Darren Addy wrote: > I just (today) realized a great way to take advantage of the pixel- > shift resolution of the K-3 II and so I'm seriously considering > upgrading from my K-3. > > Those of you who own one... what model did you upgrade from? > Also, can anybody speak to whether the SR is actually better on the K-3 > II? > > Thanks for any input!
For some reason, this ended up in my Spam folder which having cleared out (and found others that were clearly not Spam) I now answer, somewhat late to the party. I sold a fair bit of stuff to fund the purchase of a K3 II. I wanted a modern additional body. I would be wary of calling it an upgrade from a K3 as the two models are close enough, yet different enough to appeal to two different buyers. The lack of a built in flash may be enough for some to choose a K3 over the K3 II; I personally welcome the removal of the flash and the integration of other technology - others may not. Dual card slots in both models is also a big win for me, along with the 24mp sensors, which whilst I like to crop *before* I press the shutter, I know that cropping in Lightroom will still leave me a large image. The improved SR was a deciding factor. I have only used it once with a long focal length mirror lens (SR really shows up in use here) and I can only say at this time it is as good as the K3. That alone is impressive, but I'll find out in the coming months with the shorter days and longer shutter times, as I use flash as a last resort. My intention has and still remains to team this up mostly with the 55-300mm WR lens. I regularly take pictures of horse jump practice lessons in an indoor school - some 20M x 80M in size - and I can only set up at one end so most of the time the action is 50M+ away from me. One side of the building is open, and the sessions are generally in the morning which produces very harsh light on one side and dark shadow along the far wall. Even with a sturdy tripod and pushing the ISO, I rely strongly on the SR to help me out and get acceptable images. I greatly appreciate that the SR is built into the body by Pentax. I've not tried out the pixel shift yet, but I have one or two landscape shoots in mind which will provide me with opportunity to try it out, as the camera will be tripod mounted. I've also taken pictures over the years from around the same spots with the *ist D, the K7 and the K3 (and film of course) and so I look forward to seeing the changes. I can't easily see where Pentax progresses with this range from here. 24mp is really useful, but I can't really see the point of enlarging the numbers without increasing the size of the sensor, so one for the new FF camera. The only thing I would have liked was a screen just like the Nikon D750; that range of movement and no touch screen function. Malcolm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
