New K3 image - interesting!
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Posted 01/10/2013 - 11:58
That looks amazingly inelegant! 
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Posted 01/10/2013 - 12:05
Now the funny highlight below the K3 logo in the pic below makes sense.
Looks a bit more elegant from the front
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Looks a bit more elegant from the front
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Posted 01/10/2013 - 12:12
Is it just me, or does the faux-leather on the body look cheap and nasty - sort of tacky-looking?? It looks like a brick wearing a leather jacket!! 
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Posted 01/10/2013 - 12:17
what a wierd shape, I wonder what the reason for that is. Still makes the image less likely to be photoshopped.
Points of interest from my POV on that image
1. The built in flash housing looks larger, or am I imagining it?
2. External mic port on the shoulder, not sure if the K-5 already has this?
3. Looks like a flash PC port on the side? nice to see though no surprise in a top end model.
4. No AF.S / AF.C selection on the main AF dial, and a new multi-function button above the AF selector. The top function looks like AF to me, but I can't make out what the second line says.
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Points of interest from my POV on that image
1. The built in flash housing looks larger, or am I imagining it?
2. External mic port on the shoulder, not sure if the K-5 already has this?
3. Looks like a flash PC port on the side? nice to see though no surprise in a top end model.
4. No AF.S / AF.C selection on the main AF dial, and a new multi-function button above the AF selector. The top function looks like AF to me, but I can't make out what the second line says.
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Posted 01/10/2013 - 12:25
Mongoose wrote:
The top function looks like AF to me, but I can't make out what the second line says.
The top function looks like AF to me, but I can't make out what the second line says.
Looks like "AF Mode" button and "AF MF" switch.
Might the lump be something to do with GPS?
Philip
Last Edited by MrB on 01/10/2013 - 12:26
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Posted 01/10/2013 - 12:44
you could be right, the splodge under "AF" could be "Mode"
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Posted 01/10/2013 - 12:47
What an ugly monster.
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Posted 01/10/2013 - 13:03
MrB wrote:
Looks like "AF Mode" button and "AF MF" switch.
Might the lump be something to do with GPS?
Philip
Mongoose wrote:
The top function looks like AF to me, but I can't make out what the second line says.
The top function looks like AF to me, but I can't make out what the second line says.
Looks like "AF Mode" button and "AF MF" switch.
Might the lump be something to do with GPS?
Philip
If that's a GPS antenna wouldn't it be pointing at the ground when held in portrait mode? Or doesn't that sort of thing matter any more?
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Posted 01/10/2013 - 13:05
Whatever it is, it had better be important 
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Posted 01/10/2013 - 13:08
DSLRs tend to be aesthetically challenged. But, yes, the LH bump doesn't look v organic to the design. I sympathise with the designers to some extent, though. I expect their brief was to keep close to the K7/5 bodyform, yet find somewhere to house the GPS (if that's what it is).
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Posted 01/10/2013 - 13:43
Gwyn wrote:
What an ugly monster.
What an ugly monster.
A K-5 body with a small bump turns into an ugly monster? You might be right and it could be a symbol of success - one of the Dragons was renowned for shoulder extensions.
Philip
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Posted 01/10/2013 - 14:30
If it's aimed at pro's I don't think looks are going to matter, performance is more important.
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Last Edited by RussV on 01/10/2013 - 14:43
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