Thank you for the extra info, Rob.

Philip

Thank you for the info, Kris.

Philip

What a wonderful day you had to capture these images, Peter. Churchyards and old church exteriors, and their interiors if they are open (rare during the pandemic), are probably the photographic subjects I enjoy most and I appreciate these - thank you. But I don't have a shift lens (one day perhaps), so I have to straighten them in software; is there one for K-mount APS-C?

Philip

(P.S. I think Shelley needs a slight clockwise rotation.)

+1

Disappointing from Pentax, bearing in mind their own quasi-religious principles, e.g. "We design cameras that allow our users to enjoy all the processes involved in taking a picture."

Philip

If you want the screen off most of the time, could you leave it closed except when you want to view settings or images?

Philip

My APS-C Pentax cameras (in recent years a KP) and a collection of several compact DA and FA lenses, are a pleasure to use and do everything I need. They will probably continue to work well for me, while I am still physically and mentally capable of using them. Although the cost of the full-frame K-1* and its monster lenses is no deterrent for me, coping with their size and weight is definitely unattractive. As Kris has stated - an "each to their own" option.

Philip

(*If the K-3 Mark III had included a movable LCD screen, I would have been willing to pay for that new APS-C camera.)

Presumably the R&D has continued, so it might be another first for Pentax if the K-3 III and its successor the K-3 IV are ready for release at the same time.

Philip

Fascinating document, Keld.

The piece about the 50mm Macro.....
"The Macro-Takumar is one of the most versatile lenses in the Pentax line. Although it is specially designed for extreme close-up work, it may be used at any distance from 2 1/8 " to infinity! The Macro-Takumar is capable of up to 1-to-1 subject/image ratio with an extremely flat field and features maximum balance of optical contrast and resolving power of the lens."
.....to me seems similar to how its APS-C equivalent - the DA 35 Limited (my most used prime on the KP) - might be described.

Philip

What effect(s) can one expect these figures to have on relative image quality?

Philip

One point of information (checked on a KP) which might be of interest to some Pentax Users:-
When using pixel shift mode, the shutter mechanism is used only once, the multiple images being captured electronically, but the recorded shutter count increases by four.

Philip