Very good to hear. My backup is usually the previous generation camera. That minimizes the upgrade cost, and I've rarely had to use the backup, so any missing capability is largely irrelevant.
Paul via phone > On Oct 31, 2013, at 10:22 PM, Rob Studdert <[email protected]> wrote: > > Good to hear, now I have to work out how to jettison a pair of K5's > and grips and come up with the money to lbuy a pair of K3's :( > > >> On 1 November 2013 13:18, Bill <[email protected]> wrote: >> After owning the thing for all of 6 hours, I can honestly say this is one >> hell of a nice camera. >> Lets get the obvious out of the way: >> The AF is greatly improved over previous Pentax cameras. >> >> This is likely going to be pretty random, and probably fairly long, so bear >> with me if you want >> >> Ricoh is very much in the game here. The box says Ricoh in at least six >> places on all six sides of the box, which is one more that it says Pentax if >> I read it right. On the camera itself, it says Ricoh on the back and on the >> bottom. >> This differs from the K5 box which only says Hoya in fine print on the >> bottom. >> Ricoh seems to want the world to know, in no uncertain terms that this is >> their deal. >> >> On to the camera. It is chunky, this is no featherweight, but it feels good. >> It is definitely bigger and heavier than the K5, though not by much. It >> feels like a K5 that is about 1/2 size larger. >> Typical Pentax interface, which is to say very good. They've added a couple >> of goodies, one of which satisfies one of the things that has annoyed me >> since the K7, which is the 4 way buttons. When the K7 came out, they had >> broken the interface, and then fixed it on the first firmware. On the K5, >> they just left it broken. >> The K3 has a second button that, among other things, toggles the four way >> from AF select to the functions settings. >> I spent some time pushing the OK button expecting a beep before I found the >> cure. >> Nicely done Pentax. >> For those of us that shoot video, we now seem to have AV, TV and manual as >> well as full automatic exposure, along with a toggle to go from video to >> still with the flick of a well, it flicks... >> A toggle, I suppose. >> We now have AF tracking across all 25 or whatever it is AF points. It >> remains to be seen if it works, but hey, they tried. That's gotta be good >> for something. >> Everything seems to be customizable in one way or another. There are three >> user settings that allow custom settings to be locked in. As I expected, you >> can't lock in manual exposure with a set aperture and shutter speed, so >> don't put away the electrical tape yet. >> Note to Pentax: is it really too much trouble to let me disable the dials >> completely so that my camera setting don't get boinked by accident while I'm >> shooting? >> The metering mode switch is gone (yay!!!!). It is now a lever that locks the >> mode dial or not. With the dial unlocked, it turns freely, with it locked, >> the middle button must be pushed while the dial is turned. I like the way >> they have done it. The metering mode switch always screwed me up. >> The metering mode is now a push a button and turn a dial affair. It's fine. >> A 32gb card has a capacity of 598 DNG raw files. If you want to know how >> many PEFs that is, buy a K-3. >> You can put in both the photographer's name and the copyright holder's name >> into whatever file the camera uses for this sort of stuff. >> The screen seems better than the one that came with my K5. I suspect I will >> leave it in and not bother with a Katz Eye screen on this camera. >> The AF mode button leads to madness. I suppose I should read that part of >> the manual. >> I have scheduled a stdio shoot for Nov. 11th, so I am sure I will have a >> better idea of how the thing works after that. >> Overall, my impression is pretty positive so far. The camera seems, on the >> surface, to be more of an evolution than a revolution from previous Pentax >> cameras. To me, this is a good thing. The camera is, while different, >> familiar. >> Sort of like sleeping with your girlfriends twin sister. >> >> bill >> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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. > > > > -- > Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) > Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours > Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio > > -- > 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.
