It says £282.89 not £75?

What did you think of the K30 in blue?

Thanks Alan, when I searched a month or two back there were none! It looks like a lot of K20D owners have decided they want something now, and that's probably a K30 or K-5 II/IIs!

I wouldn't sell a K20D for that, it's still too good.

I don't think the OP was intending to trade in two cameras and keep one. They need two as far as I can see.

I'm hard pressed to find any K20D bodies on eBay at any given time and the last one I sold fetched nearly £400 I think, when the K-5 came out. I realise time has moved on, but there's a real shortage of supply.

The newer bodies are just better all round, so I don't think we can get much advantage with any particular type of sensor in itself. The K10D produces lovely images, but which one of you would be using it in bright light at low ISO values at any given time? You wouldn't be swapping cameras all the time....I'm not even convinced there is much difference one way or another at ISO100.

I wouldn't worry too much about it.

You're right that having identical bodies is an advantage. There are not that many K10D and K20D bodies around actually, people seem to be hanging on to them. However, they do pop up here from time to time.

However, my feeling is that you might consider moving forwards even more than that. At the moment 2 K30 bodies would set you back just £319.00 each after cashback. Then you would both be up the the latest technology, adding amazing speed compared to the *istD and even the K10D, much bigger screen, weather sealing and better low light performance. You would keep the pentaprism viewfinder.

After that, you could probably get £300 - £400 or so from your cameras here or on eBay, so the total outlay would be quite low overall.

Sooner or later you would have to upgrade anyway, so here's a golden opportunity for you both to do so.

Very 1960s, I think that's retro, and making it a square would clinch it.

One of those instances where it's hip to be square?

You're on Pentax User blob, so recommending another marque is a bit off topic....

By and large, Sue has found that it's not the quality that suffers at longer focal lengths, more the restricted aperture that means slower shutter speeds. Then camera shake can become an issue if the light isn't bright.

So tripod, high ISO and make the best of it when the light is dull. In bright light, no problem.

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