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Good news at last

Comment by Mike-P posted on Ricoh confirm new flagship apsc DSLR at 20/09/2019 - 10:22

Bump and price reduction to £185 incl UKP.

Comment by Mike-P posted on FS: Pentax 18-135mm DC WR at 20/09/2019 - 10:02

Thanks for the comments, I nearly sold the Sigma a while ago .. glad I kept it in the end.

Comment by Mike-P posted on A few macro shots at 19/09/2019 - 16:05

ilovesaabs wrote:

Until:
a) you need a new XQD card........
b) the batteries tend to have that annoying habit of depleting very quickly...

Which is why I put (for me anyway) Not bothered with a XQD card and I have a grip on it so battery life is not such a problem.

BTW, just saw your comment about mt Flickr images ... thanks for that.

Comment by Mike-P posted on Do I switch to another brand? at 18/09/2019 - 09:25

johnriley wrote:
The grass is rarely greener, but it might be a different shade of green. The problems will still be there, whatever we use.

Even my Nikon D500 has a fairly annoying problem, It doesn't have Pentax on the front. Apart from that I think it's pretty much the perfect APS-C DSLR (for me anyway). Saying that my K-1 still goes out with me 99% of the time.

Must admit though, I really would like to try a Sony A9 with the new 200-600mm they have just bought out.

Comment by Mike-P posted on Do I switch to another brand? at 18/09/2019 - 08:13

Here we go again ....

Sigma haven't made a new lens in Pentax mount for years so it's really no suprise they aren't selling many and I'm rather suprised they didn't do this a lot sooner.

As for plummeting DSLR sales, I imagine that's not just Pentax since mirrorless has taken a foothold and to be fair if Ricoh haven't released a new DSLR for years then sales will only go down as their market share becomes saturated with the K-3II/KP and there is nothing to "upgrade" to.

Unfortunately no-one apart from Ricoh know what they have in store for the brand so all the rumours doing the rounds mean nothing until they announce anything (or not)

Comment by Mike-P posted on Sigma at 18/09/2019 - 08:07

For sale is my Pentax 18-135mm WR. It is in excellent condition, boxed with caps/hood/paperwork.

I am looking for £205 including UK postage.

Few pictures taken with the lens

Brean Sands - Somerset by Mike.Pursey, on Flickr

The Great Dorset Steam Fair 2011 by Mike.Pursey, on Flickr

Julie by Mike.Pursey, on Flickr

Comment by Mike-P posted on FS: Pentax 18-135mm DC WR at 17/09/2019 - 13:11

As you have probably realised by now a Pentax forum is probably not the best place to ask if you should dump Pentax

To be honest if it were me it would all depend on the lenses you already have, if you only have mainly crop glass then personally I would be looking elsewhere but if you have some decent quality full frame lenses then the K-1 really is a fantastic camera. As for no development, to me that is a concern as although I have the K-1 and the lenses I want people need to see that the brand they have their money in is still alive and kicking otherwise they will start to think about going elsewhere (rather like yourself).

Edit: And while I was typing Rob posted much the same regarding the K-1

Comment by Mike-P posted on Do I switch to another brand? at 16/09/2019 - 18:41

Hi David, welcome to the forum.

I am just outside the New Forest (New Milton)

Comment by Mike-P posted on Hello from the New Forest at 16/09/2019 - 18:11

Been using the Sigma 180mm f/3.5 macro a bit lately, few shots taken with it on the K-1.