| Latest Review Posted | Pentax K-3 III
I have owned Pentax film cameras (KM, MX and ME Super) and digital cameras (100D, 200D, 20D, K5, K3). This camera can be seen as the finest elaboration of the design aesthetic which all these models have in common.It must be counted as being in a league of its own for design, build quality and for the range of possibilities it offers anyone who cares to pick it up. Image quality is outstanding. Autofocus excellent. The new pentaprism finder is wonderous. Most people have probably experimented with mirrorless cameras - and there are some fine ones (Fuji X Pro maybe the best of them). The K3 III may swim against the mirrorless current, but who knows if the tide will turn? After all, EVF cameras are power-hungry and so more environmentally damaging than DSLRs. On top of that, an EVF can never offer the kind of connectedness with the photographed environment that an OVF does (as said, with one exception: the X Pros manage it, but in a very different way that is not really comparable). Some will lament the lack of a flipping screen. I do not. This camera has brilliant ergonomics. A camera so good that it vanishes from the awareness of the user when it is being used, which is what every good piece of equipment ought to do. |
