And so the GH2 continues to rock my world and force me to rethink my toolbox. First it shoved the Canon G10 to the sidelines with much better IQ for not that much more size. Now the Pentax K20d has left the building, after nearly 2 years and over 31,000 photos taken. It’s in good hands now, a former film shooter that’s rediscovering his love of photography. So that’s good.
At the end of the day, the GH2 stood toe to toe with the K20d in nearly all measures except for two. It didn’t match the K20d’s build quality and weather-resistance (as shown here) but beat it decisively in AF. And video of course. So thus the K20d has flown.
Problem is, I’ve been doing a lot of video lately, which means that the GH2 is stuck on a tripod while I’m capturing stills with my wife’s K-x. It’s a risky proposition, as the malfunction of either camera would leave me severely compromised. So I need a backup, for both. Ideally that backup could shoot both good stills and good video. The likely options are:
A – another GH2
B – a Pentax K-5
C – a Pentax K-r
still don’t know which way I’ll go on this…