Thanks for sharing. Nice to know :-) Regards Jens -- Treat others as you would like to be treated yourself.
On Nov 5, 2013 04:29 "Mark C" <[email protected]> wrote: > The UPS truck finally pulled up around 9 PM this evening - I was > starting to worry that my K-3 had gotten lost. Open the box, popped on > a > lens, dropped in a spare battery, set the date and time (but forgot to > save them).... Within about 2 minutes the first shot was snapped: > > http://calarti.com/peso/IMGP0001.jpg > > K-3 and FA 50 f1.7 / 1/30th @ F2.8. > > I'm planning on taking another shot tomorrow :-) > > Impressions: > > 1. Slightly larger and noticeably heavier than the K-5, but feels > great > in the hand. The grip felt perfect. Build quality feels rock solid. > > 2. Quiet shutter, quieter than the K-5. > > 3. Rear screen is excellent. > > 4. Slightly different layout of the controls / buttons, but totally > intuitive. Haven't looked at the manual yet, though I'm probably > missing > stuff if I don't. The biggest challenge was disabling auto ISO, which > took about 20 seconds to decipher. > > 5. AF is significantly improved - faster, more precise, locks on the > subject quickly. I was shooting in rather dim light and it did hunt a > bit here and there, especially with the black cats. > > 6.Auto white balance is good but not perfect. > > 7. I notice noise at ISO 1600. I took the same shot (minus the cat) > with > the K-5 and notice noise in it too. They seem comparable, but one shot > is not much of a basis for comparison. > > 8. Two 32 gig cards (I was lucky and got the "free card" deal from > B&W) > show up with a nominal storage count of ~1200 DNG files. Given how > conservative Pentax is with their storage estimates I expect actual > file > storage to be much higher. > > I won't get a chance to really run it through its paces till this > weekend, but I'm excited. Looks like an excellent upgrade over the > K-5, > which is no slouch of a camera... > > Mark > > -- > 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.
