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Am I crazy for still wanting the K-S2?

Started Dec 14, 2016 | Discussions thread
yardcoyote Forum Pro • Posts: 15,754
Re: Am I crazy for still wanting the K-S2?

I have a close friend who has a K-S2 (bought at least in part on my recommendation, so I am really glad it is working out for her), and I have used it enough to have at least a passing familiarity with it.  It is definitely a very nice little camera with many useful features, including an articulating screen.  It is absolutely a better camera than a K-30 (had one of those and liked it until it died of the Black Screen a little more than a year ago).  I considered replacing my K-30 with a K-S2  at the time and still might do so if I find a used one at a great price.

But for now I am 100% content with my K-5iis, which I like better than the K-S2 in every way.  I can't imagine selling it and replacing it with any crop sensor Pentax currently on the market, although adding a second body either up or down the scale is always a possibility.  I just feel this camera is in a sweet spot for size/weight, features, handling, toughness and output-- if I dropped it in a lake (or today, on the ice) I would almost certainly replace it with a secondhand copy of the same body rather than change.

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