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Tue, Oct 14, 2025 4:18 PM

Hi all,

Just to inform you, I will not post much more, or participate in de PUG, unfortunately.

After having used Pentax heavily from 1977 onwards (well over 10 bodies, more than 30 lenses),
I finally became too frustrated with the lack in autofocus performance, speed, and some other more
minor nits with my trusted K1 and K3 III, being on a photo-safari with mainly Sony and Nikon users.

So I bit the bullet and invested in a hight-end Sony kit (A7R5) with 5 good lenses (Sony, Tamron, Sigma)

Sofar the handling, autofocus and image quality really blew me away. Very happy with that.
(just did a 3 week USA road-trip using mainly the Sony)

Over the last 6 months I haver slowly sold off nearly all my Pentax stuff, which provided for
the needed funds for the Sony kit. (went from 2 good bodies and 30 lenses to 1 body, 5 lenses)

So, alas, no new images that can participate in the PUG, just my old Pentax Archive of 60K+ photos :-)

Regards, JvW

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Jan van Wijk; author of DFsee;  https://www.dfsee.com

Hi all, Just to inform you, I will not post much more, or participate in de PUG, unfortunately. After having used Pentax heavily from 1977 onwards (well over 10 bodies, more than 30 lenses), I finally became too frustrated with the lack in autofocus performance, speed, and some other more minor nits with my trusted K1 and K3 III, being on a photo-safari with mainly Sony and Nikon users. So I bit the bullet and invested in a hight-end Sony kit (A7R5) with 5 good lenses (Sony, Tamron, Sigma) Sofar the handling, autofocus and image quality really blew me away. Very happy with that. (just did a 3 week USA road-trip using mainly the Sony) Over the last 6 months I haver slowly sold off nearly all my Pentax stuff, which provided for the needed funds for the Sony kit. (went from 2 good bodies and 30 lenses to 1 body, 5 lenses) So, alas, no new images that can participate in the PUG, just my old Pentax Archive of 60K+ photos :-) Regards, JvW ============================================= Jan van Wijk; author of DFsee; https://www.dfsee.com