I notice that this evening I have had numerous visitors to the blog from the Pentax users forum. I have had a K10d, K20,K7. K5 and a K511s. I damaged my K511s..... it fell over on the tripod and was a right off. This coincided with the release of the K3, I need to to tell you that the K3 is a much much, much better piece of equipment than any other cameras I have owned. I am not in the slightest bit interested in my camera because of "bells and whistles" but just because it does give me good photos. I am lucky, I could afford to upgrade and it has been really well worth it. It does focus significantly quicker than my previous camera and the photos are better. There is no panacea for all ills though, conditions do need to be right, it will not perform miracles but I do find this camera much easier to use than all my others. The only down side is that I do notice a little more noise at higher ISo's. I see other people have commented on this and I would agree, however, It's not a problem, I get rid of it with "Neat Image" if I need to.
Definite improvements are:
1. Higher mega-pixels enables me to crop a little more without degrading the image.
2. Seems to lock on to flying subjects and make it easy to get a sharp shot, hence more keepers.
3. The led and live view display is far improved, very clear and good.
4. The way you switch between stills and movie mode with a lever on the body next to the display is a vast improvement.
5. The aa filter switch is a real plus.
6. Two memory cards is a massive bonus.
7. The Flu card that will enable fully remote use from my iPad is worth upgrading from a K5 in itself. Can you imagine, you can use the camera remotely and adjust the focus and settings, to me that is an amazing thing to be able to do.
Would I recommend this camera? Absolutely 100% and without any doubt whatsoever.
Thank you. Please email if you would like any help or have any questions. My email is on the blog, or leave me a comment.
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