And the last one: My reply interspersed.
On 10/11/2013 5:05 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
I do my best to simply ignore the hype and silliness, find the data, and understand it.
Well, of course.
The K-3 looks to have some interesting specs and features. The AA simulation is one of them, a 24 MPixel sensor isn't anything particularly new or fascinating. Let's hope it doesn't make Larry sad and hasn't lost any of the sensitivity that he finds the K5 to be the standard for.
Personally, I think that the AA thingie is extremely dangerous. Say you have metering problems - this you can fix at shooting time. Or if you have AF problems - you can always focus manually. Now, if this AA thing is not 120% reliable - you have a huge pile of expensive paperweight in your hands... IMHO, of course.
I hope the K-3 makes all of those who buy it happy is the most I can say. It's the highest end digital SLR Pentax has yet produced.
Yes, it is exactly that - the highest end digital SLR Pentax has yet produced.
One thing I was kind of confused about was that I saw an advertisement for the K-3 ... offered at $1300 body only (a good price point), then offered as a kit at $1630with an 18-135/4-5.6 lens or something like that? To me, that makes little sense - buy a pro spec body and fit it with a slow wide-zoom lens as your hallmark kit? Why not offer a kit with a pro spec lens, an f/2.8 or f/4 constant aperture zoom in a more sensibly modest range? I never understand why companies do stuff like that. I never buy SLR cameras as kits unless that's the only way you can buy them. Kit lenses are almost to the one junk, a waste of the extra money. But that's quibbling over marketing BS.
I think that Pentax puts certain emphasis on the weather resistance of its gear. The 18-135/3.5-5.6 (if I am not mistaken) is the only lens Pentax can offer between DA 18-55 WR and DA* 16-50/2.8. So, it appears perfectly logical to me. Canon sells 5DM3 with L 24-105/4 as a kit lens, which is less fancy than L 24-70/2.8, but less expensive too. Boris -- 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.
