Just a reminder that our Monthly Competition is up and running, called The Festive Season and Samsung are kindly providing 5 x 128GB PRO Plus SDXC memory cards with SD adapters as prizes. These work well in Pentax cameras and are valuable prizes!

Don't get left out, you have to be in it to win it, and you have 5 chances this month. Also, for this month only you can use new or archive images.

I agree with Rick on this, I'm happy to be identified when liking an image, and I only click Like when something really shouts out at me. Otherwise, I like many images that don't get a click, so there's a threshold that I guess will be different for each of us. Personally, I would leave well alone as it is unless some problem became obvious. Otherwise we have the possibility of creating solutions for problems that are not major issues? Being able to vote anonymously would cover all bases though, hopefully being satisfactory for everyone?

Hello and welcome!

Whereabouts are you? Might be useful to know in case someone has stuff and lives close enough to meet up. Just the area, not the address!

I'm with Rick on this, the K-1 has the edge for me.

It used to be possible to have an optician fit your prescrition into the Pentax correction holder, and I suppose it likely still is.

It seems odd that this hasn't been highlighted before, as it's been asked for for years and is a big step forwards when using older K mount lenses. If it had been I would have had a K-3 III by now...

I've now run a simple test using the SMC Pentax-M 100mm f/2.8 lens and setting the cameras on Av.

K-3 II - As expected, the lens is constantly set wide open, regardless of the aperture set.

K-3 III Monochrome - The lens stops down correctly at all apertures as selected on the lens. This implies this is not a "crippled mount" but a full KAF2. Exposure is also correct throughout.

Now we still need to check this out with a K-3 III just to make sure it wasn't only added to the Monochrome version on the expectation that older lenses might be more likely to be used.

The pictures from the experiment will follow soon as part of an article.

As does the *istDS. This is the dioptre correction adjustment and it is to make sure your eye is focusing on the focusing screen without straining. The optical distance of the screen is about 1 metre, so some may find it hard to see a sharp image. Point the camera at a light, blank surface and change the setting till the etched lines in the viewfinder are sharpest. Then forget about it.

This will set the viewfinder up for your eyesight and manual focusing in particuylar will then be much easier.

I am just looking at the K-3 III Monochrome and am surprised to find that K and M series lenses work normally and stop down normally without using a green button technique. Amazing, so my question is does the K-3 III standard model do the same thing?

If somebody could check that out it would be much appreciated!