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Made the decision in late April to upgrade my imaging possibilities by purchasing the Pentax K-1. Coming from a Canon 5D with a 24-105 f/4 L lens this wasn't a decision made lightly. After much research decided to roll the dice and take the plunge. After receiving the camera May 5th, 2016, I've put it through he paces (using mainly the new Pentax D FA 28-105mm F3.5-5.6ED DC WR HD Lens) over the past 3 weeks. Mainly shooting around New York City, especially during the middle of the night working on my NYC Nights ebook project. And, after spending this past week in Arizona and Utah shooting in a variety of sites far from civilization during the harshness of Southwestern daylight. Conclusion? I'm still smiling about my decision. Pentax, what a home run of a machine you've created! The possibilities available with this camera - inventiveness of design, ease of layout, imaging options, customization, robust RAW file generation, ISO capabilities, user friendliness, dynamic range, solidness (can kinda go on and on in no particular order). What a pleasure it is roaming around any shoot scenario knowing you have a camera that can handle whatever is thrown at it. Battery life is ridiculous. I have 3 new batteries, pretty much used only 1 on my Southwest Trip shooting close to 2,000 RAW images on a single charge, around 1,000 on 1 of the other batteries. Dual memory card slots worked perfectly (using 2 SanDisk Extreme PRO SDSDXPA-064G-X46 SDXC Flash Memory Card with a SanDisk Extreme PRO SDSDXPA-128G-X46 SDXC Flash Memory Card as my backup). I've attached a sample image from the trip from the North Rim of the Grand Canyon - 5 exposure image merged in Photomatix, post in Adobe Camera Raw, slight contrast and warmth in Adobe Photoshop CC 2015. Can't recommend this camera any more highly - you will be smiling all the time while using it :-) . . .