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Finally! Pentax K-1 is official... Pre-order and Open Day information
IF I decide to get a K-1 do I go the whole hog and get a new lens as well? I have an old 18-80mm in perfect condition but of course doesn't have an electronic focus motor and has mixed reviews, so would this be a false economy? I assume you mean 28-80. I doubt an old kit lens will be able to really...
Posted by Jonathan-Mac on 02/03/2016 - 21:44
Finally! Pentax K-1 is official... Pre-order and Open Day information
I just had a play with one. The first thing I did was put it into MF and try manual focus with a 77ltd wide open - viewfinder is much better for this, with more successful focussing, and more comfortable. Not anything like a classic film camera finder but definitely a step up. Seems a great camera a...
Posted by Pentaxophile on 11/03/2016 - 16:50
Finally! Pentax K-1 is official... Pre-order and Open Day information
Great to see you back Will ! I thought you must have gone all Sony or something 8) I've missed your input here for a while now. Pleased to hear you liked the K1 ....I wonder if it will be the temptation needed to bring a few ex-Pentaxians back... ?
Posted by McGregNi on 11/03/2016 - 17:18
Finally! Pentax K-1 is official... Pre-order and Open Day information
My first impression was that the K1 was considerably bulkier than the K3 but came to believe it was largely illusory. Looking from above the smaller LCD against the larger top surface and bigger pentaprism made it look bigger than it was. It is of course bigger front to back but side by side with a ...
Posted by mayday on 20/03/2016 - 18:06
APSc or 35mm full frame??
This is all very interesting. I realize the decrease in depth of field would be an advantage. Improved SR and auto focus will help, probably without me realizing it most of the time. The flip screen would be good. All round update on my K5 would probably be worth thinking about. Lack of on boa...
Posted by doingthebobs on 21/02/2016 - 00:30
APSc or 35mm full frame??
The size/weight thing is very personal. There's lots of highly committed landscape photographers who will happily lug full-frame DSLRs with a choice of lenses and tripod up mountains for the ultimate quality. But if you feel you might weaken, even once, and can't face the burden, then you'll be happ...
Posted by bwlchmawr on 21/02/2016 - 08:18
APSc or 35mm full frame??
For a more informed discussion on the K-1 and APS-C vs FF debate, I prefer to listen to . I find this guy like an androgynous alien, so I'm mostly watching for his wife Chelsea. Ed from photouniverse just reminds me of a paranoid conspiracy theory guy living in tin foil hats so the government a...
Posted by richandfleur on 21/02/2016 - 20:10
APSc or 35mm full frame??
My main interest in the Pentax K-1 would be how the camera performs in northern lights photography and also landscape, thus the wide angle lens choices are important. Besides the very expensive D-FA 15-30/2.8, what wide angle options are there for Pentax fullframe? Well, there is the Samyang 14/2.8,...
Posted by johnha on 21/02/2016 - 23:17
APSc or 35mm full frame??
A 'proper' viewfinder for manual focus is EVF with digital zone and focus peaking.
Posted by richandfleur on 22/02/2016 - 08:50
APSc or 35mm full frame??
Yes, those decades old manual focus lenses were just WAY ahead of their time ... :D
Posted by McGregNi on 22/02/2016 - 09:13
APSc or 35mm full frame??
A 'proper' viewfinder for manual focus is EVF with digital zone and focus peaking. I disagree. I never have problems focusing my MX which, obviously, has none of those features. The "proper" viewfinder is something big and clear, it can be optical, it can be electronic, but it shouldn't feel like ...
Posted by womble on 22/02/2016 - 12:22
APSc or 35mm full frame??
Whoops, I should have said on a digital camera. Agree, the original 'FF' 35mm camera with optical viewfinder and those cool split focussing screens was a joy. Not sure about others, but I can definitely say that I haven't found the same feel, enjoyment and certainty around manual focussing on ...
Posted by richandfleur on 22/02/2016 - 21:05
Battery oddity?
Hello - I have a K 5 and second battery grip with which I am generally very happy. It does have a little oddity; with both batteries having a reasonable level of charge, the battery indicator will fairly rapidly show a dropping charge. If I turn the camera off, and then back on full charge is ...
Posted by george_in_georgia on 21/02/2016 - 16:45
Battery oddity?
Many thanks for the comments and suggestions. Just today it did its "thing" and I continued shooting even though the "meter" showed no charge. Things went well; the "session" was about 30 minutes - Grandson Gabriel's third birthday - and the camera was on the entire time. Just now I turned it on ...
Posted by george_in_georgia on 21/02/2016 - 23:26
Battery oddity?
I've had this same erratic behavior as described before on 4 generations of Pentax cameras (K-20, K-r, K-30, K-S1). It does occur on both original Pentax Li-Ion or third party (I use Hahnel). Fully charged Li-Ion would go to half empty right after utilizing live-view or video-mode. Turning the ca...
Posted by dragra on 20/03/2016 - 15:16
Battery oddity?
Just noticed this on my K50 with 4x rechargeable AA batteries, using live view and a large Sigma lens both of which drain power fast. Charge level went right down after a few shots but now it's back to full. I do find that the Pentax battery is much better in this respect. Like the man says, always ...
Posted by RobL on 25/03/2016 - 08:39
Advice - shooting ice skaters!
I'm a portrait guy, not an action photography guy, but my 11 year old daughter is having an ice skating party tomorrow so I thought I would take the K3 along. I'm not really up on the best mode to use in terms of tracking on my K3 but would welcome some wisdomfrom those who do this all the time! ...
Posted by saxon on 26/02/2016 - 20:55
Choices, Choices...
May well be right. One of those faq type things. They normally do this type of promotion every year which is I guess a way of reducing the price on the quiet. Who knows now all focus is on the K-1. Bound to be a lot of trade ins as stated. bought late, weeks before the K3 II, so got a fantastic...
Posted by wvbarnes on 02/03/2016 - 13:35
Choices, Choices...
I assume you've got a fair selection of FF capable lenses that are just aching to be used to their true potential I'm not convinced they will! Results of older FF lenses on my K7 and K5iis have been soft, then I like the slightly retro look. And using them on my Q S1 really does give me a hint of ...
Posted by beakynet on 08/03/2016 - 16:04
Choices, Choices...
John, you've got the new 150-450mm haven't you? That would be plenty of reach on the K1 without too much cropping I'd have thought ... Regarding macro, am I right in assuming that (with the same lens, say a HD FA 100mm) the focus distances would be smaller to achieve the same frame filling magni...
Posted by McGregNi on 12/03/2016 - 09:24
