How many K-30 owners do we have?

Pentez · 12-07-2012, 03:13 PM

Took delivery of my new K30 black with 18-55mm WR ( $750 Henrys.com). Haven't had much of a chance to play with it yet weather hasn't been great , the camera is more weather resistant than the owner.. A lot of reviews commented on the camera's looks ( mainly negative ) but I quite like the look of the K30 much better the Canon Rebels I think. The grip is great and the camera feels nice and secure in my big hands. This is sort of my first DSLR and the other contenders were the t4i, D5100, and the A57. Liked the flippy, tilty touchscreen on the Canon, liked the price and image quality on the Nikon D5100 and liked the speed and feature set on the Sony, but in the end the Pentax won out. The pentaprism viewfinder with 100% coverage, dual control wheels, weather sealing, solidness of construction and image quality swung me over. Plus it isn't a Canon or Nikon, nice to have something a little different. Looking forward to lots of fun photography and purchasing my first prime lens, a 35mm, 40mm or 50mm not sure which yet. Pentez.

debkim · 12-08-2012, 04:20 PM

Originally posted by Pentez

Took delivery of my new K30 black with 18-55mm WR ( $750 Henrys.com). Haven't had much of a chance to play with it yet weather hasn't been great , the camera is more weather resistant than the owner.. A lot of reviews commented on the camera's looks ( mainly negative ) but I quite like the look of the K30 much better the Canon Rebels I think. The grip is great and the camera feels nice and secure in my big hands. This is sort of my first DSLR and the other contenders were the t4i, D5100, and the A57. Liked the flippy, tilty touchscreen on the Canon, liked the price and image quality on the Nikon D5100 and liked the speed and feature set on the Sony, but in the end the Pentax won out. The pentaprism viewfinder with 100% coverage, dual control wheels, weather sealing, solidness of construction and image quality swung me over. Plus it isn't a Canon or Nikon, nice to have something a little different. Looking forward to lots of fun photography and purchasing my first prime lens, a 35mm, 40mm or 50mm not sure which yet. Pentez.

Hi there, I also like the tilt out LED, have 3 other cameras with them. I closed the monitor and practiced using it that way to see if I could get used to it. I did on my Canon G12, and decided to go ahead with the K30. I got mine for Christmas early from hubby. London Drugs, excellent price match deal with the 18-135 mm WR lens. I loved it from the minute I held it in my hands. Secure, roomy, decisive. I also looked at the t4i and D5100. The viewfinder is awesome, never had a 100% before. Nice to have something different, Pentax has been around a very long time, plugging away in the background. I went to a tradeshow in Merritt, and there was a world renowned photographer there with a booth, and he said, he bought his wife a Pentax, and she never changed.

debkim · 12-08-2012, 04:23 PM

Originally posted by escapecar

The UPS man just brought a blue K-30 body to my door.

Sadly, I only get to play with it for a day or so (have to make sure it works properly, ya know!) before my wife puts it away until Christmas morning.

I'm going to have to break the news to my K-100D very gently...

Awwww, I wanted Blue, but none available. Hubby gave me mine early, when he saw that I was counting my pennies and checking online for the latest deals. Soooo happy!

**DDoram** · 12-11-2012, 12:56 PM

Originally posted by Adam

According to B&H, only a couple of pre-orders were shipped out to PF members. I hope the K-30 is in fact more popular than that! Post here if you've got one

I bought one last summer and it is a great camera for the price. Even though I now have the K5IIs, I find myself using the K30 more because of focus peaking and slightly smaller size.

Dale

curlednoodles · 12-14-2012, 02:23 PM - **1 Like**

Bought mine a week ago and loving it! Focus peaking is brilliant and has breathed new life into my older 28mm and 50mm primes.

I was out with it on Monday and it started to rain so i stayed out in it taking shots. Never thought id intentionally let my camera get wet. People were giving me weird looks. I felt like saying "Its ok, its a Pentax!" haha

Its ISO performance is excellent. I cant believe how usable 3200 shots are. I rarely took my Kx above 800. Heres and example

**Bodiebadman** · 12-14-2012, 07:37 PM

Got my K30 Blue with 18-55 WR about a week ago but haven't been able to get out with it yet. For informational purposes, my last SLR was a Minolta XG-1! I really loved that camera but lent it to the daughter of a wonderful woman because she (the daughter) was taking a High School photography class and some creep (ostensibly, a "friend") walked out the door with it and was never heard from again. So 30 years later (and 4 or 5 Pentax or Canon point-and-shoot cameras later) I decided to get back into SLR photography and decided that I had been best served by Pentax in the intervening years so...
I have found this to be an informative an pretty excellent forum for Pentax users (kind of like attendees to the midnight showing of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show") but let's face it: how much can you cover in a couple of days online in you spare time?
Going to finish with all the suggestions for "setup" this weekend and, hopefully, get out and tickle some SD memory! Thanks for being there - "Let's do the Timewarp Again!"

Bodiebadman

CP140 · 12-15-2012, 12:40 AM

Originally posted by Bodiebadman

Got my K30 Blue with 18-55 WR about a week ago but haven't been able to get out with it yet. For informational purposes, my last SLR was a Minolta XG-1! I really loved that camera but lent it to the daughter of a wonderful woman because she (the daughter) was taking a High School photography class and some creep (ostensibly, a "friend") walked out the door with it and was never heard from again. So 30 years later (and 4 or 5 Pentax or Canon point-and-shoot cameras later) I decided to get back into SLR photography and decided that I had been best served by Pentax in the intervening years so...
I have found this to be an informative an pretty excellent forum for Pentax users (kind of like attendees to the midnight showing of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show") but let's face it: how much can you cover in a couple of days online in you spare time?
Going to finish with all the suggestions for "setup" this weekend and, hopefully, get out and tickle some SD memory! Thanks for being there - "Let's do the Timewarp Again!"

Bodiebadman

XG-1 ?!? LOL... I traded one of these (plus a 45mm Minolta prime) in on the purchase of a K-r about 18 months ago! (BTW... the K-r has been "sold" to my son so I could trade up to a K-30). The second XG-1 body is on my son's bedroom wall as "art"... the local camera store didn't want to take it in trade because they figured one was enough.

Loved those cameras! Solid, functional... truly a classic! Gotta admit though... the costs of "developing and printing" with the new digi's are a lot easier to swallow!

Iksobarg · 12-15-2012, 03:56 AM

I'll be picking mine up tomorrow, Sunday. Please share any insights? I just upgraded from a kx I had for a year to train on. Glad to join the club!

JimC1101 · 12-15-2012, 04:05 PM

Upgraded from a K-x a couple weeks ago. I loved my K-x and was never disappointed after 2 plus years with it but must say that I love my K-30 even more. Faster AF, better high ISO which I never thought was possible, manual peeking is great and expanded tracking really works well. WR and focus confirmation in the VF, increased dpi in the LCD and 100% Pentaprism. I could go on and on but you get the pic. The K-x was great to me but the K-30 is light years ahead of it.I have found absoluetly nothing wrong and everything right with my new Pentax.

suttisak · 12-17-2012, 08:01 AM

I have 2 K30 +18-135. One is to replace old my son KX. The another one is for my wife to learn how to take photo. I still use KX.

notsure · 12-17-2012, 10:53 PM

A nice shiny white K30 + 18-55WR arrived in the mail yesterday (bought from a local online store). Haven't had time to play yet, but hoping to get my head around it well enough to take some great photos of the Northern Lights (weather permitting) when I head to northern Norway later this week for Christmas with the in-laws.

davidsyd · 12-23-2012, 05:55 PM

Happy to join the K-30 club here. Black K-30 with kit lens. Happy with performance so far.
Need some prime lens with low aperture for low light work.

gramar · 12-24-2012, 12:28 AM

Took delivery of my new K30 body (black) on 14th December. Have just tried it out in the last few days. Weather here in the UK is diabolical at the moment. It just won't stop raining!

Although the K30 is WR, non of my lenses are! So far I'm pleased with the results having moved up from a K100D.

lordmahesh · 12-24-2012, 05:04 AM

Bought the K30 from the Pentax Webstore, Singapore. My very first DSLR.

suttisak · 12-24-2012, 05:12 AM

Originally posted by gramar

Took delivery of my new K30 body (black) on 14th December. Have just tried it out in the last few days. Weather here in the UK is diabolical at the moment. It just won't stop raining!

Although the K30 is WR, non of my lenses are! So far I'm pleased with the results having moved up from a K100D.

You moved up from a K100D , I move from Ist Dl to K-x then K30.
You will enjoy with live view to see and arrange picture before take shutter.
Continuous 6 frame/sec to keep lively emotion.
More acuracy light exposeure K30 than K-x, no need to take raw for correct light.
And many feature upgrade, you will find from K30.
Good luck.

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12-07-2012, 03:13 PM	#211
Pentez New Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: BC Canada Posts: 4	Took delivery of my new K30 black with 18-55mm WR ( $750 Henrys.com). Haven't had much of a chance to play with it yet weather hasn't been great , the camera is more weather resistant than the owner.. A lot of reviews commented on the camera's looks ( mainly negative ) but I quite like the look of the K30 much better the Canon Rebels I think. The grip is great and the camera feels nice and secure in my big hands. This is sort of my first DSLR and the other contenders were the t4i, D5100, and the A57. Liked the flippy, tilty touchscreen on the Canon, liked the price and image quality on the Nikon D5100 and liked the speed and feature set on the Sony, but in the end the Pentax won out. The pentaprism viewfinder with 100% coverage, dual control wheels, weather sealing, solidness of construction and image quality swung me over. Plus it isn't a Canon or Nikon, nice to have something a little different. Looking forward to lots of fun photography and purchasing my first prime lens, a 35mm, 40mm or 50mm not sure which yet. Pentez.

12-08-2012, 04:20 PM	#212
debkim Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Peace Country, AB Posts: 33	Originally posted by Pentez Took delivery of my new K30 black with 18-55mm WR ( $750 Henrys.com). Haven't had much of a chance to play with it yet weather hasn't been great , the camera is more weather resistant than the owner.. A lot of reviews commented on the camera's looks ( mainly negative ) but I quite like the look of the K30 much better the Canon Rebels I think. The grip is great and the camera feels nice and secure in my big hands. This is sort of my first DSLR and the other contenders were the t4i, D5100, and the A57. Liked the flippy, tilty touchscreen on the Canon, liked the price and image quality on the Nikon D5100 and liked the speed and feature set on the Sony, but in the end the Pentax won out. The pentaprism viewfinder with 100% coverage, dual control wheels, weather sealing, solidness of construction and image quality swung me over. Plus it isn't a Canon or Nikon, nice to have something a little different. Looking forward to lots of fun photography and purchasing my first prime lens, a 35mm, 40mm or 50mm not sure which yet. Pentez. Hi there, I also like the tilt out LED, have 3 other cameras with them. I closed the monitor and practiced using it that way to see if I could get used to it. I did on my Canon G12, and decided to go ahead with the K30. I got mine for Christmas early from hubby. London Drugs, excellent price match deal with the 18-135 mm WR lens. I loved it from the minute I held it in my hands. Secure, roomy, decisive. I also looked at the t4i and D5100. The viewfinder is awesome, never had a 100% before. Nice to have something different, Pentax has been around a very long time, plugging away in the background. I went to a tradeshow in Merritt, and there was a world renowned photographer there with a booth, and he said, he bought his wife a Pentax, and she never changed.

12-08-2012, 04:23 PM	#213
debkim Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Peace Country, AB Posts: 33	Originally posted by escapecar The UPS man just brought a blue K-30 body to my door. Sadly, I only get to play with it for a day or so (have to make sure it works properly, ya know!) before my wife puts it away until Christmas morning. I'm going to have to break the news to my K-100D very gently... Awwww, I wanted Blue, but none available. Hubby gave me mine early, when he saw that I was counting my pennies and checking online for the latest deals. Soooo happy!

12-11-2012, 12:56 PM	#214
DDoram Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Edmonton, Alberta Canada Posts: 632	Originally posted by Adam According to B&H, only a couple of pre-orders were shipped out to PF members. I hope the K-30 is in fact more popular than that! Post here if you've got one I bought one last summer and it is a great camera for the price. Even though I now have the K5IIs, I find myself using the K30 more because of focus peaking and slightly smaller size. Dale

12-14-2012, 02:23 PM - 1 Like	#215
curlednoodles Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Far North Qld, Australia Posts: 184	Bought mine a week ago and loving it! Focus peaking is brilliant and has breathed new life into my older 28mm and 50mm primes. I was out with it on Monday and it started to rain so i stayed out in it taking shots. Never thought id intentionally let my camera get wet. People were giving me weird looks. I felt like saying "Its ok, its a Pentax!" haha Its ISO performance is excellent. I cant believe how usable 3200 shots are. I rarely took my Kx above 800. Heres and example

12-14-2012, 07:37 PM	#216
Bodiebadman Site Supporter Join Date: Dec 2012 Photos: Gallery Posts: 7	Got my K30 Blue with 18-55 WR about a week ago but haven't been able to get out with it yet. For informational purposes, my last SLR was a Minolta XG-1! I really loved that camera but lent it to the daughter of a wonderful woman because she (the daughter) was taking a High School photography class and some creep (ostensibly, a "friend") walked out the door with it and was never heard from again. So 30 years later (and 4 or 5 Pentax or Canon point-and-shoot cameras later) I decided to get back into SLR photography and decided that I had been best served by Pentax in the intervening years so... I have found this to be an informative an pretty excellent forum for Pentax users (kind of like attendees to the midnight showing of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show") but let's face it: how much can you cover in a couple of days online in you spare time? Going to finish with all the suggestions for "setup" this weekend and, hopefully, get out and tickle some SD memory! Thanks for being there - "Let's do the Timewarp Again!" Bodiebadman

12-15-2012, 12:40 AM	#217
CP140 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Greater Vancouver Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 190	Originally posted by Bodiebadman Got my K30 Blue with 18-55 WR about a week ago but haven't been able to get out with it yet. For informational purposes, my last SLR was a Minolta XG-1! I really loved that camera but lent it to the daughter of a wonderful woman because she (the daughter) was taking a High School photography class and some creep (ostensibly, a "friend") walked out the door with it and was never heard from again. So 30 years later (and 4 or 5 Pentax or Canon point-and-shoot cameras later) I decided to get back into SLR photography and decided that I had been best served by Pentax in the intervening years so... I have found this to be an informative an pretty excellent forum for Pentax users (kind of like attendees to the midnight showing of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show") but let's face it: how much can you cover in a couple of days online in you spare time? Going to finish with all the suggestions for "setup" this weekend and, hopefully, get out and tickle some SD memory! Thanks for being there - "Let's do the Timewarp Again!" Bodiebadman XG-1 ?!? LOL... I traded one of these (plus a 45mm Minolta prime) in on the purchase of a K-r about 18 months ago! (BTW... the K-r has been "sold" to my son so I could trade up to a K-30). The second XG-1 body is on my son's bedroom wall as "art"... the local camera store didn't want to take it in trade because they figured one was enough. Loved those cameras! Solid, functional... truly a classic! Gotta admit though... the costs of "developing and printing" with the new digi's are a lot easier to swallow!

12-15-2012, 03:56 AM	#218
Iksobarg Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 208	I'll be picking mine up tomorrow, Sunday. Please share any insights? I just upgraded from a kx I had for a year to train on. Glad to join the club!

12-15-2012, 04:05 PM	#219
JimC1101 Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Fremont, Ca Photos: Albums Posts: 395	Upgraded from a K-x a couple weeks ago. I loved my K-x and was never disappointed after 2 plus years with it but must say that I love my K-30 even more. Faster AF, better high ISO which I never thought was possible, manual peeking is great and expanded tracking really works well. WR and focus confirmation in the VF, increased dpi in the LCD and 100% Pentaprism. I could go on and on but you get the pic. The K-x was great to me but the K-30 is light years ahead of it.I have found absoluetly nothing wrong and everything right with my new Pentax.

12-17-2012, 08:01 AM	#220
suttisak Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 36	I have 2 K30 +18-135. One is to replace old my son KX. The another one is for my wife to learn how to take photo. I still use KX.

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12-17-2012, 10:53 PM	#221
notsure New Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 2	A nice shiny white K30 + 18-55WR arrived in the mail yesterday (bought from a local online store). Haven't had time to play yet, but hoping to get my head around it well enough to take some great photos of the Northern Lights (weather permitting) when I head to northern Norway later this week for Christmas with the in-laws.

12-23-2012, 05:55 PM	#222
davidsyd Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Sydney Posts: 77	Happy to join the K-30 club here. Black K-30 with kit lens. Happy with performance so far. Need some prime lens with low aperture for low light work.

12-24-2012, 12:28 AM	#223
gramar Closed Account Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Ingham,UK Photos: Gallery Posts: 229	Took delivery of my new K30 body (black) on 14th December. Have just tried it out in the last few days. Weather here in the UK is diabolical at the moment. It just won't stop raining! Although the K30 is WR, non of my lenses are! So far I'm pleased with the results having moved up from a K100D.

12-24-2012, 05:04 AM	#224
lordmahesh New Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Bangalore Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 15	Bought the K30 from the Pentax Webstore, Singapore. My very first DSLR.

12-24-2012, 05:12 AM	#225
suttisak Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 36	Originally posted by gramar Took delivery of my new K30 body (black) on 14th December. Have just tried it out in the last few days. Weather here in the UK is diabolical at the moment. It just won't stop raining! Although the K30 is WR, non of my lenses are! So far I'm pleased with the results having moved up from a K100D. You moved up from a K100D , I move from Ist Dl to K-x then K30. You will enjoy with live view to see and arrange picture before take shutter. Continuous 6 frame/sec to keep lively emotion. More acuracy light exposeure K30 than K-x, no need to take raw for correct light. And many feature upgrade, you will find from K30. Good luck.