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'Best' AF Pentax DSLR?
When I first got the K1 I was blown away by the sharpness of the Sigma 150-450, much better than I had found on the K50.She showed me a whole mass of birds in flight she shot last month using the K-3 and eith a Tamron 70-300mm or the Pentax 150-450mm and she nailed the focus is virtually every one. ...
Posted by Chrism8 on 04/10/2020 - 15:06
'Best' AF Pentax DSLR?
This isn't exactly about tracking but I'd welcome other peoples' wisdom. I got fed up with all those AF points long ago because if you focused on something you could guarantee the damn machine would pick the "correct" point by itself and ruin the shot. Consequently, I only use the center point for A...
Posted by RobL on 31/10/2020 - 08:20
'Best' AF Pentax DSLR?
You are right. How could any camera know where you want to focus? Only you know that.
Posted by johnriley on 31/10/2020 - 09:49
'Best' AF Pentax DSLR?
you use the AF selection to suit the subject. For landscape I will use a small area to select foreground, middle and horizon for focus stacking; for portraits I use the selective single point to target the eyes and often wish there were more nearer the edge of the frame to save recomposing. Agree 10...
Posted by Lubbyman on 31/10/2020 - 10:19
Flucard not updating on iOS
Hi Just wondered if other people have had issues with camera and phone downloads since the iOS 14 update. Ivan enable the flu card, connect phone to camera, but I cannot access any new photos taken in the recent weeks. I can access photos going back from August, but nothing else. I am currently a...
Posted by Sparkie67 on 06/10/2020 - 17:10
Servicing for Pentax cameras
Hi all My local camera shop doesn't service/repair Pentax cameras, suggesting I go direct to Pentax. Are there any local alternatives, or is going through Pentax/Ricoh the only option? I was hoping to get some help with a few focus issues, which I wonder may be down to the mirror assembly nee...
Posted by mattie on 15/10/2020 - 09:51
Servicing for Pentax cameras
Hi all My local camera shop doesn't service/repair Pentax cameras, suggesting I go direct to Pentax. Are there any local alternatives, or is going through Pentax/Ricoh the only option? I was hoping to get some help with a few focus issues, which I wonder may be down to the mirror assembly nee...
Posted by pschlute on 15/10/2020 - 11:02
Servicing for Pentax cameras
Thanks Peter The camera needs a service in general, it looks like I've been hammering nails in a swamp with it, but the focus issue is a bit vexing. Basically, the image can look perfectly focused through the viewfinder, I've lined up the AF sensor exactly over the (for example) eyes of the su...
Posted by mattie on 15/10/2020 - 11:27
Servicing for Pentax cameras
OK this is what I would advise. 1. Buy a hammer for your next swamp visit, don't use the camera. :D 2. Adjust the dioptre on the camera to make sure it is still at the optimal setting. 3. Use a rocket blower inside the mirror box in Sensor cleaning mode. The aim of this is to get rid of an...
Posted by pschlute on 15/10/2020 - 14:17
Progress report on PENTAX's new APS-C-format digital SLR flagship camera: officially named PENTAX K-3 Mark III
I got sent the update via email from RIcoh. I was distinctly unimpressed to get a long list of a couple of pages of every feature that almost all DSLRs have, many from day 1 ! I searched through to find the mind blowing step change and I couldn't. I changed to the Nikon D500 3 years back but kept ...
Posted by dcweather on 30/10/2020 - 19:13
Progress report on PENTAX's new APS-C-format digital SLR flagship camera: officially named PENTAX K-3 Mark III
I got sent the update via email from RIcoh. I was distinctly unimpressed to get a long list of a couple of pages of every feature that almost all DSLRs have, many from day 1 ! I searched through to find the mind blowing step change and I couldn't. I changed to the Nikon D500 3 years back but kept ...
Posted by pschlute on 30/10/2020 - 20:06
Progress report on PENTAX's new APS-C-format digital SLR flagship camera: officially named PENTAX K-3 Mark III
Larger viewfinder looks great. If you are going to make optical viewfinder a feature then it needs to be impressive. (Personally I don't find any of the APS-C viewfinders big enough / a comparison to the film days, so I'd be all for something larger). 12fps burst shooting is impressive. Any ...
Posted by richandfleur on 02/11/2020 - 23:14
Progress report on PENTAX's new APS-C-format digital SLR flagship camera: officially named PENTAX K-3 Mark III
I noticed the movie stabilisation was now back to mechanical, which is something that has been asked for for a few years.
Posted by johnriley on 25/12/2020 - 17:12
Progress report on PENTAX's new APS-C-format digital SLR flagship camera: officially named PENTAX K-3 Mark III
The K10D and that era of cameras introduced a new brighter focus screen. While good for open aperture metering it was a disaster for stop down. I thought they had solved the problem by the time the K3 was launched. My K1 meters perfectly in stop down.
Posted by pschlute on 28/12/2020 - 11:00
On-off switch problem on Pentax K-3 II
My Pentax K-3 II has developed a very sticky on/off switch which is becoming very difficult to operate, any advice on how to deal with this issue would be very welcome. Can it be cleaned with a spray or does it need to be professionally dealt with. Is there anybody in the UK that can deal with it or...
Posted by asroma on 27/10/2020 - 16:11
Interesting development for Pentax Lenses and Sony bodies
I was reading about this yesterday, it doesn't support DC/SDM lenses yet but they are saying it will in the future via a firmware update. Must say I would find it slightly ironic if the Sony focused faster with a Pentax lens than an actual Pentax body, already it seems it can use all focus points...
Posted by Mike-P on 30/10/2020 - 13:42
Interesting development for Pentax Lenses and Sony bodies
I’m also very intrigued by this. Looks like a very interesting development. Looking forward to hearing updates about how capable (or not) the focus is.
Posted by Benz3ne on 30/10/2020 - 20:31
The Pentax K-7 Designers' Story (article, 2009)
On May 20, 2009, Pentax announced the K-7 (available from July 2009) as a replacement for the K20D. It introduced an updated version of the Samsung CMOS sensor, but with an entirely new compact design. Notable new features included full metal body construction, a pentaprism viewfinder covering 100% ...
Posted by KeldMikkelsen on 06/11/2020 - 17:27
Connecting cable
Thank you to all who responded. I went for a Micro SD card in an adaptor and it works. Ricoh Pentax came back to say they knew of cases where the card gets stuck in the camera, so I will have to keep that in mind. Cannot say I am a fan of everything being further miniaturised.
Posted by grambuch on 05/12/2020 - 22:16
KS2 dark images with Live View
Over the past year or two, I was getting dark images, but couldn't figure out the cause. Seemed random. Figured out it was the Live View. Using the view finder/objective, only, allows much faster shooting. I'm a neophyte with photography, so forgive the following non-technical explanation. With...
Posted by jimfisch on 14/12/2020 - 14:04
