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To trade or not to trade
:D I've found with my Lightroom lens correction profiles, plus a custom colour profile (using the QPcard system) I can get ridiculous results from the MX-1. That said, even the in-camera JPG processing is excellent. My son uses the MX-1 for his art course, and gets many comments about his phot...
Posted by bwlchmawr on 08/03/2015 - 07:35
About Pentax’s long standing AF issue
It was the continual missed focus that led me to sell my k100d Old model for sure but you are right in this has been an issue for a while. Pentax doesn't offer the number of focus points that the others do, being roughly half that of Nikon at last check. I too would like to hear from k-3...
Posted by richandfleur on 27/04/2015 - 20:42
K-01 any fans?
K-01 is based on K5 sensor so it's APSC takes K series lenses, lovely images, what more need be said. OK so there's no viewfinder- you will get used to it but then again the Q doesn't have a viewfinder.. I've had two K-01s and wish I'd still got one but hey that's down to personal circumstances.
Posted by spinno on 06/05/2015 - 15:08
K-01 any fans?
I bought one when the prices started to drop. I've never jelled with it though. Hardly been used really and is listed on gumtree for sale right now actually. The stills are great, the video is rubbish. I find the shutter sound to be very irksome. actually, I almost gringe each time I fire it. ...
Posted by SteveLedger on 06/05/2015 - 22:08
K-01 any fans?
Aside from the Fisher-Price looks, the beast seems to have all the disadvantages of a mirrorless camera with none of the benefits. I like the retention of the K mount, but in doing so the camera had to be very large. It has no EVF. If I don't carry a DSLR then I use the MX-1 (which is also too big f...
Posted by bwlchmawr on 07/05/2015 - 07:27
K-01 any fans?
I own one, it's a lovely camera, takes superb images, but I generally use it indoors, where it excels with manual focus lenses due to the focus peaking. I wouldn't use it in preference to a DSLR, except for indoors, but you have to bear in mind the value for money when buying one of these used. I ...
Posted by davidstorm on 07/05/2015 - 19:25
K-01 any fans?
They are also good for video as long as you turn off the sensor shake reduction. The K-01 has no sensor shake reduction for video, David. Unless you mean't to say 'MovieSR' which I agree with, turn it off!
Posted by SteveLedger on 07/05/2015 - 20:30
K-01 any fans?
They are also good for video as long as you turn off the sensor shake reduction. Yeah unfortunately the K-01 falls into the 'Movie SR' category. Basically no modern Pentax product actually uses the sensor for shake reduction purposes during video recording. Pentax have walked away from this, wit...
Posted by richandfleur on 07/05/2015 - 21:22
K-01 any fans?
They are also good for video as long as you turn off the sensor shake reduction. Yeah unfortunately the K-01 falls into the 'Movie SR' category. Basically no modern Pentax product actually uses the sensor for shake reduction purposes during video recording. Pentax have walked away from this, wit...
Posted by davidstorm on 07/05/2015 - 21:29
K-01 any fans?
The Pentax K-01 was designed by an Australian designer with a trendy reputation called Marc Newson who has designed special edition Leicas and worked for Apple etc. Each camera is 'signed' on the base. Although it had a designer exterior, the inside was up to the minute Pentax with the same highl...
Posted by grahamcoad on 21/07/2015 - 10:08
K-01 any fans?
Horst you will see I have added an optical viewfinder for use in bright conditions. I live in Cornwall where the sun shines all the time 8) The Leica 50mm viewfinder covers a similar field of view to the 35mm f2.4. on the K-01 cropped sensor.
Posted by grahamcoad on 21/07/2015 - 16:27
K-01 any fans?
grahamcod wrote: The Leica 50mm viewfinder covers a similar field of view to the 35mm f2.4. on the K-01 cropped sensor. I had the same idea. I bought the same 35mm f2.4 lens and I thought of buying a Leica 50mm viewfinder, but I didn't wont to spend another 150 dollars. The limitation was then ...
Posted by Horst on 22/07/2015 - 01:34
HD Pentax-DA AF Rear Converter 1.4x AW on FF
Yes that one teleconverter will work with full-frame Pentax lenses to the eventual Pentax full-frame body, but also strongly noting the rather limited range of existing Pentax full-frame glass. That range of full-frame glass working with the full-frame body will still keep all of the highest resolut...
Posted by 50mpCMOS on 29/09/2015 - 22:22
HD Pentax-DA AF Rear Converter 1.4x AW on FF
Yes that one teleconverter will work with full-frame Pentax lenses to the eventual Pentax full-frame body, but also strongly noting the rather limited range of existing Pentax full-frame glass. That range of full-frame glass working with the full-frame body will still keep all of the highest resolut...
Posted by bforbes on 29/09/2015 - 22:31
HD Pentax-DA AF Rear Converter 1.4x AW on FF
I'd be surprised if it doesn't work fine with any FF lens, and I'd expect it to be acceptable with many crop lenses too. Most DA lenses cover sufficiently beyond the crop sensor that the expanded image should cover FF (The portion of image normally getting to a crop sensor would cover 93% of FF afte...
Posted by petrochemist on 01/10/2015 - 03:09
Looking for thoughts from anyone who upgraded from K-5ii to K-3 (or K-3ii) please?
I went K-5 - K-5II - K-3 - K-5IIs. IMO a few things are superior on the K-3 such as more AF points, twin card slots and better cropping ability due to the 24MP sensor but at the same time I found the dynamic range and high ISO performance to be slightly worse. IMO the actual autofocus speed and ...
Posted by Mike-P on 05/10/2015 - 16:39
Looking for thoughts from anyone who upgraded from K-5ii to K-3 (or K-3ii) please?
I'm happy with my K5ii but I don't know if I'd be happier with the K3 if you know what I mean. When you say the K3 was far more of a camera than you needed in what way do you mean? I'd have thought it'd be virtually the same when handling except for the slightly different layout. I went from K7 t...
Posted by LennyBloke on 05/10/2015 - 20:15
Looking for thoughts from anyone who upgraded from K-5ii to K-3 (or K-3ii) please?
I prefer the K3 over the K5 for heavy cropping (I don't have a K5ii or K5iis) because of its 24mp sensor. I sometimes need to do this because my longest lens is the DA*200mm. I've done some massive blow ups which would easily withstand printing at A3. I don't have the K5ll or 11s but I do have the...
Posted by davidtrout on 04/12/2015 - 19:46
Survey of Pentax istD series cameras
I used to have but no longer. The ISO did go up to 3200 anyway. As far as LiveView is concerned, even if they could somehow completely re-programme to camera to hold the mirror-up and have the shutter curtain open, the CCD sensor isn't capable of being run in this way for any length of time; it woul...
Posted by alfpics on 09/02/2016 - 14:20
IstD one of the forerunners of DSLR`s
Well, Pentax were one of the first to showcase a full-frame DSLR - this was prior to *ist series - based on the MZ-S it had a Philips 6MP sensor. Canon, Kodak, Fuji and Nikon were already selling DSLRs by then, but none sold a FF camera Technological dead end - Pentax chose correctly not to proc...
Posted by ilovesaabs on 10/02/2016 - 13:12
