Any other Pentax shooters here?

I am a not a Pentax user, but always wanted one, maybe someday I will get my hands on a K1 (or an APSC with a 28 or 35mm eq) in the meantime, I enjoy the images Pentaxians produce with their cameras. 👏🏼

I shot Pentax at one point but then moved to mirrorless. I recently bought K-01 and then the 40mm f2.8 XS lens that originally came packaged with the K-01. It's not exactly the same shooting experience as with other Pentax cameras but it is fun to take out from time to time.

That is a very cool camera which color is yours? I always like the blue one :) I think Pentax should release a 24mm pancake instead of a 40 for it.

Mine is silver. The blue color looks really nice though I never have seen one in person.

If the camera had ever caught on, they could have made a nice trio of pancake lenses and the three lenses would weigh almost nothing.

I'm new to pentax , I've just swapped out my Panasonic lumix fz82 for a pentax k70 and an 18-135 lens . I have only had it couple days but like it so far .

K-3II owner. Bought it for astrophotography mostly because of built-in Astrotracer but also for its great Sony sensor, solid feature set and tank-like build quality.

Checking in folks ... Top effort to have a phoenix raise from the ashes

I really ought to give Astrotracer a proper try, It could have been very useful when I visited my brother last October, light pollution is much more of a problem here :(

Must admit I've never tried the Astrotracer on the K-1. Think it would work well since it has been modified for full spectrum.
Thanks,
barondla

Another refugee from DPReview here. Looking forward to continuing the Pentax related discussions.

Still confused :-)

Yes, I’ve a K3, a K3II, a K1 and a lot of lenses. I like them but nevertheless I also use a D7500, D600 and a D780 especially for animals. Last month I tried the Astrotracing function of the K3 II for the first time and was really surprised. Together with the Tamron 70 200 (Autofocus doesn’t work in live view mode) this a good combination for astrophotography.
It would be interesting if Pentax will continue the K1 with a MK III.

Best regards
Chris

It sure would have to be something a lot more appealing than mkII... I´m pretty happy with my K-1 I bought 2016.. I mean for slower pace dsrl shooting. 36mpix is a sweet spot for me, 45 is already an "old" sensor unless it´s stacked and Pentax will never go stacked or MILC. 60+ MP is just overkill.. hardly no one in Pentaxland will be that interested I think. For me 24 MP at the moment with Z5 is optimal for anything I do. A few FPS would be usefull sure at times.

If my K-1 dies on me I don´t know what I´ll do even if new model would rise.. maybe buy a second hand K-1 OG. Time will tell I guess. I can still use most of my K- lenses on mirrorless bodies.. although cripled to manual focus and/or wide open aperture.. DFA*50 1.4 is great even on Nikon Z5 (stuck @ f/1.4 with dumb adapter and sweet manual focus) if it dosen´t rain alot.. :D

K-1 (and mkII) still has the best back screen design! I hope they will keep it going forward.. I´m "looking" at you K-3III...

I think that's the point where I move to Nikon Z-mount. I love my K-1 mII, but Pentax seems to be dead in the water, discontinuing more lenses than releasing, talking about but not making film cameras, and generally seeming to sit idle.

Yeah. Turning point for me (I mean a sidestep from Pentaxland) was when they announced K3III.. No tilt screen and price in Finland was and still is horrible. For half the euros I got a almost new Z5 from German ebay with kit lens, FTZ -adapter, 3 batteries and Nissin flash. Bought it for adapted vintage glass in mind, but quickly used it for anything.. Started collecting F and Z lenses and selling crop K-mount lenses. All aps-c stuff is now gone. 1500-1700eur @ launch and K-1´s tilty screen and I would still be shooting Pentax only.

It´s sad that it takes a decade for them to make a DFA35/1.4* lens etc.. I don´t need one but.. Just sad. I would like to get the DFA 21/2.4 for wide angle but pricing is just nuts here.. got the Z 14-30 instead.

Hi,
I have a K1 and a sackfull of lenses, mostly use Fuji though.
I started with the brilliant Spotmatic way back when 😀

My Pentax journey started with collecting M lenses, and now I still only have K, M, and A lenses. I never bought any of their new DFAs for my K-1 because they are just so huge. So using a Z6ii with an adapter would probably be a logical move should I need to. How are you finding the Z-system with your vintage lenses?

I'm also interested in the Z 24-120 and the Z 100-400, which is quite a bit smaller and lighter than the DFA 150-450. And where's the full frame 1.4x converter?!
That said, if Pentax came up with something similar to the 24-120 and make it f4, AW, and not huge, I'd probably get one. The DFA24-70 gets mixed reviews, and I really would rather have something that has range over 100mm.

Mine started with three A-series lenses, hence the A in my username.. :D . Still have one, A 135/2.8. A50/1.7 sold because the aperture ring is plastic and A 24/2.8 I didn´t feel was good enough in FF (it was great with my K-x at the time).

I have a nice collection of m42 mount lenses, but some cause issues with K-mount. Like Helios 44-2.. light leaks or minor wobble or .. or .. etc. Worst issue was with my 35/2.3 Takumar.. focusing was so stiff it came loose everytime I was shooting with it. And I ADORE that lens, I use it alot. Also have the Fat Tak 35/2 in pristine condition, lucky me =). My fisheye is also a Tak, 17 f4. And many many more.. :D . My lens/camera cabinet is pretty full.. but there´s always room for one more. It just a matter of hiding it from my wife :D :D .

So to my Nikon Z story.. I got 3-4 m42-Z adapters and 2 PK-Z adapters (and now one Canon FD-Z version) and pretty much LOVE shooting with Z5. I covered this in Pentaxforums a couple years ago, quite easy to find that post, but in short: Lovely. But sure, there´s always room for improvement. I´d like if Nikon allowed more buttons to configure in user modes at least. + and - buttons pretty useless as is.. those could be assigned to something else. But this is actually more of a problem shooting with AF lenses.. AF-on button is 100% zoom in my U3-mode and Rec-button I assigned to "choose focal length" for IBIS. Fn2 is 200%. Fn1 does nothing in that User mode.. I guess I should put something behind it. Hmmm.. so maybe I´m fine with Z5 for this use case. Recommended. :D

If I would buy NOW, I´d take a good hard look at Pana 5SII also. I just love all the underdogs in the business. No Playstations or Canon bodies for me. Ever.

Oh, and the Z EVF is great also. Sure OVF has it´s merits.. I hate the EVF everytime it shuts it shelf down after 30s or so, but that´s pretty much the only reason. I love it with vintage glass on front.

Not sure I covered everything and this thread is probably a very wrong place for this.. :D . But hey, it´s a discussion! There´s too much silence here still yet. I´m sure after 10th of April it will pick up a lot.

Here´s my sexy combo, Z5 with Takumar 35/2.3:

Shot with K-1 and DFA*50 1.4