Paul via phone
> On Sep 16, 2016, at 1:10 AM, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: > > > > P.J. Alling wrote: >> To be fair, the Canon has a better autofocus system with more focus >> points spread over more of the frame, not to mention much better live >> view focusing, faster frame rate, bigger buffer, a touch screen, (which >> enables nose focus I would guess), and records video in 4K, all of which >> are desirable to a lot of photographers. > > Yup. The K-1 is the best camera on the market for someone who wishes that > their 35 year old K1000 was digital. Sure, it has all those niceties like > autofocus, auto exposure and such, but to really get the best results from > it, you very rarely want to rely entirely on its automatic modes. However, if > you're willing to take your time, and carefully double check everything, it > is probably the best performing camera on the market for anything close to > the cost. > > For shooting action, arguably my K-3 is a much better camera, with the faster > frame rate and much larger buffer. > Perhaps, but in shooting football and RC Motorsport I've found the K-1 continuous autofocus to be superior to that of the K-3. I'm probably going to shoot football again so perhaps I'll give the K-3 a try. I have used it to shoot road racing and got satisfactory results but seem to recall more missed focus. >> >>> On 9/15/2016 7:22 PM, Larry Colen wrote: >>> And at $3500 it is less than twice the cost >>> >>> https://www.dxomark.com/Cameras/Compare/Side-by-side/Canon-EOS-5D-Mark-IV-versus-Pentax-K-1___1106_1075 > > -- > Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est) http://red4est.com/lrc > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
