>>4441342
I really like it.
But the only genres I really care about are street photography and its tangents, and portraiture and in-studio stuff which is where I make some extra cash. I do wildlife very casually and almost never sports.
The K1ii, D850, and Sigma fp are the three cameras I've had that ended up feeling like an extension of my body -- not having to think about how to use them in order to achieve the results that I want. (Every Sony and Panasonic camera I've used has failed at this miserably).
Pentax, I think, has really dialed in making an ergonomic and usable camera. Pentax cares a lot more about "the photographic experience" rather than making cameras that compete on specs, and it shows. Sigma often gets called "The Japanese Leica," but that title should really rather go to Pentax.
The specs are good where it matters -- image quality is top notch. AF is about on par with the D810, so it's competent. The K3iii is what you'd wanna get if AF is important to you, though. Features like astrotracer and AA simulator aren't always useful, but they're more than gimmicks. They're very useful when they make sense to use. Pixel Shift Resolution is a nice alternative to how other brands do it, rather than just making huge megapixel files, you instead get foveon-style resolution (full color depth in each pixel, no interpolation between pixels), better tonality and dynamic range. It's more subtle though.
The lenses are a huge part where Pentax pulls ahead. While Pentax has "modern" mtf-chasing lenses, their Limited series are plainly special in the way they really do have very aesthetic rendering and capable of sharp, micro-contrasty images, like AF-capable Voigtlander lenses at half the cost.
