really?where can we get that price?the lowest i could find is around 1.6k.

CLS in Sutera Mall (JB) sells a second hand K5 for 1700. They also have new ones for 2600. The second hand one looked OK, shutter count around 9000.

The MX-1 was around 1700 I believe, but haven't asked for discount. The K-5 was 2900 without discount.

This post has been edited by kadajawi: Jul 28 2013, 04:51 PM

Pm u..

Hi All Pentaxian,

I have a set of K5 + many lens and accessories for sell, refer the link below:

WTS K5 full set

This is my set, carefully used and taken care of, you can come to my place to view it

Cheers!

http://www.dpreview.com/news/2013/08/04/fa...-make-you-smile

check HERE for second hand K5 price :-)

I have use canon camera for few years (that time was 350D with EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 USM lens), now using pentax K5 for past 2 years with all the lens as in the link above. My thought on camera body: K5 is much more solid build than canon and nikon, and have smaller size yet it is not compromise on the handling, and it is weather proof. To take a beautiful picture, i think the camera body does not matter much, important is you have a very good quality lens.

I choose pentax K5 because i need to advance my skill, that time canon 60D is not a match compare K5 (in term of build and picture quality), thus i choose K5 and bought a tamron f2.8 zoom lens (as i already used to constant aperture zoom lens). Then i added a old manual 50mm lens. Both lens serve me well and i have no regret choosing K5, and i love the ISO80, picture taken with ISO80 is so beutiful!

Like other as mention, you will have difficulty buying used lens in malaysia, and also not many ppl using pentax and you can't "borrow" or test lens before you invest. But that is why you join pentax group and the outing, so that you can have a group of ppl sharing the same gear and you can test use it on the spot :-) But if you like manual focus and shoot portrait , you can easily bought a m42 screw mount lens with cheap price and have a very good quality picture.

here are some photo taken with the camera and lens

haha! spotted 350D! that time that body is so good even with the panel display for shooting condition..which then removed in 400D...sad case, making entry level canon more entry...
is true pentax has better build quality and somewhat even surpass in most of the aspect...
quite sad this time CEX pentax didnt join and third party lens manufacturer didnt even care for pentax also (i mean didnt bring pentax stock...) kinda leave pentax user in the dust
but i saw the Pentax Efina and Pentax MX-1 on sale...
for the set you selling, wanna ask how much you have invested in when buying new?

This post has been edited by lamjunrong: Aug 5 2013, 10:21 AM

My guess is more. Much more than he is selling for. The body alone should already be around 3k minimum.

I wonder what you are changing to now or if you are giving up the hobby or what happened. Going for full frame...?

That Pentax 67 is adorable!

I couldn't get a Tamron 10-24. Anyone who wanted to sell it on that forum got rid of it in a few hours... insanity. Like a group of vultures circling around looking for something to eat. And there were very few lenses being sold to begin with. Heck, even one that has been to a color run (where they use very fine dust to color everything... that stuff can go into lenses and everything, even the water sealed ones) was gone immediately.

Hopefully I can get a nodal point adapter. Can use it for more extreme photos, but on the other hand it can only be used with tripod... and tripod + adapter is like 3 kg. No handheld shooting... I hope when I don't need it I can find a buyer... handmade in Germany...

Where to get that head costume?

Haha, more than RM3K two year back. But that time I am working in singapore thus bought the set in Singapore (kit set with 18-135mm) later sold the kit lens and bought tamron.

That time only have 1 child so easy to carry around the camera while outing, furthermore still working in Singapore so quite safe. Now working in Malaysia and have two children makes me tired when carry the camera during outing coz need to take care of my children and my camera as well (u know Malaysia now, kidnapping cases increase and thief everywhere). So thinking of changing to smaller camera and later when my kid grown up then come back to dslr again, when that time come back then it willb full frame

This post has been edited by cbchoy12: Aug 5 2013, 05:13 PM

yaya, i miss the panel display as well. I still have the 350D but i pass to my brother to use it. Solid camera and still working well until now :-)

Actually Third party lens do care for pentax, only that it will come later comapre to Canon/Nikon and sony mount ( I think it is a good thing since new lens might have performance/production issue, so canon/nikon/sony users all become white rat to test it before it gets really mature, then pentax user will have less problem version,haha). Also and not much shop in Malaysia selling it. But you can easily find it in Singapore. That is why if you are in singapore you will not headache going for Pentax.

Hi to all. I'm new here and I am probably going to jump ship to Pentax soon... I've been trying to look at K30 for several months now but due to K50 just arrived and now I am more confused.

Any Pentaxians who ordered online through Pentax2u or Shashinki? Can you recommend them for deliveries within KL?

I've personally ordered from Pentax2u. Thumbs up for their service. Fast delivery to KL and William is quite helpful too.

Pentax K50 promo.

Pentax2u K50 promo

Can forget about the K-50. Just go for the K-30 or a used K-5.

Cheers.

Well, until the K-30 is out of stock. Of course a K-5 will be better in any case, but some people may not want a used camera (I should have thought about that though when I bought my K-5... could have saved so much ).

How much did you pay for your K5? I bought mine RM 2,400 last year used. Top notch.
Anyway, Pentax camera can last. The K200D I had for 5 years never gave me a single problem at all.

IIRC around 2500 new. The timing was perfect. And yeah, my *istDS was 7 years old when it started to give me problems (some buttons weren't reacting anymore).

if the price is quite near, i would say its better to go for k50.but if it is quite significant, better get a k30.i wont mind to have even a used k30 as my back up camera.

No doubt that the K-5 feels more professional and has better buttons layout. But one thing that runs me down is the processing time every shot takes to view the pictures in RAW+ mode. Comparing the K-30 and K-5, the K-30 really makes a lot of different. I guess the PRIME M processor is much better than the PRIME II.

And one thing that keeps me from going straight for the K-5 IIs is also the same problem as the K-5.

Cheers.........