Pentax lens selection

Harold66 wrote:

Hi Pedro

do not know which compact you currently use but based on your sentence not sure a dslr is the way to go

i think you should look at mirrorless system in aps or micro 4/3. You will find great many options for a one transtandard lenses especially in the Olympus/ panasonic camp

Harold

Pedro's probably already made a purchase by now, but I'm curious about your thinking, Harold (in a truly curious and not a contentious way :-)).  I moved from Olympus to Pentax when Olympus quit making DSLRs, but I thought that if Olympus ever surpassed the DSLR in image quality I might add one of their camera/lens combinations to my growing collection. My impression is that Olympus isn't there yet.  In looking at the reviews of mirrorless cameras I've seen comments like "almost as good as the top DSLRs" or "as good as," but I've never encountered a "better than" comment.

Furthermore, the actually reviewers, at least the ones I recall, don't put mirrorless cameras head to head with DSLRs.  But one encounters the stray comment that indicates that the mirrorless cameras aren't likely to surpass DSLRs any time soon.

Lenses might be in a different category.  I recall that Olympus Zuiko lenses were very nice but also very expensive.  If Pedro were to get an EMI Mark ii and couple it with Zuiko 12-100mm lens, he would not be disappointed in that combination.  However, he would be paying considerable more than if he got the combination he was looking at, the K-70 and the 16-85mm lens.  Also, I will add if he gets (probably already got) the K-70 and the 16-85 he will not be disappointed with that either.  I don't have the K-70 but I do have its predecessor the K-S2, and I do have the 16-85 and I would be surprised if the more expensive Olympus combination could produce better image quality.  And if you look for an Olympus camera/lens combination in the same price range as the K-70/16-85 the reviews (I've read) don't suggest that the mirrorless combination will be as good as the K-70/16-85 DSLR combination.  I might be wrong, but I would be surprised if I were.

Lawrence