Thanks for the info, have never really looked into it but seemed a bit of an oversight there.

Are these WR version for weather sealing?
Does Pentax make a modern WR 35mm lens?

Hard to believe this model was released back in April 2018 and nothing further on the FR front for 8 years?! And that was a minor upgrade on the original model from 2016 as well.

Absolutely time for a mkiii K1 and mkiv k-3 please.

For all the same reasons you don't just buy a point and shoot compact for photography.

Is that on the KP you're referring to?
I thought the KP had the accelerator (?) chip to help with high ISO shots/noise?

I'm still using the original K-3 and cap iso at 3200 on that, and ideally shoot below 1600. I know can be different between people but I'd hoped the KP would be much better than that.

Noise reduction on the very latest lightroom is really good now, and you can dial it up or down to suit - avoiding the fake aspect you mention when overdone. It's so capable these days I think higher ISO performance, once the standard go to feature of each new model release, is not as important any more.

That first one especially is quite magical

Interesting.

Very good. Well done

I have the K-3 and the PLM

Having had the earlier versions, I’d highly recommend the PLM - even if you need to top up the offer with some additional funds yourself.

Yeah here we go