I'm hoping to keep using my K-5 until the successor to the K-3ii is out and de-bugged.
Rick On Thu, Jul 5, 2018 at 12:49 PM, P. J. Alling <webstertwenty...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think I'd take a K70 over a KP, they have almost the same sensor, pretty > much the same features, but a more useful flip out screen on the K70, the > same battery , but I'm pretty sure better battery life on the K70. More > importantly every grip that the KP to comes with is reported to be less > comfortable than either the K-70 or the K-3II. The only thing a K70 seems > to lose out on is the Alloy body, and more retro design of the KP, and the > GPS in the K-3II. > > I also think the soft controls and top plate status screen make more sense > on a digital camera than the pseudo mechanical controls on the KP. > > The current price for a K70 seems to be about $200 less than a KP as well. > > Personally I'd take a K-3 or K-3II since it's probably a bit more rugged > than the K-70, and the sensor is also pretty much the same if you plan to do > most of your processing in RAW outside the camera, and I'd actually prefer a > K-3 because I'd rather have a pop up flash in a pinch, rather than a built > in GPS, but that's just me. > > On 7/2/2018 4:01 PM, Toine wrote: >> >> The recent cash back action made me wonder if I should upgrade my 6 year >> old K5 to the KP. >> Full frame is not what I need since most of my glass isn't full frame. >> Which results in the K3-II as the only other option. >> >> What I don't like on the KP is the small new battery size and the missing >> LCD panel. The tilting screen is what I most like. >> >> Probably they release a new flagship APS model the moment I buy a KP. >> >> Any other reasons I should or shouldn't get the KP? >> >> Toine > > > -- > America wasn't founded so that we could all be better. > America was founded so we could all be anything we damn well please. > - P.J. O'Rourke > > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
