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Pentax K3 II or Olympus OM-D EM-5 II?
Yes, you're quite correct, adapted lenses won't work with automatic MF magnification unless you're using an adapter with contacts. None of my lenses have contacts anyway. But it is very cool. You can assign magnification to one of the four function buttons. I tried doing it in Jessops this morning ...
Posted by madmazda86 on 06/05/2015 - 10:57
Pentax K3 II or Olympus OM-D EM-5 II?
You do seem to have some conflicting aims, or at least it's not always perfectly clear what is your main objective with your upgrade plans ....is it more compactness, lighter weight, ruggedness and durability..... .?? The K3 is not a 'small' camera, yet you consider it alongside other smaller form f...
Posted by McGregNi on 06/05/2015 - 19:40
Pentax K3 II or Olympus OM-D EM-5 II?
Yeah, the trouble is I have more than one objective, really. I mainly use my k-m out and about, I very rarely use it indoors. But the reason I do have the freedom to use it out and about as much as I do is because it is smaller than the other Pentax dSLRs (I know the KS-2 is the same size almost as ...
Posted by madmazda86 on 07/05/2015 - 13:25
Pentax K3 II or Olympus OM-D EM-5 II?
I love my old lenses as well, but there are situations where they are limiting, mainly in dynamic shooting where there's movement (ie with little kids it's rare to really nail the focus with manual I find whereas autofocus gives me many many more hits), plus the inevitable delay in metering on the...
Posted by McGregNi on 07/05/2015 - 14:32
Pentax K3 II or Olympus OM-D EM-5 II?
I'm planning to borrow an Olympus EM-1 this weekend under the Test and Wow scheme at my local camera dealer - it uses the same sensor and EVF as the EM5 mk II. I'm taking it to a place that I've shot with Pentax before so I can compare the images. I'll let everyone know how I get on! As an ex-Pentax...
Posted by Greytop on 16/05/2015 - 11:53
Pentax K3 II or Olympus OM-D EM-5 II?
I found the EM-1 easy to use and really customisable. I took some great pictures with it using the kit lens (accidentally auto ISO for most of these until I realised I hadn't actually changed it! The bluebells were done in the 'natural' setting'): https://plus.google.com/photos/104022228082393122...
Posted by madmazda86 on 17/05/2015 - 00:05
Pentax K3 II or Olympus OM-D EM-5 II?
Yup, Richandfleur is correct, you can do that :) I set my k-m up to put the histo on the back LCD but I never paid that much attention to it, going mainly off the look of the pic (amateur approach, but it's worked for me), so I didn't bother to put it on when I took the EM-1 out for the day. I was u...
Posted by madmazda86 on 17/05/2015 - 09:00
Pentax K3 II or Olympus OM-D EM-5 II?
Yeah, you're probably right - I did shoot RAW+JPG with my k-m back when I first got it but I stopped later on because I was working with a 2GB memory card initially and I found the raw files would just sit there and I wouldn't do anything with them. As I said above, when I first started out I used t...
Posted by madmazda86 on 17/05/2015 - 23:02
Bit of a Dilemma
Can't remember which site it was now but i did see a discussion with Sigma and they alluded to the fact they were basically only supporting Canon, Nikon, Sony and M4/3 in the future. The remaining brands sold so few camera bodies there was simply no way they could make back their R&D money. So Penta...
Posted by Russ on 06/05/2015 - 15:12
Bit of a Dilemma
Can't remember which site it was now but i did see a discussion with Sigma and they alluded to the fact they were basically only supporting Canon, Nikon, Sony and M4/3 in the future. The remaining brands sold so few camera bodies there was simply no way they could make back their R&D money. So Penta...
Posted by mountainwalker on 06/05/2015 - 15:16
Bit of a Dilemma
Maybe times are tough for Sigma along with everybody else, so choice suffers. I think it's more the fact that since Sigma upped their game in such a big way with the art and sport range of lenses they can't keep up with demand from Nikon and Canon users never mind other brands. Anyway, I do a f...
Posted by Mike-P on 06/05/2015 - 16:11
Bit of a Dilemma
Good Afternoon Am hoping I have put this in the right place. Currently I have a K5-IIs which is a great camera and has helped me get the bug for photography and move off auto and am taking better pictures all the time (so am told by my local camera club). With the news of the K3-II being re...
Posted by jules on 06/05/2015 - 16:48
K3 Rear LCD probable firmware bug
This was reported by another user, and I've just found it too. It's annoying for low light work :-( Firmware 1.20 (latest) Reproduce: (in darkened room preferably) - click Menu and it shows the menu - click Menu again and LCD is completely black - press AF button, or half press shutter... W...
Posted by mille19 on 07/05/2015 - 23:37
K3 Rear LCD probable firmware bug
Which version are you running? I'm back on 1.11, all OK :-) I feel sorry for anyone who gets the new 150-450mm who need the new 1.20 firmware for it to work properly. I think Pentax/Ricoh need to fix the bug pretty darn quickly.
Posted by mille19 on 08/05/2015 - 11:02
What 'classic' digital pentaz SLR would you recommend
The digitals clearly (?) fall into happy and more workhorse type categories. I'd not want to say enthusiast and pro etc as it's way too subjective. Right along though you'll find the ones with the extra buttons on the body for changing focus type (centre, wider area, whole frame) and metering mo...
Posted by richandfleur on 10/05/2015 - 11:13
What 'classic' digital pentaz SLR would you recommend
My Classic choice: I have come to think of the K5 IIS as the modern day ME Super; I have number of Pentax bodies including a K3 and also a Canon FF but I just carry that K5 IIs everywhere, I just took the bold step (for me) of going on holidays to southern Italy with only the K IIs , t...
Posted by Daronl on 10/05/2015 - 13:08
What 'classic' digital pentaz SLR would you recommend
I've only had the K10D (which Andrew now has), a K20D and a K-3. I really liked the K10, the K20 never seemed sharp to me, and the K-3 has been a revelation. The K20D wasn't usable over ISO400 whereas I regularly use the K-3 at 1600, and on occasions at 3200. The K-3 has resulted in my hardly fin...
Posted by womble on 10/05/2015 - 18:23
What 'classic' digital pentaz SLR would you recommend
I'm not calling classic as my k-30 still behaves the same as the new K-3 in this regard, until proven otherwise. Since the software language change and newer processors in the K-01 / K-30 cameras I believe all new cameras have had these same modes of operations. Open to being proven otherwise. ...
Posted by richandfleur on 11/05/2015 - 09:04
What 'classic' digital pentaz SLR would you recommend
The last Pentax DSLR with a CCD was the K-m surely? The 'mini' was dismissed by most on this forum and is not destined to be a classic, but I won't be getting rid of mine based on its output. No focus point, but it always seems to know where the subject is..
Posted by istdskmk5 on 30/05/2015 - 11:47
What 'classic' digital pentaz SLR would you recommend
thanks for all the replies chaps, now l realise using classic manual SMC M glass has limitations etc on digital bodies but which digital body best lends itself towards using the 'vintage' pentax glass That's an easy one - the cameras you should be looking at if you intend to use vintage glass are t...
Posted by davidstorm on 31/05/2015 - 21:22
