Sony and Canon users are also wringing their hands over the new tech. (Especially Nikon). One thing the K1 has that the A7riii never will is an OVF, and no matter how good the Sony EVF becomes, there'll always be photographers who prefer one. Maybe Nikon and Canon will move away from the OVF (in low-midrange bodies) as they scramble to compete with Sony. That might leave Pentax - who've recently been generous with 100% pentaprism viewfinders in their lower end bodies - in a niche by themselves.

Hope someone picks up this *brilliant* camera, what a bargain!

The K70 looks kick - ass!

DSLRs will often have their metering thrown off by part of the image being bright (e.g. shooting towards a bright sky or open water) and the rest of it being in shadow; you have to anticipate when this is going to occur and apply a little exposure compensation. Or the quick way is to angle your camera slightly away from the bright area, hit exposure lock, and then recompose. Compact cameras and smart phones seem a bit better at exposing automatically for your subject but you'll often have your skies blown out.

Is the KX underexposing for every situation, or just in bright sunlight? If it's all the time, check the metering mode and whether exposure compensation has been left on by mistake.

I got my old polariser out (an old Jessops linear polariser) and tried it on my 35mm lens while I was walking the dog... yes it's definitely beneficial for vegetation and shooting around water in particular. I agree that 14mm isn't an 'everyday' focal length; that's why I'm having trouble justifying upgrading to the Irix for the coming together of the circumstances of needing an ultrawide focal length, and needing a polariser. I'm definitely getting one for my 24-70mm though!

That's my quandary; the cost of going down that route would make the Irix 15mm a better bet. (It does have a 95mm thread). I do like the images from the Samyang so far though. I think I need to get out there and use my old 52mm CPL on another lens and decide if it's worth it.

Yes, I was thinking of the effect on things like wet rocks and vegetation, rather than skies.

I've bought a Samyang 14mm and I'm trying to assess whether filter use is going to be an issue. Although I literally haven't used a single filter of any type in about 8 years, maybe in future I might want to...

To me the CPL is pretty much the only filter you can't get find a workaround to avoid using an actual physical filter. But I've heard they can be awkward to use on ultrawides. Do our landscape shooters regularly use them?

It doesn't really bridge the gap between his 30 and 10-17mm either (although it's a lens I'd love for FF!)

Lovely sharp well composed images, I really like the way the sun has illuminated the backlit tulips in no. 4.