Originally Posted by
alamo5000
With Pentax primes (what I use) the fastest you can get is f1.8 with a couple of exceptions. They are not as fast as cannon or Nikon lenses but the build quality exceeds both of those. Pentax only offers at present crop camera and medium format. In your price range crop is it since an entry level medium format body is about 10 grand....
Pentax primes are small and light and have superb build quality. The trade off is the lenses typically are not as fast.