Face it: this camera is pretty astounding. If Ricoh has anything to do with this event, then we have very good times to look forward to.
I was just reviewing the expanded feature pages. Just about every feature where I ever thought "it would be nice if ..." they've addressed. Even completely stock, tried-and-proven stuff like center-weighted metering has been improved on (you can select the radius now). You can control a more restrictive part of the AF square to restrict auto-select to. My K20D has reason to feel uneasy. _This_ is an upgrade. I already contacted my pusher to arrange a hands-on. I need to see the AF in action, but it's almost a slam dunk. On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 11:59 AM, P.J. Alling <webstertwenty...@gmail.com> wrote: > Pentax products have by recent tradition shipped just after the Christmas > buying season. That the K-3 will ship in time for the major buying season > in both the Christian world and Japan is simply astounding. > > > On 10/7/2013 7:15 PM, Darren Addy wrote: >> >> Word is that it ships in November (that would surprise me very much). >> Still, it is intriguing enough and priced reasonably enough that a lot >> of Pentaxians might just hop on that pre-order list and be the first >> to get it WHENEVER it actually ships. >> >> On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 6:07 PM, Jeffery Johnson >> <jefferytjohn...@bellsouth.net> wrote: >>> >>> Will wait when I can actually afford one and also wait for everyone to >>> work >>> out all the issues it will have when it hits the market. >>> >>> >>> On 10/7/2013 6:01 PM, Darren Addy wrote: >>>> >>>> Pardon me while I clean the drool out of my keyboard: >>>> >>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnmflores/10144439184/ >>>> >>>> On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 5:52 PM, Darren Addy <pixelsmi...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> The official page is back and it is Officially Announced. Embargoes >>>>> lifted. >>>>> Now we await the dropping of the official MANUAL: >>>>> http://www.ricoh-imaging.co.jp/japan/support/download/manual/ >>>>> >>>>> which, if their current filenaming conventions hold, should be found >>>>> at: >>>>> http://www.ricoh-imaging.co.jp/english/support/man-pdf/k-3.pdf >>>>> after it is uploaded. >>>>> >>>>> Not there yet. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 5:30 PM, David J Brooks <pentko...@gmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 10:14 AM, Darren Addy <pixelsmi...@gmail.com> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> "Native support for both PENTAX PEF and Adobe DNG 14 bit RAW files, >>>>>>> including the ability to retrieve RAW data from JPG files if still >>>>>>> present in buffer memory." >>>>>> >>>>>> DNG being DNG i assume these will be read by my older programs, LR4 >>>>>> PSEL 9 and PSCS?? >>>>>> >>>>>> Dave >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 9:10 AM, Jack Davis <jdavi...@yahoo.com> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Thought I saw "8 bit?" >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Jack >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>>>>> From: P.J. Alling <webstertwenty...@gmail.com> >>>>>>>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> >>>>>>>> Cc: >>>>>>>> Sent: Monday, October 7, 2013 6:33 AM >>>>>>>> Subject: Re: K-3: And here are your OFFICIAL specs >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> 24mp 14 bit raw files, you'll need all of that speed and more. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 10/7/2013 9:02 AM, CollinB wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> What strikes me most is USB3. 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