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Best old Pentax body to get in 2021?

Started Feb 23, 2021 | Discussions thread
The Squirrel Mafia
The Squirrel Mafia Senior Member • Posts: 1,017
Re: Best old Pentax body to get in 2021?
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The K-5IIs comes to mind. It's built like a tank & has great image quality from its 16MP AA filter free sensor. The only downside is the lack of KAF4 support for some of the recent Pentax lenses. You can use them, but they'll only shoot wide open, since the body can't control the lens' built in aperture motor.

The K-50 is also nice, but there's that 50/50 chance of a solenoid failure & the AF kind of sucks for moving subjects, but it has great image quality & it can use KAF4 lenses with the latest firmware.

The K-30 doesn't have KAF4 support, but there is a hacked K-50 firmware available for it that will enable KAF4 support, but install at your own risk kind of thing. It's also prone to that 50/50 solenoid failure.

The K-3 is a bit cheaper now, but speaking for myself, I'd rather get the K-3II. It has slightly better AF performance & IBIS. It's still rather pricey on eBay, though. You can almost get a new KP for about the price of a used K-3II.

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