Having been following the discussion here about the K3 I thought I would join in and register. I have had one for a month or so having previously had a K511s, K5, K7, K20 and K 10d. Literally upgrading whenever a new "flagship" was released.
Every new purchase has been an improvement on the last and this camera is, as I was hoping and expecting, significantly better in numerous ways. I use my camera almost entirely for birds and wildlife, mainly birds. I have always felt that I was ploughing a lone furrow as a bird photographer….. people constantly telling me that if I wanted to be taken seriously I should flog all my Pentax stuff and get a Canon or Nikon, what a cheek from all those follow the crowd Canon users! My Pentax K3 is a trend setter, love the fact that its waterproof (almost). Anyway the proof of the pudding is in the eating so have a look at the images I took this morning in low light. The camera was teamed up with a Pentax smc DA* 300mm f4.0 ED(IF) SDM. For me an amazingly successful combination.
Please have a look at the photos from this morning by following the link. In all honesty, given the conditions and knowing how hard this little species is to photograph, then I don't see how I could better these shots. http://parrotletsuk.typepad.com/wldlife_in_a_suburban_gar/
Every new purchase has been an improvement on the last and this camera is, as I was hoping and expecting, significantly better in numerous ways. I use my camera almost entirely for birds and wildlife, mainly birds. I have always felt that I was ploughing a lone furrow as a bird photographer….. people constantly telling me that if I wanted to be taken seriously I should flog all my Pentax stuff and get a Canon or Nikon, what a cheek from all those follow the crowd Canon users! My Pentax K3 is a trend setter, love the fact that its waterproof (almost). Anyway the proof of the pudding is in the eating so have a look at the images I took this morning in low light. The camera was teamed up with a Pentax smc DA* 300mm f4.0 ED(IF) SDM. For me an amazingly successful combination.
Please have a look at the photos from this morning by following the link. In all honesty, given the conditions and knowing how hard this little species is to photograph, then I don't see how I could better these shots.
http://parrotletsuk.typepad.com/wldlife_in_a_suburban_gar/