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I do notice that your kit list is well long. I got no end of complaints and a pm when I added a long list of kit. What is your secret?

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If IQ is the only comparrison then yes, go for a K5.

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So what we are saying is that a Pentax camera of Sept. 2010 beats a Canon camera from Aug. 2005. Five years difference and hundreds of thousands of FF high quality images later, the K5 moves in front.

I can't argue with that.

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Possibly according to Wiki link

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Thanks Mike, appreciated.

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For the first time in a long time, I used a tripod today. Put the K10 on a Manfrotto 322 RC2 grip mounted on a Slik Pro 813 CF. Cable release used.

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m&F again but shot on Program with on board flash.




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smaller fry







All with the SMC FA 100mm f/2.8 macro. Resolution is fine, even at full size.

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Wonderful stuff!

Try as I might, I have yet to find a Huntsman or other large nasty over here. Keep her for a few weeks in a large glass aquarium (dry!) and feed her maggots till the young ones grow a little.

Sign on window to burglars " warning-?????"

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Maybe not silly but certainly misguided. A 300 is a 300. It does not have the same magnification of a 450 nor the shallower DOF or compression. Since it's only an equivalent FOV, just make some card apertures for a Cokin holder and you can get any equivalent FOV from your 50mm std lens.

As John rightly say's, higher density APS-C will generally better some FF crops of an APS-C area.

There is no short cut for focal length. It is indeed a sales tactic.

If Ricoh introduce a new bayonet mount, I wont desert my current Pentax system. Canon did it and it worked so there are no hard and fast rules. I think Pentax have had a good run with the K in its various guises.

Time will tell and who is to say that a new mount + camera with a new lens road map won't be exciting?

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p.s. for Kris, there were rumblings on Pentax forums. Rumblings or rumour, it may be baseless.

Seems to be a topic discussed mostly by those that either don't want a FF (which maybe due to investing in too many APS-C lenses and is therefore understandable) and those that can't afford one.

Pentax have a long way to go before they get to a FF. Many QC issues to resolve along with the need for new lenses, rather than dependency on third party or yesteryears offerings and also need an up to date flash system.

The decisions behind closed doors at Ricoh will be hard ones to make.

There are even rumblings that Ricoh may change the K mount in favour of a new mount. If that happens, the present line of K mount bodies will be worth a s much as a good Zenith. It may of course mean a new line of optics etc.

Interesting times ahead.

For those that do want a FF now, buy a second hand 5D and use your Ltd's as others have done. The 31mm is so much better with a FOV of a 31mm - as designed.

Alternatively, keep on producing great images with the kit you already use and ignore the wishful thinkers.

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Cheers Don. Yup, Baldivis is full of them while Perth is full of leggy blonds.

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