hello, thanks a lot for all the comments and suggestions. Now I am debating whether to get a WG1000 (the cheapest, probably good enough), the WG90 or the WG8. I cannot seem to understand the differences between them.. it's adding 70 euros each time between models (German prices). The real step up would be from Olympus which shoots in RAW, is it necessary? i don't know.
Now i am thinking to do a combo: take my KP + maybe the 24mm sigma lens (very small and great quality but no portrait of the kids, or the Tamron 17-50 (more versatile but much heavier, + a small rugged like the WG1000 which i can take on the stand up paddle or at the beach (eg. going in the water, should be fun with the kids).

OR: get Pentax 20-40mm lens which is WR, 20mm is not super wide (last time i went to Mauritius i took a lot of 10mm shots, landscape+sky were amazing), and 40mm is a bit short for portraits? Also need to find a good price for it (new is crazy expensive)

Thoughts?

thanks a lot , the GR looks good but is fairly pricey, and though i think i would enjoy as a day to day camera to carry with me at home (Berlin), i dont know if it's really good for my next trip eg. beach sand and portraits of kids.
I actually consider buying a rugged camera, i had a W80 (i think) which was amazing and died eventually, the one i bought after that died within a week. The quality was very poor (this was like 17 years ago?!), and there was no RAW shooting which i find limiting.

I had the 18-50 i bought for my last trip (Azores), it was not great, i never got used to that "pressing a button to open it", image quality was subpar vs my usual 17-50 f2.8. I struggled to sell it (i got 50 euros).

Hello,
i haven't been active here for a very long time (!), i want to get back into photography, i have a KP, and many lenses (i don't remember which ones tbh). I will go on a 2.5 week trip to Mauritius with my 2 small kid (5 and 1 yo), i don't want to carry much gear, so i am looking for a very small/compact camera, ideally with a zoom covering 16-50mm (APS-C), that i can take landscapes and also portraits of the kids. I don't know if this exists? i dont mind if it's a DSLR or whatever the new technology is (i haven't paid much attention to the latest, it seems a lot of "cool retro" looking with fixed lens, which probably won't work for me.

thanks!

I know I was waiting on the KP to fall under 900 euros (which i guess it was at Park camera, though with import i am not sure how that would have worked for me), but now it went up 200 euros, and clearly no longer a good deal.

I liked the idea of the entry and mid level (though they aren't that far apart), starting at K3 is silly - i've had 4 "entry level" (usually skipping one or two years) and always loved them

Hello,
The KP is the last affordable / small body, and is discontinued (since the prices have raised!), it's 5 years old.
Anybody know if we can expect something under 1000 in the coming months? I would love to upgrade my K-S2 but as some of pointed out the K70 is an expensive fake upgrade, and the KP is a bit of an upgrade but not quite and even pricier (1200 euros here now!).

Or should we consider that Pentax is giving up on entry/mid level? yes the K3 is appealing, but too heavy and big for me. (and too pricy too)
Thanks

Here are some pictures (taken with my phone..)









The 55-300 is this model: HD PENTAX-DA 55-300mm F4-5.8 ED WR not the PLM version
Price adjusted to 195 euros ONO

and the 10-17 is not the HD version: SMC DA 10-17 mm 3.5-4.5 ED (IF)

Thanks!

Hello,

I am selling those two lenses in great conditions, I have the box for both of them (just need to find them in the cellar). Both in great condition, the 55-300 has probably taken less than 20 shots.

Pics coming soon.
10-17 = 270 euros
55-300 = 290 euros

Now that I am based in Germany I would prefer selling to EU (5 euros insured in Germany, 15 euros insured outside), unless it's easy to sell to the UK (in which case get in touch!)

Thank

thanks, I realized that indeed the problem i have is this "aperture" problem :/ meaning i can't even sell the camera to my friend - i need to repair it which will be hard here (Berlin), do you know how much it costs?
it kind of puts me off on buying the K70 if it will have the same problem (now the first comments make sense, i did not know what they meant).

thanks a lot

thanks, so basically is it worth paying 350 euros or so to upgrade from KS2 to K70?

thanks a lot,

I am mainly taking portraits of my kid, on 24mm or 50mm manual lenses. But also want to use it for holidays eg. landscape etc..

The MAIN thing I want is better ISO as i find 1600 the limit for the KS2, one stop further would help a lot already (assuming the K70 and KP do perform at 3200 or even beyond)

there is not much wrong with the KS2 (actually there is, for some reason it's taking extremely dark pictures now, not sure what i need to do, i use it mainly in manual mode with old lenses but just tried an AF lens and it's under exposing by 3 steps!?