On Fri, 11 May 2018 17:18:42 -0600 Bill wrote: > > We discussed the changes from the K1 to the K1II. For practical > purposes there are three. The signal processor is all about cleaning up high > ISO signals. It should have little to no effect at low ISO, no matter what DPReview and Forums Neurotica say. > > Handheld pixel shift has been discussed ad nauseam on Forums Neurotica. > What Ricoh is saying is that the photographer needs a pretty steady hand to > make it work properly. The native shake caused by shutter bounce is enough to make it work. > > The biggie, and what should be of interest is that they have rewritten > the AF algorithm, the result being that autofocus has been sped up > considerably. Gone is the slow down as the lens approaches focus, gone is the check/double check routine that made the AF the most accurate in the business at the expense of speed (well, except for the K5 and it's colour failure assisted focus botch). > > The AF algorithm should put Pentax into the AF speed game, except for > the limited number of focus points. Expect a new camera to address that.
Sounds good, too bad they don't seem to be able to address that in the original K1 firmware ... I will wait for the next iteration and skip the K1 II. Thanks for the heads up! Regards, JvW ------------------------------------------------------------------ Jan van Wijk; http://www.dfsee.com Flickr : jvw_pentax -- 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.
