On 19/11/2013 9:10 AM, Darren Addy wrote:
Saw this thread on dpreview: http://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/52547225
The guy has 3 year's experience with the K-5. His verdict is "There is
more visible noise at high ISO starting ISO 640. K-5 shots looked
cleaner. But, man, cropping ability and details of K-3 on top of
faster and more reliable AF, including now working well enough AF.C,
are simply amazing. Also metering is much more accurate, handling
highlights very well."
Some good images of Birds In Flight (BIF) as examples.
I believe that this illustrates why Pentax could very easily come out
with a Full Frame DSLR that has the SAME MP as the K-3 and it would
still be a winner: Larger sensor sites would mean less noise (and
probably better high ISO performance) and so the FF image quality
would top the K-3 (for presumably more money). However, if Pentax
takes what they learned from making the K-3 (in terms of AF
performance, exposure system, high frame rate, and switchable AA) and
it would be a serious Home Run.
This is the main reason that I think that K-5 and K-5ii owners could
pretty easily wait for the FF in 2014, rather than hopping on the K-3
now. Think of it as putting $1299 towards your eventual full frame
body.
At base ISO, the K3 is as good as the K5, and one of the first things I
noticed is how much nicer the K3 files are to work with in my
environment (YMMV). In the studio K3 files are as nice as the K7 files.
I didn't like the look that I got from the K5 as much as the K7 in terms
of flesh tone rendering.
That my K5 had useless AF didn't enamor it to me either. The K3 is
certainly a big upgrade over the K5 on many, many levels. The K5II is
what the K5 should have been except for the bozoness of Hoya, and I
expect the K3 is more of an MP upgrade than anything else.
Anyone using any of the K5 emulations would do well to consider the K3,
unless there is no or minimal investment in small image circle lenses.
I'm OK that way, I have a good selection of each, but someone who buys a
FF camera does need to think about the new glass he might need if he is
changing format from APS-C.
bill
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