i think with the imminent release of a neat sized FF camera from sony in the form of the A7 and A7r, that will kill off any remaining consideration by pentax for FF.

+1. the current DA and even DAL is a stunning lens optically. I have had some great shots with it.

surprised there isn't more people commenting on this. did not a lot show up to see it?

errr don't think so. certainly not for this bright boy. FF interests me not at all and the prices of canikon kit is a total put off. Pentax is right up my street as is APS-C kit.

well wifi, astrotracing and GPS are all snooze features for me. never used them, never will either. I'd rather they be out of body to help keep costs down for tech I'm never gonna use. I can understand people wanting them though.

more battery, better battery are always things I like in a camera. I love the second SD slot. I'm less enamoured with the 24mp. I'd rather up the IQ and keep the MP sensible. I never understood the pissing match when it comes to cramming huge megapixels onto the sensor.

I could see myself getting a K3 but running it at 16mp instead to make image size efficient

having another k30 makes sense, but that are a number of cheap k5's starting to appear on ebay and elsewhere so maybe a K5 makes a good buy as the K30 commands good second hand prices still.

I just seem to remember that the K5 has more features than the K30 although they run the same sensor, so I would benefit slightly but still be confident of good shots like I have now.

K5II better sensor and faster AF?
K5IIs no idea

one thing I do miss from the Kx I used to have was pressing the green button and having it take a shot and showing me a histogram without actually saving a shot. took a lot of good shots that way by getting to meter before taking a shot.

on a budget, would like to upgrade in near future from the K30 DSLR I have.

with the K3 coming soon, this will of course influence prices. in an ideal world I would also like to have two bodies.

at airshows I get tired with lens swapping. one idea is to get another DSLR body to have my 18-55 on while my main body mounts the 50-500 body for the main shooting.

another idea is to have a pentax Q on hand for closer stuff when I need to and only have one DSLR.

I was always under the impression that the K30 sensor was the same as the K5 so it was essentially K5 lite.

would getting a K5 get me an improvement on the K30 in any way, or do I really need to upgrade to a K5IIs or down the road a K3 for an improvement?

sold!

pm responded to.

still available at present

I have for sale a 1.7x Teleconverter by Teleplus. This is a PZ-AF type with the two contacts that allow AF to work on passthrough between lens to body.

Moving this on because I've upgraded to a Bigma and got rid of my DAL 55-300.

In excellent condition. It was sourced from a forum member recently. No box but comes with front and rear caps and will be well wrapped. Optics are fine and does take a good quality photo.

As it's through the forum only looking to get what I paid for it. Payment by either transfer or paypal with buyer to pay the paypal fee. Postage will be rmsd included for UK buyers.

£145 is the asking price.

here are some of the photos taken with this TC.