££ to buy a K-3."
I will pm you my address

All the best... Jim.
Always happy to accept spare £££'s and cameras.

In an ideal world we would choose on that basis, but for most of us how much money we have is a rather critical part of the equation, surely?

Precisely John. I would probably rather have bought a k5iis but a k30 was more suitable for my budget. (And virtually as well specified as well, you'd certainly not spot any difference in quality).

Slightly hijacked but such is the nature of internet fora

Brief update is that I just ordered a k3! Probably would have been perfectly happy with the k5 II(s) but let's see what the k3 has to offer

I agree, but my previous post was meant in regard to buying something for MORE money simply becuase you have the money even if it's full of features you neither want or need.

If the situation is reversed then of course the money is the limiting factor.

For example I chose not to buy a K-3 for reasons I've already carpet bombed this forum with even though I can afford one, but I think I'm going to want a Pentax FF camera when it eventually and frankly I'm not sure I'm going to be able to afford one

I'd rather allocation of camera by the wealth and profession of one's parents....

Or by qualifications, no LRPS sorry only the K500 for you sir.

To that I would add better exposure, better WB & far superior continuous shooting rates of 8fps, 4.5 & 3 v the K-5 7fps & 1.6 (the latter speed is essentially useless).

'Most expensive & feature packed' does not necessarily translate into 'best for all people if they can afford it' either .... camera makers don't only design models within price bands, they consider the what is suitable and most useful for a range of different users as well.

As usual with this kind of thread, I suspect people have tended to mix genuine information with a validation of their own decision to buy camera x rather than camera y, or not buy at all. I'm no exception. I had a chance to try a K3 for a couple of days ... and it is a magnificent camera, with some genuine advantages over its predecessors. But weighing it all up, I couldn't in truth persuade myself that those new qualities were (to me) worth the difference between the value of my existing K5 and the price of the K3.

As has been observed already, changes are now usually incremental rather than revolutionary in this area of photography, and I suppose that just means that a few more notches will have to click by before I'll replace the K5. If anything, my priority in new cameras is for a lighter, fixed lens rangefinder camera that I can carry when I'm not carrying the K5 and its accompaniments.

Anyone fresh in the market for an aps-c camera, does, though, have a notably wide choice within the Pentax range.