I just picked up my new to me K-3, and I'm, well not miffed exactly, I
did order the Bargain copy. It all works but isn't as pretty as the
K-5II I got from KEH about a year and a half ago. It would be called
brassed if the body shell were made out of brass.
Functionally it's fine though, and I like the handling but the UI is
going to take a bit of getting used to. Enough like the K-5II to make
somethings very simple to do, enough different to be maddeningly
annoying when attempting others.
One thing I find annoying is the mode dial lock, the removal of the
metering pattern function to make the lock select-able seems utterly
unnecessary. I've gotten used to just pressing the center lock button
to change mode on the K-5II, it never seemed particularly onerous to do
that to change the shutter speeds on the ZX-5n. So I don't see the
actual point.
Aside from the control differences which I'll have to get used to, the
camera seems to handle well. The weight difference seems
inconsequential when moving from the K-5II. The K-3 doesn't start up
quite as fast as the K-5II, and takes a noticeably, (to me anyway),
longer time to wake up from sleep mode, but I haven't actually been out
doing any serious shooting except to test out some of the settings so I
don't know how annoying these small delays will be yet.
When some people raved about the grip I put that off to differences in
hand size, but it really is an improvement. I can really tell the
difference switching between the cameras.
All in all I'm pretty happy so far. The only fly in the ointment being
the more evident wear on the K-3 than there was on the K-5II when I got
it, but I guess you can't luck out all the time.
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