Your never believe it in this months practical photography has a review of the k-s2
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Posted 14/05/2015 - 16:47
It's always a personal view and experience. What works for the one does not work for the other.
So just take it with a pinch of salt
Pentax K10D + Vivitar 55/2.8 macro + Super Takumar 55/1.8 + SuperMultiCoated Takumar 85/1.8 + SuperMultiCoated Takumar 135/3.5 + SuperMultiCoated Takumar 200/4 + Super Takumar 300/4
Pentax K100D + DA18-55ALII + DA55-300
Pentax K5 + FA31Ltd + M50/1.7 + DFA100WR + M120/2.8 (+ DA18-55WR at occasion)
So just take it with a pinch of salt
Pentax K10D + Vivitar 55/2.8 macro + Super Takumar 55/1.8 + SuperMultiCoated Takumar 85/1.8 + SuperMultiCoated Takumar 135/3.5 + SuperMultiCoated Takumar 200/4 + Super Takumar 300/4
Pentax K100D + DA18-55ALII + DA55-300
Pentax K5 + FA31Ltd + M50/1.7 + DFA100WR + M120/2.8 (+ DA18-55WR at occasion)
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Posted 14/05/2015 - 22:24
python118 wrote:
pros weather- and dust-resistant body great image quality, wi-fi and nfc, flip screen.
Cons Unintuitive menu, restricted autofocus, frame coverage, uncomfortable handling, limitid video functionality, and low battery life
pros weather- and dust-resistant body great image quality, wi-fi and nfc, flip screen.
Cons Unintuitive menu, restricted autofocus, frame coverage, uncomfortable handling, limitid video functionality, and low battery life
Sounds fair to me.
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Posted 15/05/2015 - 15:18
10 pages on they say its the Best DSLR Advanced camera for 2015.Jusy goes to show that you take these magazine reviews with a pinch of salt.
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Posted 15/05/2015 - 18:27
I don't have that camera but I find the menu thing very curious. I have often heard Pentax moaned at for the menus, but have always found them straightforward and easy to use compared to other makes I have used. Very odd.
The cameras we use at work are all by the same manufacturer but all different models, and they don't even have the on-off switch in the same place! The three Pentax dSLRs I have had all have it in the same place, around the shutter button just under your index finger. Works for me! I have barely touched the K-3 manual because 95% of things work just the same as the K10 and K20.
K.
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Lots of film bodies, a couple of digital ones, too many lenses (mainly older glass) and a Horseman LE 5x4.
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The cameras we use at work are all by the same manufacturer but all different models, and they don't even have the on-off switch in the same place! The three Pentax dSLRs I have had all have it in the same place, around the shutter button just under your index finger. Works for me!
I have barely touched the K-3 manual because 95% of things work just the same as the K10 and K20.K.
Kris Lockyear
It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera… they are made with the eye, heart and head. Henri Cartier-Bresson
Lots of film bodies, a couple of digital ones, too many lenses (mainly older glass) and a Horseman LE 5x4.
My website
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Posted 17/05/2015 - 11:27
I see they have a memory card holder as one of the free gifts.
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Posted 17/05/2015 - 18:37
womble wrote:
I don't have that camera but I find the menu thing very curious. I have often heard Pentax moaned at for the menus, but have always found them straightforward and easy to use compared to other makes I have used. Very odd.
The cameras we use at work are all by the same manufacturer but all different models, and they don't even have the on-off switch in the same place! The three Pentax dSLRs I have had all have it in the same place, around the shutter button just under your index finger. Works for me! I have barely touched the K-3 manual because 95% of things work just the same as the K10 and K20.
K.
I don't have that camera but I find the menu thing very curious. I have often heard Pentax moaned at for the menus, but have always found them straightforward and easy to use compared to other makes I have used. Very odd.
The cameras we use at work are all by the same manufacturer but all different models, and they don't even have the on-off switch in the same place! The three Pentax dSLRs I have had all have it in the same place, around the shutter button just under your index finger. Works for me!
I have barely touched the K-3 manual because 95% of things work just the same as the K10 and K20.K.
Agree 100%
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Posted 17/05/2015 - 21:06
womble wrote:
I don't have that camera but I find the menu thing very curious. I have often heard Pentax moaned at for the menus, but have always found them straightforward and easy to use compared to other makes I have used.
K.
I don't have that camera but I find the menu thing very curious. I have often heard Pentax moaned at for the menus, but have always found them straightforward and easy to use compared to other makes I have used.
K.
I agree. The Canon menu is very odd. I guess it's what we're used to, but all too often I'm standing in the middle of a field, scratching my head, trying to find so feature buried deep within the camera.
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Posted 26/05/2015 - 02:35
python118 wrote:
Cons Unintuitive menu...
Cons Unintuitive menu...
Translation: "not a CaNikOny like my usual cameras".
K3/K5/10-17fisheye/15mmDA Ltd/18-55WR/55-300DA/100DFAMacroWR/50F1.4M/200F4M/DA*200F2.8/DA*300F4/DA*50-135/DA*60-250/Mitsuki 400F5.6/others.
Last Edited by Dave-L on 26/05/2015 - 02:37
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Cons Unintuitive menu, restricted autofocus, frame coverage, uncomfortable handling, limitid video functionality, and low battery life
Regards Dave