The glass rendered bright of course but there was no light to speak of in the room, just a bit of a glow from a distant television. In other tests, I was also able to get the DA* 50-135 to focus on the wood grain of cabinets in the dark and distant kitchen. This all came after a rather frustrating day shooting a birthday party in an indoor kid playground, which while not brightly lit, wasn't horribly dim. Had a hell of a time getting focus with the K-5. The metal halide lighting may have had something to do with it, but I'm relieved to see how well the K-3 focuses. My initial impression: no comparison.
Paul On Nov 7, 2013, at 2:24 PM, Jack Davis <[email protected]> wrote: > Paul, I'll never know, but that glass of scotch was at least printed bright > enough that I feel my K-5 would have had no trouble focusing on it. > May have to mix up a few this evening and give it a try. (Hic!) > > Jack > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > Cc: > Sent: Thursday, November 7, 2013 10:35 AM > Subject: Re: Real world looks at the K-3 AF > > > On Nov 7, 2013, at 1:14 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Thu, Nov 07, 2013 at 10:13:24AM -0800, Jack Davis wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> ________________________________ >>> From: Jack Davis <[email protected]> >>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Thursday, November 7, 2013 10:08 AM >>> Subject: Re: Real world looks at the K-3 AF >>> >>> >>> >>> These are nice Images, but not beyond what one might get with the K-5 (or >>> earlier). The difference would lie in the success ratio of image production >> >> I think that was his point. That the camera was focusing much better and >> faster. > > It's noticeably better at focusing in low light. Last night, when I shot my > glass of scotch in near darkness, I couldn't help but think that while noise > at ISO 51200 may slightly exceed that of the K-5 (as noted by Bill). I > couldn't have taken that pic with the K-5, as it would never focus in that > minimal amount of light. Looking forward to getting out and shooting some > birds. But locked in editorial hell right now. > > Paul >> >>> >>> Jack >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ________________________________ >>> From: Darren Addy <[email protected]> >>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Thursday, November 7, 2013 9:26 AM >>> Subject: Real world looks at the K-3 AF >>> >>> >>> I realize that a lot of people here hate Pentax Forums, but you might >>> want to take a look at these showing the K-3 AF performance. Birds in >>> flight (BIF) are very challenging, as I'm sure most of us already >>> know. >>> >>> Thread 1: >>> https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/172-pentax-k-3/241522-k-3-bird-flight.html >>> Thread 2: >>> https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/172-pentax-k-3/241586-my-k-3-af-experiences.html >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >> >> -- >> Larry Colen [email protected] http://red4est.com/lrc > >> >> >> -- >> 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. > > -- > 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.
