Well, based on everything I've read lately, if you're not sticking with
Pentax the better choice as far as imaging would be Nikon. I haven't
compared Nikon and Canon directly for autofocus speed but others have
said that Nikon is as good as Canon at for that at least at the upper
end of their respective camera ranges. I read somewhere that Canon had
managed to capture the lions share of the SLR market without having a
wide angle lens worthy of mounting on a camera. I kind of agree.
Now you probably want an optical viewfinder. I guess that would leave
out the new Sony 24x36mm mirrorless cameras, though they're supposed to
be very, very, good, with what might be the best or second best EVF
available, but in that case, if you can get repetitively clean 16-24mp
images from 4:3 or APS-C mirrorless cameras there seems to be less need
for full frame, the viewfinder isn't quite so constrained by the laws of
physics. The real advantage I suppose of the new Sonys is that with the
short lens registration distance adapters for lots of legacy lenses will
be available, which would make my lovely wide angle K mount lenses wide
angle again, and maybe easier to shoot.
So that's where I think I'd go, either to Nikon, they have the best
output for imaging right now, or take a good hard look at the Sony
a7/a7R but that would probably be in addition to keeping a Pentax body.
This is beside the point, but I've handled Nikon and Canon bodies and I
can safely say I don't hate Nikon ergonomics, I can't say the same for
most Canon and some Sony products.
On 12/28/2013 11:48 AM, Juan Buhler wrote:
Hello all,
I don't post here much anymore, but I decided to ask this because I
see a lot of the old names and the pdml has always been an awesome
group of people.
As some of you might know, I've shot with Pentax all my photographic
life. Starting with an ME-Super, going through PZ-1, MX (I still have
two black ones!), ZX-n, istD, K10D, to my current ones, a K5 and a
K-01 I bought because it was a really cheap way to put a sensor behind
my lenses.
I love the quality and ergonomics of my Pentax cameras. After all
these years, I obviously have a nice set of lenses. I am currently
traveling in South America long term, so I have a subset of those with
me: 12-24 zoom, 21 Limited, FA28/2.8, FA35/2, FA50/1.7, 17-70 zoom.
The first three are my most used ones right now. I also shoot a lot
with a Leica M8 and either a 28 or 35mm lens on it.
Now the time has came to renew my DSLR. Obviously, an option that is
up there is a K3. It seems like a camera I'd love, and given that it's
a Pentax, I can just use it without waiting for my fingers to learn
where the controls are.
BUT. I've missed having full frame all this time. I would love to go
back to shooting mostly with a 50mm, because of its shallow depth of
field. I would love to have a big viewfinder, and fast AF wouldn't
hurt. Every time I pick up a Canon, it makes me sad how fast the AF
is. Even way older models, like an original 5D, focuses way faster
with a 50/1.8 than my K5 with a 50/1.7 or 35/2.
So I am now trying to make this decision: get a K3, along with a 20-40
(that zoom looks great for photos in the street!), or get a 60D ($1300
at KEH), with a 50/1.8 and possibly a 28/1.8? If I get a Canon, I have
lenses available through my girlfriend: a 17-40/4 and a 24-105/4, so I
would immediately have a complete kit.
The money spent would be about the same. One option means staying with
a brand I know and love. The other means getting full frame and state
of the art AF, no more little screws on my lenses.
I feel like if I get the 60D I will miss Pentax tremendously. And if I
get the K3 I will love it, and in three months I will be wishing for a
full frame K mount.
What says the PDML? It seems like the only good thing about Pentax not
releasing a FF camera is that Cotty's hat is still intact, no?
j
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