Right off, I would just like to say that the K3 is the first Pentax SLR
camera I have owned, whether digital or film, other than the 6x7, which
just works.
I like this camera. It's easy to use and very capable.
One gripe, and this is pretty minor: When the K7 came out, they had
broken the OK button, then they fixed it. They broke it again on the K5,
and on the K3, they left it broken, but put on another button to switch
from AF point selection to operating controls. I preferred the K7 way
after they had fixed it.
So it goes, it didn't take much getting used to.
I shot everything off a tripod with wired remote today, so I can't
attest to the camera's handling. The tripod didn't tip over once.
I shot with the 77 Ltd, the 70Ltd, the DA*55/1.4 and the A*85/1.4. I was
stopped down to the f/5.6 to f/8 range (small shooting space these days,
my lights are overpowered for it).
The auto focus works under studio lights. This is a first for me with
Pentax. Every Pentax AF SLR camera I've had prior to this one has had
flakey AF in the studio. I'm very happy with the auto focus. They seem
to have done some improvement to the focusing screen as well. I found
focusing with the 85 to be very easy as well. I suspect I will be
leaving the screen alone and not install a Katz-Eye in this camera.
I hate to say it, but there are still not enough AF points...... Because
they are almost all packed into the central rectangle on the screen,
there are still a lot of times I am not placing the focus point on an
eye unless I want to compromise the composition or recompose (possibly
knocking the eye out of focus anyway). However, the AF is better in
every respect than previous Pentax SLRs. I didn't try LiveView AF today.
Perhaps next time.
Anyway, this could have been done by any camera, but it was done with
the K3 at ISO 100, with the 70mm Ltd at f/4.5.
http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrphoto/pictures/elle1.html
bill
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