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Comment by jules posted on An interesting thought regarding the K5 Vs K3 Conundrum. at 02/12/2013 - 13:07
grahamcoad wrote:
I am getting K-3 results that are "different" from my K-5 Classic.
I enjoy reading all the comments from you more technically savvy and more experienced members, a good learning resource.
So far I have only been 'messing around' with my various lenses and getting the clear impression that AF is generally faster and more accurate, I was initially disappointed that at 100% view on my monitor that there did not seem to be significantly more sharpness, but then I remembered that "100% view" was now about 50% larger than with the K-5 images, magnifying detail and edges and showing up any shortcomings in a most unforgiving way.
Also, unfairly I suppose I was enjoying playing around with my 31mm f1.8 and 50mm f1.2 at wide open apertures, for harsh testing of AF accuracy, in low daylight, tungsten and fluorescent light....(the AF passed!)
BUT....I have also "got real" and viewed images on my (approx) A3 size monitor and printed in A4 and been very happy with the results with far more detail in the A4 prints than my 58 year old eyes can see.
I understand from others that, in essence, the K-3 has gone for general improvements in almost everything, including resolution, at the expense of high ISO performance?
Suits me then.
Thats about it, some reviewers say it's a bit worse regarding noise, some say it's the same, some say it's a little better!!! I am getting K-3 results that are "different" from my K-5 Classic.
I enjoy reading all the comments from you more technically savvy and more experienced members, a good learning resource.
So far I have only been 'messing around' with my various lenses and getting the clear impression that AF is generally faster and more accurate, I was initially disappointed that at 100% view on my monitor that there did not seem to be significantly more sharpness, but then I remembered that "100% view" was now about 50% larger than with the K-5 images, magnifying detail and edges and showing up any shortcomings in a most unforgiving way.
Also, unfairly I suppose I was enjoying playing around with my 31mm f1.8 and 50mm f1.2 at wide open apertures, for harsh testing of AF accuracy, in low daylight, tungsten and fluorescent light....(the AF passed!)
BUT....I have also "got real" and viewed images on my (approx) A3 size monitor and printed in A4 and been very happy with the results with far more detail in the A4 prints than my 58 year old eyes can see.
I understand from others that, in essence, the K-3 has gone for general improvements in almost everything, including resolution, at the expense of high ISO performance?
Suits me then.
Physics would seem to indicate it should be a little worse, if it had only offered below ISO 100, I think it could have matched the K5 for colour as well as DR but not noise, it's not bad but not better either, for my purposes it works and it works very well for more than 90% of my work but I'm doing a David Storm here and trying to claw enough together for another K5 to have the best of both worlds. I'm abandoning the idea of an XE2 Et Al as my back up and going for a Two Pentax body system as soon as funds allow. K3 offers improvemnts at every level of operation and the detail indeed as John mentioned earlier kicks my old D600 into touch!
Comment by jules posted on An interesting thought regarding the K5 Vs K3 Conundrum. at 02/12/2013 - 12:09
richandfleur wrote:
Yeah it's been out what, like 2 weeks or so? Early adopters will pave the way for updates and subsequent hardware models down the line.
That's about when I'll be able to afford one, so if you guys could just iron out all the early wrinkles for me, that would be splendid. Thanks!
He He...Yeah it's been out what, like 2 weeks or so? Early adopters will pave the way for updates and subsequent hardware models down the line.
That's about when I'll be able to afford one, so if you guys could just iron out all the early wrinkles for me, that would be splendid. Thanks!
Ed gets there... eventually
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7H7uCEz6eXo
SHoots himself in the foot a few times regarding Camera Specs etc and rambles a bit, which he chastises himself for but his point is valid, well I think so anyway...
Comment by jules posted on An interesting thought regarding the K5 Vs K3 Conundrum. at 02/12/2013 - 07:30
+1 Richard, there are enough cars in my beloved Lake District without me adding one more on a very regular basis! I get the bus and then carry everything for a lot of miles on a yearly basis. Tree Hugger? Maybe? Morally responsible? Definitely...
Weight of the equipment comes very high on my list, it's the Mountaineer in me. I Went on a course with a well known Mountaineer once in the French Alps but his name escapes me, He was so weight obsessed, he had us cutting the handles off our toothbrushes! To Skit him when we climbed Mont Blanc, we all took something frivolous with us up the mountain and proceeded to present them at the summit, there was a plethora of Toy Nessies and Teddy Bears/Dragons. I took a Casio Pocket TV, Which did his nut in!
He stormed off the top yelling at us that "You'll never be mountaineers as long as you have Arseholes!"
Weight of the equipment comes very high on my list, it's the Mountaineer in me. I Went on a course with a well known Mountaineer once in the French Alps but his name escapes me, He was so weight obsessed, he had us cutting the handles off our toothbrushes! To Skit him when we climbed Mont Blanc, we all took something frivolous with us up the mountain and proceeded to present them at the summit, there was a plethora of Toy Nessies and Teddy Bears/Dragons. I took a Casio Pocket TV, Which did his nut in!
He stormed off the top yelling at us that "You'll never be mountaineers as long as you have Arseholes!"
Comment by jules posted on TBA: HD PENTAX-DA 20-40mm F2.8-4 ED Limited DC WR at 02/12/2013 - 05:18
Smeggypants wrote:
The question is just as valid back when cams were around 3MP. Back then I would expect people to cite a number far greater than 3MP, becuase of printing large prints at a decent DPI.
I do think that these days we are getting to a stage where the MP count is becoming less of a priority to improve.
And esoteric devices that record every Higgs Boson throughout your life aside, it was rather aimed at the regular Camera.
The returns are definitley diminishing Smeggy,the 16Mp sensors had a certain something for sure but so does this new 24Mp one, allbeit with a few caveats this time. 16Mp hit the balance between DR/noise/colour but the new one kills it for detail, if you print big it's useful, (Me) If you don't, it's not. Maybe they will finally turn their heads around to DR???johnriley wrote:
Why does there have to be a "personal limit" on MP? If you asked the question when pixel counts were 3MP then why would you ask it then, and why ask it now? Whatever MP are offered will define what's available.
They doesn't have to be a limit and I suppose I could have worded it better by asking "what's your personal limit, if at all?"Why does there have to be a "personal limit" on MP? If you asked the question when pixel counts were 3MP then why would you ask it then, and why ask it now? Whatever MP are offered will define what's available.
The question is just as valid back when cams were around 3MP. Back then I would expect people to cite a number far greater than 3MP, becuase of printing large prints at a decent DPI.
I do think that these days we are getting to a stage where the MP count is becoming less of a priority to improve.
And esoteric devices that record every Higgs Boson throughout your life aside, it was rather aimed at the regular Camera.
Or 16 Bit, or heaven forbid 3D...
Comment by jules posted on An interesting thought regarding the K5 Vs K3 Conundrum. at 02/12/2013 - 04:59
Buy a Flu card when they arrive, no more of either method of faffing then, as long as you only need one card.
Comment by jules posted on Pentax K-3 USB Connection ? at 01/12/2013 - 20:33
Sold to Northgrain...
Comment by jules posted on Velbon QHD-53D Ballhead... at 01/12/2013 - 12:24
Agreed, they are not the same thing, not at all, pays yer money...
Comment by jules posted on DXO Tests the Sigma 18-35mm at 01/12/2013 - 09:42
No but they Stered and pointed, should be called a flock casue they are all Sheep...
Comment by jules posted on Few from last weekend around Derwentwater and Lodore at 30/11/2013 - 13:07
Probably got patents all over it, I'd love to see Ricoh Pentax licence the tech though...
Comment by jules posted on An interesting thought regarding the K5 Vs K3 Conundrum. at 30/11/2013 - 13:04
http://www.sonyalpharumors.com/sr4-54-megapixel-2/