| Review of: Pentax 645Z by Sandy Hancock on Sat October 6, 2018 | Rating: 9 | View more reviews | |
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Some guy gives this camera 5/10 because it doesn't have tethering? Who blows this sort of cash without knowing that first?
Even with the new mirrorless MF offerings, this old fella still deserves a 9/10.
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| Review of: Pentax K-3 by Sandy Hancock on Mon August 25, 2014 | Rating: 10 | View more reviews | |
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Come on. This camera rates worse than the K-5 II? For real??
Pants down, it is a better camera than my K-5 IIs in essentially every respect. Anyone who can't get better low light shots from the K-3 isn't trying.
jackassp, you can have my K-5 IIs any day if you want to swap it for your K-3.
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| Review of: Pentax K-01 by Sandy Hancock on Tue April 10, 2012 | Rating: 9 | View more reviews | |
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This camera polarises opinions, but after three weeks use including international travel, I am firmly in the likers' camp.
Some hate the design, and some can't forgive the lack of a viewfinder, but I was surprised by the number of positive comments the camera received, including from a (lapsed) Pentaxian mate of mine who was unaware of its existence. The blocky shape is actually quite useful; any flat surface can be used as an improvised tripod, and it slips into and out of a camera bag much easier than my K-5. As for the lack of a viewfinder: yes, it's a negative, but the LCD is at worst usable in most conditions. A swivel function (or of course, an EVF) would have been a bonus.
Autofocus is quick enough by live view standards, and nicely precise. The focus peaking works well and will be particularly appreciated by owners of old manual lenses.
As would be expected from its superb sensor (same as the K-5) and improved processor, image quality is stellar. Coupled with the compatibility with all your precious K-mount lenses, I doubt you get better output from any mirrorless camera anywhere. It is an especially sweet match with the Pentax limited primes; it looks the bomb with my silver FA77 :)
Although some say it is too big, in my opinion a significantly smaller body would have lost functionality.
As a bridge between the compact point & shoots and a fully-featured DSLR, this is a versatile, cute, user friendly consumer camera capable of professional quality results. (It also doubles as a pretty handy video camera, by the way)
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