Darren, I think you miss a certain point in your reasoning. You see, Nikon have once again pushed the envelope. How successfully - it remains to be seen, but based on their track record - I expect excellent stuff from them. Notice the quite new AF module that appears to breath new life into the DSLR in general. As you know, many a mass media are telling us that DSLR concept is dead, because mirrorless is taking over. Not quite so, I say. The maximal sensitivity is mind boggling and likely it won't be as good. However, it means that other manufacturers (Canon, Sony) would have to respond. Some of that tech will trickle down to affordable common public gear.
Basically, Nikon has made their move as far as competition goes. I say - any competition is a good thing as it makes your brand of choice to move forward too. Having said that - as you correctly said - K-5 is a superb choice. I was thinking of upgrading my 5 years old K-5 to K-5iis, but I learned that it is still quite unreliable as far as flash exposure goes, and indeed, my K-5 is not giving me very consistent results with Metz 50-AF1 flash unit. So, I am still staying with good old K-5. I expect that when FF body comes out, many would start dumping their K-3ii's... I'd watch the prices and if they are low enough for me - I'd probably move from K-5 to K-3ii... I should say, however, that it seems to me that high ISO performance of K-3(ii) is somewhat weaker than that of K-5. Kind of closes the circle, don't you think? Boris On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 3:53 AM, Darren Addy <pixelsmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Nikon has lots of adherents and spends lots of advertising dollars, so > it is not surprising that whatever Nikon rolls out gets lots of > attention. Also, blogs and photosites are beasts that need to be fed, > so ANY photographic new is grist for the mill, particularly when it is > from one of the Big Dogs. > > However, these announcements hold very little interest for me. I don't > own Nikon mount glass (other than a couple of older screw-AF Nikkors > that I plan to sell, a 50mm f1.8 and a 70-210mm f/4-5.6. Oh, and an > old AI 135mm manual focus). The only people who really might have more > than a passing interest are those who can afford to sell everything in > one mount and reinvest in another (and that certainly isn't me). > > I remain quite pleased with the current Pentax offerings (frankly, > anything since the K-5 remains a superb choice for virtually ANY photo > enthusiast). Cameras are like automobiles in some respects. If one > wants to focus on what one doesn't have or can't afford (like a > Lamborghini or Bugatti (then one can go through their whole life > unhappy and envious). > > I'm at the point where I would really only LIKE another one or two > lenses (the DA* 200mm f/2.8 and a fast Rokinon ultrawide -either 14mm > or 16mm) and I really couldn't ask for much more. I'm ready to turn my > attention to trips and taking photos more than acquiring gear. > > So "bully for Nikon". There will always be a "later & greater" but I > have more than I can reasonably use now. In any event, even these > latest Nikons don't have things I currently enjoy with the K-3 II, > like in-body image stabilization (with even vintage lenses on front), > and things like no AA filter/microblur AA, and built-in AstroTrack. > > On Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 6:18 PM, John <sesso...@earthlink.net> wrote: >> Did Ricoh/Pentax even show up for this year's CES? >> >> On 1/6/2016 9:34 AM, P.J. Alling wrote: >>> >>> So I expect that all of you have been made aware one way or another of >>> the Nikon D5 and D500 cameras. Pretty much every electronics site that >>> it's my misfortune to belong to has sent me an announcement. >>> >>> The specifications are quite impressive. >>> >>> There's been a bit of noise on various Nikon fora in the past that the >>> K-5 and later the K-3 cameras had taken the mantle of the Nikon D300s as >>> the Top enthusiast/semi pro APS-C camera body. Seems that after >>> literally years of begging, by Nikon fanboys for a new D300s Nikon has >>> decided to reclaim that mantle. >>> >>> I could be wrong but it looks like Nikon really does pay attention to >>> Pentax. >>> >> >> -- >> Science - Questions we may never find answers for. >> Religion - Answers we must never question. >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > > -- > Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.