I complained about the loss of some direct access controls, but so far
the biggest annoyance has been my attempts to use back button focus on
the K-3. I keep pushing the stills/movie switch and wondering why AF
doesn't engage. Otherwise I've been liking the camera a lot.
I'm not actually planning to replace the K-5II the two complement each
other, I just hope I get to the point that I can code switch between them.
The poor K20D is really beat up, and while it gave good service, it
suffers from most of the technical limitations of the K7. It never
actually found a place in my heart, like the LX, MX, K-5II, and even the
*ist-Ds have, so that's probably gone.
Unfortunately I don't think anyone really wants an old bulky digital
camera, with, what today would be considered, a medium resolution noisy
sensor, with broken viewfinder glass held together by gaffers tape.
On 4/18/2020 11:39 AM, Doug Brewer wrote:
My K3 served me well for several years and a grand shitload of shoots,
Peter. It has been replaced in the work force by a K1, but will ride
in my bag as a backup for the foreseeable future.
I bought it to replace my K7, and the UI was different enough to cause
a few perplexities. Once I got accustomed to it, though, it seemed
quite natural, enough so that I still have to think about things when
using the K1.
Here's hoping you enjoy using your new camera. I think you'll be
pleased with its product.
On 4/16/20 7:06 PM, P. J. Alling wrote:
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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