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Comment by jules posted on HD Pentax-DA 55-300mm f/4-5.8 ED WR at 10/10/2013 - 04:59
ChrisA wrote:
If it's as rubbish in the K-3 as it is in the K-5, you all better duck, since my toys will be emerging from my pram at warp factor 8.
How's the level in the K5-II by the way?
I think it's the same level but I think it's only accurate to one degree anyway which just happens to be exactly how much my handholding is out by almost every time, so I gave up looking at it! Must have a check to see if it's the same...jules wrote:
And as Chris A says, maybe they just ran out of room?
Just so long as they had room for an electronic level that works this time round.And as Chris A says, maybe they just ran out of room?
If it's as rubbish in the K-3 as it is in the K-5, you all better duck, since my toys will be emerging from my pram at warp factor 8.
How's the level in the K5-II by the way?
Comment by jules posted on What will the new Pentax really offer us? at 09/10/2013 - 17:48
Mike-P wrote:
Same reason they changed the Grip Mike, Accessories! Surprised they never changed the battery as well to be honest...jules wrote:
It also brings an awful lot of new possibilities to the table with it's Flu Card (Can't you get a Jab for that?)
Can't understand why they couldn't just put a Wi-Fi chip in there somewhere ... seems a very clunky way of doing things.It also brings an awful lot of new possibilities to the table with it's Flu Card (Can't you get a Jab for that?)
Well I had wifi in my A77 and it used to drain the battery in an afternoon! I guess we must have moved on from that in the intervening couple of years but the shot capacity on the K3 is already lower than the K5 so maybe that's why? At the end of the day you have two slots (I'd still like an extra in the grip!) and you can choose whether to have wifi or not, better than the Nikon wifi solution of the USB widget, which gets snapped off, all my Nikon shooting (Ex:twisted mates keep on breaking them!
Smeggypants wrote:
Also I suppose they already had the Astrotracer GPS and that'll be why we didn't get that, this time around either? At least with the FLU card there is no need to go out and buy a fancy remote???Mike-P wrote:
Dunno why they couldn't put a GPS chip in their either. Disappointed in that!jules wrote:
It also brings an awful lot of new possibilities to the table with it's Flu Card (Can't you get a Jab for that?)
Can't understand why they couldn't just put a Wi-Fi chip in there somewhere ... seems a very clunky way of doing things.It also brings an awful lot of new possibilities to the table with it's Flu Card (Can't you get a Jab for that?)
And as Chris A says, maybe they just ran out of room? Compact body, there has to be a limit to just how much they've managed to shoe horn in there?
I think they have squeezed an awful lot in there as it is...
Comment by jules posted on What will the new Pentax really offer us? at 09/10/2013 - 17:41
Mike-P wrote:
Saw what you wrote knew what you meant, and I think you'll be right too Mike but the K3 is not all about whether it's better than the K5II as long as it's better than everything else. Mike-P wrote:
Personally I don't think there will be hardly any difference over the K-5/K-5II Iso wise (or DR) but you do have the extra MP for cropping harder (if needed).
Hmmm, not sure that makes a lot of sense now I read it again Personally I don't think there will be hardly any difference over the K-5/K-5II Iso wise (or DR) but you do have the extra MP for cropping harder (if needed).
It also brings an awful lot of new possibilities to the table with it's Flu Card (Can't you get a Jab for that?) new AF and I like the multi white balance readings and 86K metering too, once dialled in could be really good...
Comment by jules posted on What will the new Pentax really offer us? at 09/10/2013 - 16:21
Mike-P wrote:
I Want my K5 as welljules wrote:
My Lens deal has fallen thru Mike! Now I've just over £600 in the bank festering and a spare BG4 grip too, Heeeelpp!!!
John Ban me for a week!
Ideal time to get a K3 then ... can't see anything in your way now. My Lens deal has fallen thru Mike! Now I've just over £600 in the bank festering and a spare BG4 grip too, Heeeelpp!!!
John Ban me for a week!
Comment by jules posted on What will the new Pentax really offer us? at 09/10/2013 - 15:13
Mike-P wrote:
Personally I don't think there will be hardly any difference over the K-5/K-5II Iso wise (or DR) but you do have the extra MP for cropping harder (if needed).
Happy to be proved wrong though
My Lens deal has fallen thru Mike! Now I've just over £600 in the bank festering and a spare BG4 grip too, Heeeelpp!!! aliengrove wrote:
It's the high ISO performance that most interests me. If it's an improvement over the K5, I'll definitely be buying one. It looks like it's going to be the best APS-C camera on the market.
If we look at the D7100 (which seemingly uses the same sensor) it seems like the difference between it and the K-5II re dynamic range and high ISO performance is virtually indistinguishable. Given what Pentax did with the K-5 against the D7000 (again as near as dammit the same output) I would guess they will again be pretty evenly matched.It's the high ISO performance that most interests me. If it's an improvement over the K5, I'll definitely be buying one. It looks like it's going to be the best APS-C camera on the market.
Personally I don't think there will be hardly any difference over the K-5/K-5II Iso wise (or DR) but you do have the extra MP for cropping harder (if needed).
Happy to be proved wrong though
John Ban me for a week!
Comment by jules posted on What will the new Pentax really offer us? at 09/10/2013 - 13:38
richandfleur wrote:
I guess I'm saying that the negative bracket comment in that linked article doesn't seem justified? Maybe I'm missing something here, but I've heard only good things about the Pentax auto bracket controls. In fact some really love them for use with timelapse photography as all the bracketing can be automated. not sure what I'm missing here.
USB 3 would seem to be the fastest way to get photos off now, assuming you have a compatible USB 3 port on your computer.
I tend to agree on mirrorless compacts. That seems an oxymoron, given they're now a cellphone sized body with a full sized lens hanging off the front. I'm more inclined to prefer a bigger housing to hold onto. But, that's just me...
I do to but I like something of similar quality to a DSLR that does not have a fixed lens, I find fixed lens scompacts a little limiting, now the Ricoh Gr with it's adaptor and optical finder accessories is nearly there, I was just postulating something smallish that could use the Ltd's but with a bit more of a system to it than the K-O1. I guess I'm saying that the negative bracket comment in that linked article doesn't seem justified? Maybe I'm missing something here, but I've heard only good things about the Pentax auto bracket controls. In fact some really love them for use with timelapse photography as all the bracketing can be automated. not sure what I'm missing here.
USB 3 would seem to be the fastest way to get photos off now, assuming you have a compatible USB 3 port on your computer.
I tend to agree on mirrorless compacts. That seems an oxymoron, given they're now a cellphone sized body with a full sized lens hanging off the front. I'm more inclined to prefer a bigger housing to hold onto. But, that's just me...
People put the wierdest combo's on the Q...
Comment by jules posted on Meet the Ricoh/Pentax D400! at 09/10/2013 - 11:42
Pentaxophile wrote:
I know what I see and what people tell me, and people using D300's are sick of waiting, nearly as sick of waiting as the Americans seem to be for the Pentax FF...johnriley wrote:
This is all very well, but I haven't ever seen the point of switching from system to system when something new comes out. Next week it will be something else anyway.
It's probably very boring to some, but I use cameras to make images. Upgrading happens when needed because something breaks or because I get a sudden twitchy mouse finger on Amazon...
As for CSCs, there was one sat on my shelf a couple of days ago. Other marques are off topic, but suffice it to say that with lens it was only slightly less bulky than a K-50. It also didn't work. Dead as a dodo straight out of the box.
Switcwing bodies sounds fine in principle, but what about the lenses? You buy into a system as a whole, not because body X happens to be a cintilla better than body Y. I can't see Nikonians deserting in droves to Pentax.This is all very well, but I haven't ever seen the point of switching from system to system when something new comes out. Next week it will be something else anyway.
It's probably very boring to some, but I use cameras to make images. Upgrading happens when needed because something breaks or because I get a sudden twitchy mouse finger on Amazon...
As for CSCs, there was one sat on my shelf a couple of days ago. Other marques are off topic, but suffice it to say that with lens it was only slightly less bulky than a K-50. It also didn't work. Dead as a dodo straight out of the box.
People switch for all sorts of reasons that others don't understand...
Anyway, who mentioned droves, I mentioned a few, I don't know droves of people, thank god, I'd probably end up with tired arms punching most of em!
Comment by jules posted on Meet the Ricoh/Pentax D400! at 09/10/2013 - 11:37
Algernon wrote:
This one's very positive..... even rates it better than the
Nikon 610
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFQfEVhbp5o
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"It looks like a bag of A£$eholes that's been designed in Soviet Germany"???This one's very positive..... even rates it better than the
Nikon 610
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFQfEVhbp5o
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Comment by jules posted on First K3 vidoe on youtube at 09/10/2013 - 09:12
Smeggypants wrote:
Nice one Nigel
I'm also interested in what adjectives will be used to describe the differences in image quality between the K-3 and K-5 variants and also between the K-3 in both modes.
I've heard both "huge difference" and "massive difference" by K-5IIs owners in the past when comparing to K-5/K-5II, so will we have to invent new words if the K-3 IQ improvements vastly exceed differences between II and IIs
Anyway I'm really looking to see what the high ISO performance of the K-3 is like in comparison to the K-5
Mooosive!McGregNi wrote:
Mike-P wrote:
Yup, Mr S can go sit in the corner and argue with himself now
To be fair, there's still the same argument (or comparisons to be made between images taken with the reduction on or off) .... it's just that now you only need to own one camera instead of two to be allowed to pass judgem......... Yup, Mr S can go sit in the corner and argue with himself now
Nice one Nigel
I'm also interested in what adjectives will be used to describe the differences in image quality between the K-3 and K-5 variants and also between the K-3 in both modes.
I've heard both "huge difference" and "massive difference" by K-5IIs owners in the past when comparing to K-5/K-5II, so will we have to invent new words if the K-3 IQ improvements vastly exceed differences between II and IIs
Anyway I'm really looking to see what the high ISO performance of the K-3 is like in comparison to the K-5
Comment by jules posted on What will the new Pentax really offer us? at 09/10/2013 - 09:03
I would have upgraded my 55-300 if the new version came with the DC motor as well as WR (or even just the DC motor) but I won't upgrade for WR alone. The noisy focusing is my only real problem with the existing lens, which is an absolute gem, optically speaking. Lack of WR isn't such an issue.
Just trying to say I put a higher value on the in lens motor than the Wr but obviously both would be nice, living in cumbria gives you webbed feet!
At the end of the day you can pick up the Tammy for £279, can't see the Pentax dropping quite that far to be honest.
It probably costs more to put in the gaskets/seals than it does the motor I'd reckon, I'd imagine theres quite a few in there but I'd happily pay £500 and not £400 for A HD Pentax-DA 55-300mm f/4-5.8 ED WR DC or SDM...