How likely is it, honestly, that Ricoh's big 'surprise' is a change to sync speed of 1/250? It's pretty much standard for the competition already in any case.

Or Lori Grunen.... *shudder*

Well worth highlighting in a separate thread - nice review... always find Chris informed and.... watchable

But they actually improved the optical viewfinder on the K3 and have made a point of using K5-style viewfinders on their entry level cameras. (I had the misfortune to use an entry level Nikon the other day, and lol'd at the dim postage stamp sized viewfinder).

I guess there just isn't much about the OVF that needs explaining in the manual, unlike Live-View?

Definitely, they are really showing that they are paying attention and upgrading the AF system recently. A good thing they are listening to the 'whingers' though, and not the 'Pentax apologists', or they probably wouldn't bother at all!

Such points are often made with the underlying implication that people who want Pentax to be better when it comes to sports and action, are just being whingers, or lack proper technique.

For example -
That's not an opinion, that's just facetiousness.

A better guitar based analogy would be that guitarists choose guitars according to their playing style, level of quality needed, and budget.

I think all these arguments like 'manual focus is sufficient for sport, it served them well in the old days' and 'it's the photographer not the camera' are extremely annoying. We've had first hand experiences on this thread about how the competition can lock AF much faster and more accurately and there can't be any coincidence how pros gravitate towards certain Canikon bodies.

Does this mean that you can't shoot sports on Pentax? Of course not, as the many fine images in this thread attest. It just takes a bit more effort perhaps.

But if you were planning on doing it professionally, or fancied shooting sports pretty much exclusively, putting in a bit of extra effort, or sacrificing a higher percentage of missed shots, might not be acceptable.

It's a wonderful lens, I agree. Especially for the price.

I doubt there's much difference between the D600 and 610, same sensor, same processor (but sans embarrassing sensor stain issues!) Plus the D600's a closer price comparison....

This has been discussed here: https://www.pentaxuser.com/forum/topic/the-new-standard-of-performance---k3-shoo...

My thoughts are that the D600 is a bit less noisy at the ISOs tested, and many people noted that the K5 is also a tad less noisy. However I agree the overall IQ, exposure white balance etc, is much nicer from the Pentax. The Pentax also shows more DOF at equivalent apertures