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Your never believe it in this months practical photography has a review of the k-s2

python118
Posted 14/05/2015 - 12:34 Link
I dont think its a great review a bit disappointing really + 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

Regards Dave
sterretje
Posted 14/05/2015 - 16:47 Link
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)
richandfleur
Posted 14/05/2015 - 22:24 Link
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

Sounds fair to me.
Trubshore
Posted 15/05/2015 - 15:18 Link
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.
womble
Posted 15/05/2015 - 18:27 Link
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.
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.
AuraTodd
Posted 17/05/2015 - 11:27 Link
I see they have a memory card holder as one of the free gifts.
JAK
Posted 17/05/2015 - 18:37 Link
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.

Agree 100%
John K
bwlchmawr
Posted 17/05/2015 - 21:06 Link
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 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.
Best wishes,

Andrew

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Dave-L
Posted 26/05/2015 - 02:35 Link
python118 wrote:

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.
Edited by Dave-L: 26/05/2015 - 02:37

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