What would you do? (Page 2): Ohhh BTW, No not stolen like some private messages have stated, Purchased both bodies used from Dodd Camera including trade-ins and battery grip from ebay...

Flickwet Loc: NEOhio

Ohhh BTW, No not stolen like some private messages have stated, Purchased both bodies used from Dodd Camera including trade-ins and battery grip from ebay

digit-up Loc: Flushing, Michigan

RWR wrote:

I would not have downgraded.

Funny, very FUNNY, simply shows your “BIAS”, but still....FUNNY!!

RKL349 Loc: Connecticut

Switching brands is expensive. Don’t give in to the GAS. Take it from someone who has done this - you never come out ahead financially. On the other hand, if you have money to spare, who am I to say.

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

RKL349 wrote:

Switching brands is expensive. Don’t give in to the GAS. Take it from someone who has done this - you never come out ahead financially. On the other hand, if you have money to spare, who am I to say.

Yes it costs money - the question is, what do you get for that expenditure.

I started with Pentax in 1979. I switched to Canon, but saved my Pentax stuff and used my Pentax as backup, in1995 because I really liked the Canon EF/USM lenses. In 2015 I switched back to Pentax because I had issues with the Canon Rebel bodies.

dsmeltz Loc: Philadelphia

RKL349 wrote:

Switching brands is expensive. Don’t give in to the GAS. Take it from someone who has done this - you never come out ahead financially. On the other hand, if you have money to spare, who am I to say.

You may not come out ahead financially, but you have MORE STUFF!!!!

GAS is good!!!!

Blair Shaw Jr Loc: Dunnellon,Florida

robertjerl wrote:

You already own both sets. br Pick the one you lik... (show quote)

Amen Brother......Use em or Lose em but make it comfortable and yes donate them to a Newbee !

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

Blair Shaw Jr wrote:

Amen Brother......Use em or Lose em but make it comfortable and yes donate them to a Newbee !

Since I began photography I have always kept a second - "retired" - camera with its kit packed up and ready to go if I should need a second camera or if some problem should occur with the "primary" camera.

RKL349 Loc: Connecticut

dsmeltz wrote:

You may not come out ahead financially, but you have MORE STUFF!!!!

GAS is good!!!!

😂

dick ranez

Stay with Nikon, sell the Pentax stuff and buy a new Nikon body. Pentax is a dead end, and I would be surprised is Ricoh doesn't discontinue the brand. This will irritate Pentax users who tend to be a bit rabid about their brand, but look at the product improvement and support over the last five years. Add to that the shrinking camera market, the fact that cameras are a rounding error in Ricoh financials and the future doesn't look promising. Pentax could be a business school case study since Asahi sold them to Hoya who sold them to Ricoh who probably can't sell them to anybody.

jeep_daddy Loc: Prescott AZ

Flickwet wrote:

Ok guys I have my Nikon kit, D700 and 300s with a mashup of decent lenses 35-70, 25-50, 50 f1.4 etc nothing exotic. I have somehow also acquired a Pentax system, K5 and KS-2 with kit lens and 55-300. Couldn’t resist the deal from Dodd Camera.
I’ve got serious redundancy issues now, the Pentax’s are newer, 16 and 24mpxs, whereas my nikons are 12’s.
I’ve used Nikons my whole life, but the newer Pentax cameras really have me questioning keeping my Nikon kit, what would you do?

Only you can decide.

rook2c4 Loc: Philadelphia, PA USA

dick ranez wrote:

Stay with Nikon, sell the Pentax stuff and buy a n... (show quote)

I've been hearing about an imminent discontinuation of the Pentax brand for nearly 10 years now, yet new models are continued being released. I'm not a Pentax user (with the exception of my old Spotmatic which I pull out every now and then). However, I remain skeptical whenever I read predictions stating the Pentax brand does not have a future and soon will be gone.

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

dick ranez wrote:

Stay with Nikon, sell the Pentax stuff and buy a new Nikon body. Pentax is a dead end, and I would be surprised is Ricoh doesn't discontinue the brand. This will irritate Pentax users who tend to be a bit rabid about their brand, but look at the product improvement and support over the last five years. Add to that the shrinking camera market, the fact that cameras are a rounding error in Ricoh financials and the future doesn't look promising.

My Pentax KP does much better at high ISO values than any Nikon can.

dick ranez wrote:

Pentax could be a business school case study since Asahi sold them to Hoya who sold them to Ricoh who probably can't sell them to anybody.

I believe Hoya pulled off a "hostile takeover" because they wanted the medical business .... then they passed the photo business on to Ricoh, which had traditionally been involved in K-mount.

Bill P

In considering this please understand the difference between 12 and 16MP is generally indecernable, and 24 is not twice twelve.

hassighedgehog Loc: Corona, CA

To a loyalist, any change to the enemy is a downgrade. I have a Pentax K-50, but also a Panasonic Lumix DMC ZS60 as my purse camera.

olemikey Loc: 6 mile creek, Spacecoast Florida

I hear I may be discontinued at any time, I keep hoping it will be a little further on up the road........