Unfortunately nobody knows what Ricoh are bringing out Pentax wise in the next 12/18 months.

Personally I wouldn't hold your breath waiting for a new body any time soon.

Colour.

Just me but think I would prefer a bit more space up top.

Just the title confused me ... is it a K-1 with 2 exclamation marks or a K-1 MKII ?

Anyway, my K-1 (with no exclamation marks) updated fine.

I bought the K-1 over the K-1 (II) purely because it doesn't have the extra processor and so has no baked in noise control ( I prefer to do it myself in post not let a computer do it automatically for me). I believe the K-1 (II) has very very slightly better af speed as well.

If I'm honest af speed is more than capable on the K-1 (1% being the majority of birds in flight) but no matter which camera you choose you will need either a Pentax 150-450mm or Sigma 50/150-500mm lens if you are serious about wildlife and airshows.

K-1 and 150-450mm


Deer rut - Bushy Park by Mike.Pursey, on Flickr


Long Tailed Tit by Mike.Pursey, on Flickr

Airshows


RIAT 2018 by Mike.Pursey, on Flickr


RIAT 2018 - RAF Airbus A400M Atlas C.1 by Mike.Pursey, on Flickr

Today I watched our back fence uproot and launch itself kamikaze style into a neighbour's car.

No photos unfortunately.

Hmmm, posting a Red Kite picture to counteract your video just incase a Russian agent sees it.


Red Kite - Llanddeusant Llangadog by Mike.Pursey, on Flickr

Your current cards will be fine, apart from the K3 (3) I don't think any Pentax cameras take advantage of the faster card technology.

It is a well known problem with the DA* SDM lenses (more so the 16-50mm and 50-135mm) and something that Pentax deny all knowledge of. I doubt it will be the first time it goes wrong either, some people have had to replace the motor a few times and it's approx £200 once out of warranty.

The 250-600mm is a very decent price, I got quite a bit more for mine a couple of years ago. Superb lens if you are happy to lug a tripod around everywhere.

Have you tried selling on Pentaxforums, you can stipulate UK only sale on there if you don't want to ship abroad.

Cheers for the comments, Its a fairly hefty lens to be used handheld but just about manageable. Thanks to another member I found the matched 1.4x for a decent price but tbh I wasn't that impressed with the quality.