Looks very promising!
Subtle details like the contoured four-way buttons exude the true Pentax spirit.
I don't mind the slight increase in size. On the contrary, it could improve handling for me.
Good thing the live view button is out of the way. Too easy to activate by mistake on the K-5 (II) and no need for it to be so accessible. While the "still image" vs "video" switch cannot be activated accidentally, I'm not sure it needs to be that accessible. It is not like one would operate that switch while looking through the viewfinder?!
I wonder whether the "AF" button will be easy to reach as there appears to be a pronounced grip structure at the back.
Ricoh, please, you can keep the "Ricoh" logo under the screen, if you allow me to swap the "green button" and the "AF button" functions.
Seriously, I'm hoping that Ricoh has infused some of its "
customise everything" philosophy into the K-3. I'll have to handle the camera in order to know for sure, but it seems to me that I'd really want to the AF button to be where the green button is.
Originally posted by devorama I don't think the AF selector is a joystick. Looks like a button. This would change the interface so that you wouldn't have to long-press on the OK button to switch the 4 directional buttons between their functions and moving the focus points.
Yes, I agree.
Getting rid of the long-press on the OK button would be great.
Originally posted by digitalCG Hopefully it can be customised - personally it'd be good to use it for SR on/off, have really missed that lever from the K10/20 bodies.
Yes, I miss the "SR button" from my K100D as well.
I'm still exploring whether user modes can work as a substitute.
N.B., if you turn off the "status display" then one press on the "Info" button is enough to get you to the menu where you can toggle "SR" on and off. The camera remembers your last selection, so for me the selection is always on the "SR" toggle already. Not as quick as using a switch, but not terrible either.
Originally posted by Fogel70 They probably put all 3 user modes directly on the mode dial.
That would be brilliant. I think it is unlikely, but it would be really useful.
I haven't used user modes on the K-5 II much yet because they do not seem to be that easy to change. Maybe I'm missing something. Still reading the K-5 II manual.
P.S.: Regarding the "hump": It appears that just accommodating a head phone jack would have been possible with less of a bulge (or by putting it elsewhere). I could imagine that the hump is also meant to have an ergonomic purpose, e.g., provide better support for the fingers of the left hand, when one is not cradling the lens.