Re: K-3 III first shots

[Larry Colen]

> On Mar 9, 2023, at 4:52 PM, Bill  wrote:
> 
> On 3/9/2023 12:48 AM, Larry Colen wrote:
>> The first photo I took with my K-3 III was of the Mazda 3 that I've had for 
>> two weeks.
>> 
>> I've also taken a few of the camellia tree in my yard, starting to bloom, 
>> and a couple of silly test shots yesterday at lunch where I was testing out 
>> shake reduction.  It seems that it ran out at about 0.4 Seconds.
>> 
>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72177720306567461
> Nice shots. I'm curious to know if the AF has been greatly improved over the 
> K3II, and how you like the new viewfinder. I'm expecting that the new AF will 
> port over to a new K1, and I expect they will upsize the new prism for it as 
> well.

I think that I've taken about 20 frames with it so far,  I haven't really 
noticed the AF, except for it being very handy in live view to just touch the 
screen to tell it where to focus.

If I make the effort to pay attention, I can notice the difference in the 
viewfinders between the K-3 and the K-3 III, and when I compare side by side it 
does seem to be pretty close to the K-1.  Mind you, I have shot with the K-1 
thinking it was a K-3 and visa versa.  

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Re: K-3 III first shots

[Larry Colen]

> On Mar 9, 2023, at 4:48 PM, Bill  wrote:
> 
> On 3/9/2023 3:34 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
>> I am curious though, how the laptimes in it will compare to my miatas.
> I always wished they had made a Wankel as an optional engine for the Miata.

Good news, the NC miata shares a chassis with the Rx8, so the Rx8 is pretty 
much a rotary Miata coupe.

> My first two cars were RX-2s. I loved how perky the Wankels were, though they 
> did have to be wound up a bit to get there.

I had an '83 GSL.  Meh, the miata is a much, much better car. When I had a 
broken collarbone my Rx78 stopped running. Eventually I learned that if I 
squirt ATF down the carb the tip seals would seal and it would start.

 I helped a friend do some work on his mid 90's (3rd gen Rx7), absolute horror 
to work on.  


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Re: K-3 III first shots

[Bill]

On 3/9/2023 12:48 AM, Larry Colen wrote:

The first photo I took with my K-3 III was of the Mazda 3 that I've had for two 
weeks.

I've also taken a few of the camellia tree in my yard, starting to bloom, and a 
couple of silly test shots yesterday at lunch where I was testing out shake 
reduction.  It seems that it ran out at about 0.4 Seconds.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72177720306567461
Nice shots. I'm curious to know if the AF has been greatly improved over 
the K3II, and how you like the new viewfinder. I'm expecting that the 
new AF will port over to a new K1, and I expect they will upsize the new 
prism for it as well.


bill
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Re: K-3 III first shots

[Bill]

On 3/9/2023 3:34 PM, Larry Colen wrote:

I am curious though, how the laptimes in it will compare to my miatas.

I always wished they had made a Wankel as an optional engine for the Miata.
My first two cars were RX-2s. I loved how perky the Wankels were, though 
they did have to be wound up a bit to get there.


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Re: K-3 III first shots

[Larry Colen]

> On Mar 9, 2023, at 6:31 AM, Comcast  wrote:
> 
> Love Mazda3. Spent a week with one when I wrote about their unique engine 
> technology. Driving that little honker was a hoot!

I’m very pleased with it. Olga has a 2013 (2nd gen), and my only real complaint 
was the automatic transmission.  I test drove a 2023 (4th Gen), and you can 
only get the manual transmission with premium trim, which seems to focus on 
features that insulate the driver from actually controlling the car, which is 
antithetical to why I want a manual transmission.  I hate that rather than a 
parking brake lever it has a parking brake switch.  Damn it, if I ever need a 
fool proof way of applying the brakes, I don’t want anything more complicated 
than a direct cable between me and the brakes.  Or, for that matter if I need 
to rotate the car 180 degrees in its own length while traveling down a dirt or 
gravel road …

This is a 2015 hatchback with the 2.5l motor and 6 speed, and it had just under 
64K miles.  This morning’s fillup netted me just over 31MPG in a combination of 
mountain and highway driving, vs 27ish in the 2007 Civic and 25 in the Miata. 
The motorhead in me is curious about how the car would do at 13:1 compression 
if tuned to run on 100 octane fuel.  However, I am committed to not spending 
any money on gofast parts that aren’t replacing something that was already worn 
out.  

I am curious though, how the laptimes in it will compare to my miatas.

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Re: K-3 III first shots

[ann sanfedele]

I like your silly shots best.. the flower is a bit too gaudy for me and 
the car is well it si jsut a car.. but
the silly shot brings out the flavor of any old diner or any old coffee 
shop and those are places I love


ann

On 3/9/2023 1:48 AM, Larry Colen wrote:

The first photo I took with my K-3 III was of the Mazda 3 that I've had for two 
weeks.

I've also taken a few of the camellia tree in my yard, starting to bloom, and a 
couple of silly test shots yesterday at lunch where I was testing out shake 
reduction.  It seems that it ran out at about 0.4 Seconds.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72177720306567461


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Re: K-3 III first shots

[Larry Colen]

> On Mar 9, 2023, at 1:14 PM, Henk Terhell  wrote:
> 
> No doubt your K-1 will stay on the shelf for some time.

At least until I need to do some wide Field of View photos, particularly wide 
field of view, wide aperture.  

One of the good things about the K-3III is that they have made some substantive 
changes to the UI, the focus select joystick, and the touch screen completely 
change how things can work.  There seem to be a bunch of other features which I 
think are new, because I did RTFM for all of my previous cameras and don’t 
remember them.  Long story short, this will probably have the most substantial 
learning curve for me since my K100, as every other UI has been an evolutionary 
change over the previous rather than a paradigm shift.  

One thing that I really like about it is that the alternative programming for 
the “function buttons” is actually useful.  

For others with them, I am curious about what features of the K-3 III you found 
the most useful, and/or the most annoying.




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Re: K-3 III first shots

[Henk Terhell]

No doubt your K-1 will stay on the shelf for some time.

Henk

Op do 9 mrt 2023 om 07:48 schreef Larry Colen :

> The first photo I took with my K-3 III was of the Mazda 3 that I've had
> for two weeks.
>
> I've also taken a few of the camellia tree in my yard, starting to bloom,
> and a couple of silly test shots yesterday at lunch where I was testing out
> shake reduction.  It seems that it ran out at about 0.4 Seconds.
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72177720306567461
>
>
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>
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Re: K-3 III first shots

[Daniel J. Matyola]

Lookin' good!

Dan Matyola
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On Thu, Mar 9, 2023 at 1:48 AM Larry Colen  wrote:

> The first photo I took with my K-3 III was of the Mazda 3 that I've had
> for two weeks.
>
> I've also taken a few of the camellia tree in my yard, starting to bloom,
> and a couple of silly test shots yesterday at lunch where I was testing out
> shake reduction.  It seems that it ran out at about 0.4 Seconds.
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72177720306567461
>
>
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Re: K-3 III first shots

[Comcast]

Love Mazda3. Spent a week with one when I wrote about their unique engine 
technology. Driving that little honker was a hoot!

Paul

> On Mar 9, 2023, at 1:48 AM, Larry Colen  wrote:
> 
> The first photo I took with my K-3 III was of the Mazda 3 that I've had for 
> two weeks.
> 
> I've also taken a few of the camellia tree in my yard, starting to bloom, and 
> a couple of silly test shots yesterday at lunch where I was testing out shake 
> reduction.  It seems that it ran out at about 0.4 Seconds.
> 
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72177720306567461
> 
> 
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K-3 III first shots

[Larry Colen]

The first photo I took with my K-3 III was of the Mazda 3 that I've had for two 
weeks.

I've also taken a few of the camellia tree in my yard, starting to bloom, and a 
couple of silly test shots yesterday at lunch where I was testing out shake 
reduction.  It seems that it ran out at about 0.4 Seconds.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72177720306567461


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