I had this on Sunday by a friend who has a 5D3 - told her it was a good job it wasn't raining

Apparently Canon are unwilling to honour water damage claims on the 5D3 even though they claim water resistance but water damage is confined to just one area within the camera... I have no fears putting my cameras under the shower to wash off sand/dust/salt

only snag is that you'll be joining a lot of other people selling their DA35s Neil....

Decided to hang on to my K-5 for a while longer, tempted to see what the update of the K-3 will look like

Hold a K-3 under a running water tap for a few minutes and repeat the exercise with a Canon and the Nikon... then go for the one that still works....even the water-resistant £2300 5D3 is only water resistant up to a point (the shutter isn't sealed)...

HOLY THREAD RESURRECTION!!!!

after nearly 3.5 years, is this a PU record?

What is painfully apparent is that we don't see many of the older names contributing any more

Apparently Tokina is now owned by Ricoh - I thought it was still owned by Hoya. There were 6 lenses apparently that were co-developed, I am not sure that the DA*50-135 is made solely by Tokina though. The DA*200 and DA*300 are new designs of the FA* equivalents...

Wonder if we will get some of the other lenses in the Tokina stable now...like the 11-16 f2.8?

resisting temptation to get K-3, still fond of my K-5..

unless you can convince me otherwise

Yes, the prices are astonishing but I do think this is compensated by the very many improvements that have taken place... If the lenses do not 'improve' then the 'upgrade path' withers and lens manufacturers will lose their repeat/loyal customers if nothing new is offered.

I do not think the lenses are made in the same factories, the similarities in design from say Pentax to Tamron for example is intended to make the lenses as easy to use...it's no use Tamron making their lens so different to operate that it alienates the customer. I like to know the switches are in the same place, the focussing barrel moves in the same direction and the distance scale is easy to see...

Flashguns are a different matter - one word - SUNPAK!

So soon after the previous one John? Can they not be merged?

What about the original post being marked as helpful? I thought only the OP could mark a post as helpful - there is nothing in the original post that can be considered as such.