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Comment by JAK posted on Pentax unique mirrorless ideas. at 25/06/2017 - 16:57
Also better from a H&S point because you can see everything going on around you So you don't get hit over the head with umbrellas etc. quite as often
Comment by JAK posted on Pentax unique mirrorless ideas. at 25/06/2017 - 09:47
Looking for a FA 20mm f2.8, I adored the old K f4 version which got stolen, I have an M version which lacks something by comparison.
K 17/4 Fish-Eye (OK not AF but pretty well could be fixed focus!)
Intend to get a K 15 & K 18 when I see them for the right price/condition, mainly as collectors items rather than to use though. AF doesn't matter with 20mm or less as one can have from several inches to infinity in focus with a small aperture and what's wrong with twisting a focus dial anyhow!?
If Pentax brought out a new wide angle it would have to be competitively priced before I considered purchasing it. I'm pretty happy with the old lenses given chromatic aberration only really rears its head when pixel peeping. It is when using the older lenses on APS-C it gets magnified and might be a problem. I find CA with the older glass used at its intended 36x24 isn't normally a problem other than with some of the cheapie F and FA consumer zooms which weren't sold as top rate glass; and some of those can be bad veering on unusable!
Also have the Samyang 14mm and 12mm Fish-Eye. Not AF but at that focal length AF is unimportant and both are fine and fit for purpose probably at less than a third the cost of what a new Pentax equivalent would be.
So not unduly worried whether Pentax bring out a new FF wide angle or not, I've more than enough to be getting on with!
Comment by JAK posted on New Full Frame W-A Primes - when? at 24/06/2017 - 20:12
(Can't find that option to tick in the poll!)
Comment by JAK posted on New Full Frame W-A Primes - when? at 24/06/2017 - 15:24
Comment by JAK posted on Photoshop *ist D Raw Support at 21/06/2017 - 12:55
Having tried bridge cameras with electronic viewfinders that isn't the type of thing I'd particularly want to go back to using as what you're looking at happened moments earlier whereas an optical viewfinder gives a real live view! IMHO electronic 'live view' has to be a misnomer. As I suggested earlier, a hybrid option would be fine.
Comment by JAK posted on Pentax unique mirrorless ideas. at 21/06/2017 - 00:17
Comment by JAK posted on Pentax unique mirrorless ideas. at 20/06/2017 - 16:04
Comment by JAK posted on Pentax unique mirrorless ideas. at 20/06/2017 - 15:58
Comment by JAK posted on Three Photos, Three Different Approaches at 19/06/2017 - 17:26


I'd really like if Pentax create and APS-C mirroless with great image stabilization.
Also supply adaptor for full control of FA, DAF and DA lenses.
APS-C gives fantastic results already. For nearly any application APS-C is great. Need more? theres the 645D.
I just bought an Olympus EM-10 II, mostly because the Q's never impressed me and olympus seems better values and crucially better EVF thant Fujifilm XT-10 or XT-20. Also cheaper than those or the Sonys.
Still trying it out and not getting rid of my K10D.
Can you explain why you feel an adapter is needed for full control of FA, DAF and DA lenses as they're native lenses for Pentax. Are your thoughts about using them on your Olympus? If its that, Pentax isn't likely to produce it!
You don't of course need to jump to a 645d or even a 645z unless you want to; don't forget the K-1