The era of the cheap Pentax dslr is gone I think. APSC is their low end and served with the K-P which is targeted at the more discerning photographer (think left of field tourist with a set of DA Limiteds).

K-3 equivalent will return for those looking for range and faster response (More action oriented).

K-1 series is their 'Enthusiast' level so FF and the most popular zoom ranges covered. Reference primes are due soon to act as halo products and put a line in the sand opposite Sigma and potentially Zeiss.

Professional in the Pentax world is served by the 645 series.

Pentax have never played the class game like Nikon or Canon where features where withheld or restricted between the various ranges and worked on providing a minimum control model and functions (think Pentaprism, dual control wheels, screw drive motor in camera, shake reduction, etc) across all lines to allow a Photographer if he or she wished to start at APSC and work through to 645 using nearly the same control model even if the cameras themselves change massively in cost / size.

And? ☺️
Noise at the various ISOs.. Handheld PixelShift... Tell me everything
Congrats on delivery and agree completely with your assessment of SRS. Spot on is very apt!

Upgrade here. I'll probably get the new 50 first though.

I'm interested as to how Pentax now regard the K-1 line as a series. Perhaps they are thinking of a couple of more upgrades down the line. Anyone know how many K-1s are out there? Are there I dunno, 100,000 K-1 users worldwide that would hand over 500 to 600 Pounds, Euros, Dollars every year for incremental upgrades? The chassis being the base and everything else service upgradeable.

Hmm. Arguably one of if not the best deals I've seen on a K-1
Too good to turn down in fact

PM sent with expression of interest.

nice pun

Take it you don't like it then

Withdrawn.

This suffered a fall on holiday and lost its front element + jammed focus ring. Removed from sale.

Picked up a FA50 Macro /2.8 from LennyBloke last week. Using it for the whole of October as a challenge. Have a sharpish Japanese knife that we normally don't take out so got in nice and close.


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