[Ash]

Have you used a KP?
The software here doesn't read ISO accurately beyond 65K, but this photo - taken with a 60w bulb on our house - really was taken at 800K.
Yes, it has some noise, but under the circumstances, I am happy.

There is no reason for assuming the K-3iii cannot go another step and get similar results.

That photo looks remarkably like a light microscope image of a giardia parasite.

[reh321]

That photo looks remarkably like a light microscope image of a giardia parasite.

It looks exactly like a raiding raccoon.

[Smolk]

Limiteds in "champagne gold"? I thought they were only available in black or silver

I have seen Silver Limiteds advertised as champagne in colour. It's all in the eye of the beholder!

[Breakfastographer]

I have seen Silver Limiteds advertised as champagne in colour. It's all in the eye of the beholder!

Retr0bright to the rescue! (j/k)

[SunnyG.]

Nokishita Camera just published several pages of the certification report written by Dekra and concerning the Pentax K-3 Mark III a.k.a. R03010:

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R03010.pdf - Google Drive

The Google Drive folder includes a pdf document with 23 pictures of the Pentax K-3 Mark III (both black and silver versions) together with various accessories (I-USB166 USB cable, AC-U1 battery charger, D-Li90 battery).

Wow! Looks amazing! Looks they built a mini tank

[reh321]

It's all in the eye of the beholder!

and color of the lighting.

[bdery]

it may be a conscious design decision to couple GPS functionality from an accessory unit or smartphone. I'm leaning towards the latter... especially given the Bluetooth 4.2 connectivity. Such a connection would likely result in much less drain on the battery than in-camera GPS.

That's an intersting point, however I have never one heard of anyone complaining that astrotracer drained their batteries. A solution looking for a problem, if you ask me.

[Not a Number]

Has the actual certifications been filed (and published) yet?

[ThorSanchez]

That's an intersting point, however I have never one heard of anyone complaining that astrotracer drained their batteries. A solution looking for a problem, if you ask me.

Also, in the world of phones that require a surgical consult to change the battery my camera with GPS enabled probably will last quite a bit longer than my phone no matter the use case.

[torge]

never had GPS in a camera body, but can definitely see the benefits of it

[thibs]

never had GPS in a camera body, but can definitely see the benefits of it

Yep. Not a killer feature but still a very nice one IMO

[house]

That's an intersting point, however I have never one heard of anyone complaining that astrotracer drained their batteries. A solution looking for a problem, if you ask me.

I have!
I don't know it it's the gps but coming from the K-5 i found the K-3II considerably more battery hungry. I pretty much always have the gps on and haven't done comparative tests so it's always been just a hunch.

[mlt]

Only issue I’ve noticed with both in-camera gps on my K1 and with the external unit on my K3 is both loosing connection on a cruise ship, even on a balcony, due to all the metal over head.

[rr1736]

Beautiful camera

[Kobie]

maybe just tailing zero missing. But a shame for Pentax/Ricoh, people who write such stuff get an incredible high salary they have to live the "Pentax statement" and there it says "every detail counts"

I have seen that the K-P has 800k ISO and in the max range of the K50/K70/K3-II (51200) the pics look better, much better.
The K3-II has a more advanced noise reduction, so it's high ISO pics look better than that of the K50 BUT as far as I know it's the last Pentax model that comes with a Pentax sensor. The K-P already has the Sony CMOS sensor and the next generation of that will be in the K3-III

From my experience between my K-30 and K-3, the K-30 (same camera internally as the K-50) is MUCH better regarding high ISO shooting all the way to 12,800 ISO. Same sensor size, bigger pixels = less noise.
The K-3 controls noise well, but the images aren't nearly as clean as those from the K-30/50 16 MP sensor, at least from my results shooting both cameras over the years.