Joanna against a very old and mildew stained caravan in natural light, again 645z with 150mm F2.8

Back to Joanna please after the slight deviation

I'm not biased at all, but I'd say go for the Pentax, loads of lenses available particularly in very good / excellent condition usually boxed from Japan / USA at decent prices even with import duty and VAT, cant off hand recall completely but I think the Z is cheaper than the Fuji, there'll be s/h ones available as well.

IMO it does behave like a big DSLR, its not that much bigger than a gripped K1, the menu's pretty much the same as a K5ii / K3ii / K1and it takes the same batteries plus its a joy and superb to use

A portrait shoot last weekend at a friends woodland.

All 645z with a 150mm F2.8, natural light with a hint of backlit flash

I've used a K5ii at airshows and the Mach Loop, ML wise, if your on Cad East the 55 - 300 will be good, somewhere around the 250 - 300 mark. since Shoreham, the flight line is a tab further back than it used to be so a 400mm + would be beater, your 500 mirror may be a bit slow as its likely to be fixed at F8, manual focus and with a bit of dull weather the ISO will be pretty high, similar for the Soligar I would think.

Forgot to mention, check out Back Button Focusing ( BBF ) and practice the technique before attending RIAT

HTH

A mono conversion from the IR shot last week.

Looks like a good test of the WR of pentax cameras and lenses

Excellent set John, #4 the pick for me

The 1st one for me Steve, a cracker

A quick grab shot as I was passing earlier today of my fav lone Tree