[surfar]

I think you should take your own advice,or ask Big Mack what he thinks of his A7ii!

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Yes,its an old camera.

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Look them up!

.......yes

[Pentax_WA]

I think you should take your own advice,or ask Big Mack what he thinks of his A7ii!

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Yes,its an old camera.

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.......yes

I am hoping Pentax won't mess it up this time. Pentax FF glasses are way more affordable than any other brands, not to mention their weather-sealing capabilities.

[pinholecam]

This K1II is also not A9, A7III and D850 priced.
So I'd just take it that its an updated model of the K1.


Pixel Shift II might be the feature to look out for.
If its able to provide in-camera Raw Therapee like processing to the pixel shift shots, then it really full realizes the potential of pixel shift for more people.

[surfar]

If its able to provide in-camera Raw Therapee like processing to the pixel shift shots, then it really full realizes the potential of pixel shift for more people.

It will be interesting to find out exactly what its capable of.

[LightBug]

This is the last chance to avoid self-death. If SONY announces the A7 mark II ( Mini a9 ) for less than 2K, and Fuji brings up its X-H1 and XT-3, Pentax will not only not gain new customers, but it may also lose some to switch over to other brands. Since I purchased my Fuji XT-2, I barely touch my K3II. The AF system on K3 is just embarrassing. My to go for landscape is K1, for the portrait is K1 with XT-2 mixed, and Telephoto wildlife XT-2.

How do you compare AF between XT-2 and K3ii? You do not have any fast focusing lens in the Pentax mount.

A7 II is 24 MP, has been out in the market for a while for $1100, but it's not comparable to K-1 which is 36 MP.

[Culture]

I guess I can make plans to buy my K-1 now.

[Pentax_WA]

How do you compare AF between XT-2 and K3ii? You do not have any fast focusing lens in the Pentax mount.

A7 II is 24 MP, has been out in the market for a while for $1100, but it's not comparable to K-1 which is 36 MP.

2.8 is fast enough to compare the too. I've got pentax 16-50 and fuji 16-55
I also tested 60-250 f4 against 100-400 4.5-5.6. Unfortunately, pentax failed miserably.
As far as sony vs K1, 24 mp is more than enough for me. 399 AF point with eye tracking aren't something I'd pass if i were to start all over agian. As for now, I'm happy with Fuji and K1 together.

[LightBug]

2.8 is fast enough to compare the too. I've got pentax 16-50 and fuji 16-55
I also tested 60-250 f4 against 100-400 4.5-5.6. Unfortunately, pentax failed miserably.
As far as sony vs K1, 24 mp is more than enough for me. 399 AF point with eye tracking aren't something I'd pass if i were to start all over agian. As for now, I'm happy with Fuji and K1 together.

When I say fast I meant fast focusing. None of your lenses in Pentax mount have fast focusing motor
designed for action. If you want fast focusing, you also need to invest in lenses with fast focusing motors.

[Zygonyx]

Where in Kenspo!!!!!! He is very quiet suddenly. He very carefull in adding anything and Ricoh is watching him

As he knew all this, why would he comment now ?

[kenspo]

Im here..I need to work sometimes too.

[Kenn100D]

I think we will know it soon. Fujifilm already released there new camera. 1899usd. PENTAX would be next.

[ebk]

is the new Pentax k-1 II the new Ricoh Pentax breaking news? a jump forwards?

[BigMackCam]

This is the last chance to avoid self-death. If SONY announces the A7 mark II ( Mini a9 ) for less than 2K, and Fuji brings up its X-H1 and XT-3, Pentax will not only not gain new customers, but it may also lose some to switch over to other brands. Since I purchased my Fuji XT-2, I barely touch my K3II. The AF system on K3 is just embarrassing. My to go for landscape is K1, for the portrait is K1 with XT-2 mixed, and Telephoto wildlife XT-2.

ask Big Mack what he thinks of his A7ii

How do you compare AF between XT-2 and K3ii? You do not have any fast focusing lens in the Pentax mount.

2.8 is fast enough to compare the too. I've got pentax 16-50 and fuji 16-55
I also tested 60-250 f4 against 100-400 4.5-5.6. Unfortunately, pentax failed miserably.
As far as sony vs K1, 24 mp is more than enough for me. 399 AF point with eye tracking aren't something I'd pass if i were to start all over agian. As for now, I'm happy with Fuji and K1 together.

I really like my A7 MkII, but it shouldn't even be mentioned in the same breath as the K-1.

For a start, it's a completely different camera, offering a very different shooting experience. Great for some, not great for others. It works well for my use-cases, but then, I'm very flexible regarding the whole DSLR vs mirrorless thing, and I'm happy to use both optical and electronic viewfinders. I also recognise the limitations in both, depending on the application.

As for the sensor, 24MP on the A7II is fine for me. However... taking pixel density and the use of an anti-aliasing filter into account, it provides the same kind of resolving capability as a 16MP APS-C Pentax K-5 (which I also own, so I can offer an informed opinion). It's nowhere near comparable to the K-1's 36MP sensor with no AA filter.

Regarding AF comparisons... I believe @LightBug was referring to fast-focusing (rather than fast aperture) lenses. The Pentax 16-50 (which I've tried) and 60-250 (which I own) are both great lenses, but neither is fast-focusing as a result of the SDM AF motor. Compared to a good screw-drive lens (or better still, the newer 55-300 PLM and future PLM-driven lenses), they're somewhat leisurely. Not, therefore, a good basis for comparing AF speed.

I think Pentax is going in the right direction with the K-1 and K-1II (even if the K-1II is a minor update). AF continues to be the biggest area for improvement, and I hope we'll see some serious development of that in future cameras.

Incidentally, I shoot the K-3 and K-3II and I've never found the AF system to be embarrassing... it takes a little practice, but it works well. For AF.C, it's not quite as good as some of the DSLR competition, but I can live with that. For those that can't, switch systems. It's pretty simple, really

[thibs]

We'll be able to have abetter idea of the AF-C capabilities once somone can properly test K1-II with DFA*50/1.4.
Then if it sucks, we can't blame it on one part of the equation slowing the other part.

[kenspo]

We'll be able to have abetter idea of the AF-C capabilities once somone can properly test K1-II with DFA*50/1.4.
Then if it sucks, we can't blame it on one part of the equation slowing the other part.

This ^^