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So you're thinking of switching to FF?
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<blockquote data-quote="Lurch" data-source="post: 235378" data-attributes="member: 13754"><p>If you're an amateur hobbyist like myself and where 'life' generally rules over your camera play time - then read on:</p><p></p><p>(I posted this on another forum (you can probably guess which one by the context) but I think it really applies to anyone who has a APS/C camera and is thinking FF 'because they can')<p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">I'm not the most active member here. A lot of that has to do with me selling my K5 earlier this year and getting a D800.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Allow me to preface this with saying that the D800 is a terrific camera and well, well beyond my pathetic skill levels.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">But.... I wish I hadn't.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Probably because the D800 is so far beyond my abilities and as a hobbyist I just dont have the time to put into bringing my skills up to even close. I love my photography, but thats life I guess.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">But the nutshell version is that I just haven't bonded with the Nikon as I had with my K5. Where the K5 urged me to pick it up and play with it, use it, and basically not leave it alone. I just dont get that from the Nikon.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">So what I'm saying is that if you're champing at the bit to go FF; my *personal* experience tells me - dont. Sure, if you've got the time and patience to invest into a whole new system and replace all your kit, then awesome. But I've just found it to be soooo much more than a) I need, and b) I can use.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">So (for as long as I've been a member here) Pentaxians have been going on (and on, and on, and on) about a FF camera, I would hazard a guess that for a fair chunk of people "it's just not necessary" <- to be read with James May in your head.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">If I was to do it again and with a good dose of hind sight - I wouldn't have done it. I would have hung onto my gorgeous K5 and would now be looking at the K3 for Xmas.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">In fact I will give the D800 the summer, and if I still feel the same - it will go and a K5/ii or a K3 will come and I'll rebuilding my beloved Pentax lens collection again (starting with my fave, the Sigma 20-40mm 2.8)</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lurch, post: 235378, member: 13754"] If you're an amateur hobbyist like myself and where 'life' generally rules over your camera play time - then read on: (I posted this on another forum (you can probably guess which one by the context) but I think it really applies to anyone who has a APS/C camera and is thinking FF 'because they can')[INDENT] I'm not the most active member here. A lot of that has to do with me selling my K5 earlier this year and getting a D800. Allow me to preface this with saying that the D800 is a terrific camera and well, well beyond my pathetic skill levels. But.... I wish I hadn't. Probably because the D800 is so far beyond my abilities and as a hobbyist I just dont have the time to put into bringing my skills up to even close. I love my photography, but thats life I guess. But the nutshell version is that I just haven't bonded with the Nikon as I had with my K5. Where the K5 urged me to pick it up and play with it, use it, and basically not leave it alone. I just dont get that from the Nikon. So what I'm saying is that if you're champing at the bit to go FF; my *personal* experience tells me - dont. Sure, if you've got the time and patience to invest into a whole new system and replace all your kit, then awesome. But I've just found it to be soooo much more than a) I need, and b) I can use. So (for as long as I've been a member here) Pentaxians have been going on (and on, and on, and on) about a FF camera, I would hazard a guess that for a fair chunk of people "it's just not necessary" <- to be read with James May in your head. If I was to do it again and with a good dose of hind sight - I wouldn't have done it. I would have hung onto my gorgeous K5 and would now be looking at the K3 for Xmas. In fact I will give the D800 the summer, and if I still feel the same - it will go and a K5/ii or a K3 will come and I'll rebuilding my beloved Pentax lens collection again (starting with my fave, the Sigma 20-40mm 2.8) [/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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