and only a few years ago Hogan was confidently predicting Pentax's
demise, or ignoring it entirely.
C'est la vie.
On 10/8/2013 7:07 AM, Darren Addy wrote:
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
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