Sublime images...first three are really top notch.

The bokeh and rendering at that aperture are really something else.

regards

Karlo

He had a great sense of humour...especially liked his quip about not buying green bananas anymore!

May his soul find peace and new vistas to explore and condolences to his family.

Karlo

This combo works really well together and has hardly been off my camera since I acquired it in November.

Spad...these aircraft are landing on newer runway from Knutsford direction.

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Very nice...nos 1 and 3 in particular for me also.

Too specialised a camera for me...but in the hands of an especially talented creative this could be a real gift.

It should be very profitable for Pentax given the very limited extra drain on its resources to bring it to market...I hope they do well with it.

I should imagine the next iteration of the K3III might be the specialised 'Astro' version they have mentioned previously.

I just hope that they don't forget their core base of enthusiastic amateurs in their quest for new niche markets to occupy.

By omitting the flippy screen i'm guessing they could have designed the camera at the outset to take a flippy screen in version II.

Manufacturing consumer goods seems to be all about ...'How can we maximise our revenue and profit stream over the next x years' rather than
'How can we produce the best possible product NOW for our customer base'.

K3III with 18-135 lens...LAST TWO now at AMZ for £1672.

Hopefully this might presage a permanent reduction in the body only price going forward as consumer spending bombs.

[quote:3496ace15f="Spad"]Isn't there a sale on at the minute on the flying penis funding site???[/quote

Quite probably...but then again there usually is one on almost any time you check. This one presumably is designed to intercept Easter business that might otherwise have gone to high street dealers.

Vaguely remember reading from an interview with head of Ricoh or Pentax recently where he alluded to having just one main outlet in each country...if Amazon operate in that country presumably he's talking about throwing their long suffering dealers 'under the bus'?

As title.

Also got some other competitive deals on K-3III with 18-135 for £1850

Black K3III for some reason is £200 more than the silver at £1600

K-70 body is £499...£200 less than SRS !

SRS are quoting K-3III bodies now as 'Special Order' on 9 day delivery!

Controversially...raises the question is Ricoh deliberately undercutting its UK dealers with its Amazon pricing?

That's an incredible result...really impressed.

As the others have said!

Karlo