Thom Hogan muses on the K-3 and calls it what Nikon should be offering as a replacement to the D300. http://www.dslrbodies.com/newsviews/meanwhile-meet-the-pentax.html
In it, he makes a cogent defense of the APS-C for serious photographers: "So let me put it as plainly as I can: people want a top DX (or as in the case of the Pentax K-3, APS) system for a reason: everything scales. Size, weight, and price. Sure, the D800 is a great camera. Now stick the f/2.8 or f/4 zooms on it and add up the size, weight, and price. You've left a lot of folk out of the market for a top-end, serious camera. I know a lot of college sports shooters and other pros who are using DX for those reasons: size, weight, and price. They can't afford a full out FX system, nor do they want to travel with one given the airline carry-on hassle we get these days." On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 5:52 AM, Stan Halpin <[email protected]> wrote: > Just looked at Attila's link: > >> There's also a brand-new button at the bottom right of the corner. As I've >> already alluded to, the Pentax K-3 has dual flash card slots, and this >> button is used in Playback mode to switch between the two, letting you >> choose from which card to view images and movies. In Record mode, the same >> button is used to toggle the Four-way controller between its primary and >> secondary functions -- either the functions marked on each of the four arrow >> buttons, or autofocus point selection. (If you're using 27-point autofocus, >> the button doesn't do anything in Record mode.) > > stan > > On Oct 8, 2013, at 6:36 AM, Stan Halpin wrote: > >> >> On Oct 8, 2013, at 3:42 AM, Larry Colen wrote: >> >>> On Tue, Oct 08, 2013 at 08:20:01AM +0200, Jan van Wijk wrote: >>>> Hi Larry, >>>> >>>> On Mon, 7 Oct 2013 14:27:42 -0700 Larry Colen wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Looking at: >>>>> http://www.cameraegg.org/pentax-k-3-full-images-and-price/ >>>>> >>>>> Note that there seems to be a dedicated button for switching the fiveway >>>>> switch between focus point selection and the other functions. >>>> >>>> What button would that be? Don't see it ... >>> >>> http://www.cameraegg.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Pentax-K3-2.jpg >>> >>> On the bottom right, it seems to share function with selecting >>> memory cards. It has the graphic of the position selector over >>> the turquoise pictures of the cards. >>> >> >> Could be. I am not sure why a user would want to regularly quickly switch >> between cards, and it seems foolish to have a button to toggle a selection >> like that - it would be too easy to hit it by mistake. So my speculation is >> that the card-switch is like the ISO or ExpComp changes: hold a button while >> turning a dial or, in this case, while using the five-way to select which >> card slot to write to. >> >> stan >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Nothing is sure but death and Pentaxes. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
