Latest Review Posted | Pentax K-3 II This is a fabulous camera in many ways – really solid build,great to hold, quiet shutter, many features that are very useful to have(including especially the dual card slot, the ability to use SDXC cards, mirror lock-up, GPS, Astrotracer, the three customizable user modes, the ability to do video, dedicated cable-release port, cable release that works with K-1). Yes, I count the ability to do video as a plus; so many people call it a negative because it’s not as good as Sony or Nikon, but I think that the video is great for my purposes and I’m very glad it’s there (I’ll get a dedicated video camera if I need anything more, ever).
My listed price for this camera is the average of the two used K-3 II bodies that I bought; the first is a black body that had just under 4000 shots when I bought it from Japan on Ebay, and the second is the silver edition that had only 279 shots on it when I bought it also from Japan on Ebay (shipping costs and taxes included, as my total costs). After I got the black K-3 II, I was so impressed with it in so many ways that I looked for another K-3 II in mint condition on Ebay, and I came across the Silver Edition model that was hardly used and pounced on it. I had thought that the silver editions of Pentax digital cameras were too “gaudy” for me (the only such Pentax camera I’ve owned is the K1000, which was standard in top silver), but the silver coloring has really grown on me with the K-3 II. I needed another good back-up camera with lots o... |