| Latest Review Posted | Pentax K-3 II
I did buy new, one year after its release, as an upgrade from my K10D.
The main reason to buy it was the increased resolution of the sensor to 24 MPix, with increased ISO range etc... , the K10D became over the years slowly outperformed by the newer point and shoot camera's of my wife and kids.
The biggest contra seemed the lack of integrated flash, but I have to admit i never missed it : the increased ISO sensitivity made (for my use) the build in flash obsolete. ISO3200 can be used without notable noise increase... 6400 is still usefull. HDR can compensate for high contrast etc... I mostly use a flash now for freezing movement in low light conditions, less for the low light as such.
The biggest extra proved to be the included GPS, very usefull for locating pictures when you travel a lot and especially when you go offroad or in nature/wildlife photography (afterwards it is much harder to locate an image of a tree, landscape or an animal, than for instance a church in a city, the GPS coordinates are a big benefit to mark your trail in nature).
(I also contribute to a bio-forum that documents animals status (migration, habitats & numbers, statistics....) that relies on GPS data for easy location, so gps became a must for me)
I think it is an excellent APS-c camera, highly customisable², I only consider upgrading if a 36Mpix or plus sensor comes available, with GPS support.... I still have to wait :)
² for macro, for old manual lenses, for mirror lenses I am ... |
