I handled a prototype K-3 II today.

6BQ5 · 05-08-2015, 09:53 PM - **1 Like**

My local camera store, Gordon's Photo Service, is celebrating it's 26th anniversary today. Gordon is bringing in various sales reps during the celebration. Today there was a rep from Ricoh at the store. He had the K-50, the K-S2, the GR... and a working prototype of the K-3 II!

I play around with the Pixel Shift function and talked to the rep about it. Yes, you absolutely need to use a tripod for this feature. Don't fool yourself by thinking you can hold your breath and brace yourself against a wall. You'll get a strange halo effect if the camera or your subject matter isn't perfectly still. The in-camera processing is fast enough for a landscape shooter. This feature doesn't suit my style of photography so it's kind of useless to me. I won't be upgrading to the newer model.

Oh, and don't hold your breath hoping the pixel shift feature will come to older camera models. It won't.

However, you can hold your breath for 5-axis SR coming to Ricoh soon.

virusn3t · 05-08-2015, 09:58 PM

Can be used with speedlights?

6BQ5 · 05-08-2015, 10:01 PM

That's a good question! I didn't think of asking something like that.

virusn3t · 05-08-2015, 10:06 PM

Well, a few more months to know the answer about PS+Speedlights.

Zav · 05-08-2015, 10:11 PM

Some time ago, this thread would have been 5 pages long and plagued with "Has he said anything about a FF coming?".
It's good to see this time is over :-)

Now, why not bringing the pixel shift feature to the K-3?!?

JinDesu · 05-08-2015, 11:14 PM - **1 Like**

Has he said anything about the FF coming?

awaldram · 05-08-2015, 11:24 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by JinDesu

Has he said anything about the FF coming?

Darn beat me to it

Steve.Ledger · 05-09-2015, 12:31 AM

Originally posted by Stavri

How rude...

LensBeginner · 05-09-2015, 01:46 AM

Originally posted by Zav

Some time ago, this thread would have been 5 pages long and plagued with "Has he said anything about a FF coming?".
It's good to see this time is over :-)

Now, why not bringing the pixel shift feature to the K-3?!?

Because if the do, you won't buy the K-3II, simple as that methinks...

Oldbayrunner · 05-09-2015, 04:26 AM

Originally posted by Stavri

They're waiting for you to go first.

Zav · 05-09-2015, 05:20 AM

Originally posted by LensBeginner

Because if the do, you won't buy the K-3II, simple as that methinks...

I won't buy it anyway! :-)

thomasw · 05-09-2015, 05:58 AM

I'll buy it and then ask if I should upgrade to a FF!

tvdtvdtvd · 05-09-2015, 07:00 AM

Originally posted by 6BQ5

Oh, and don't hold your breath hoping the pixel shift feature will come to older camera models. It won't.

Well, did he say anything about what and when the next firmware will bring?

**atlrob** · 05-09-2015, 07:21 AM

Did he say when they were going to fix the latest firmware release?

6BQ5 · 05-09-2015, 08:33 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by LensBeginner

Because if the do, you won't buy the K-3II, simple as that methinks...

There's that and the K-3 II has upgraded hardware. The sensor shift mechanism was upgraded to enable the precision shifting and the image processing engine was upgraded too.

Originally posted by tvdtvdtvd

Well, did he say anything about what and when the next firmware will bring?

We didn't talk about the firmware beyond the pixel shifting. I'm still running one rev back on the K-3 so it was pretty far from my mind.

05-08-2015, 09:53 PM - 1 Like	#1
6BQ5 Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Nevada, USA Photos: Albums Posts: 3,348	I handled a prototype K-3 II today. My local camera store, Gordon's Photo Service, is celebrating it's 26th anniversary today. Gordon is bringing in various sales reps during the celebration. Today there was a rep from Ricoh at the store. He had the K-50, the K-S2, the GR... and a working prototype of the K-3 II! I play around with the Pixel Shift function and talked to the rep about it. Yes, you absolutely need to use a tripod for this feature. Don't fool yourself by thinking you can hold your breath and brace yourself against a wall. You'll get a strange halo effect if the camera or your subject matter isn't perfectly still. The in-camera processing is fast enough for a landscape shooter. This feature doesn't suit my style of photography so it's kind of useless to me. I won't be upgrading to the newer model. Oh, and don't hold your breath hoping the pixel shift feature will come to older camera models. It won't. However, you can hold your breath for 5-axis SR coming to Ricoh soon.

05-09-2015, 12:31 AM	#8
Steve.Ledger Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Far North Qld Posts: 3,301	Originally posted by Stavri <mod edit.Original post deleted.> How rude... Last edited by Parallax; 05-09-2015 at 07:50 AM.

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Zav Pentaxian Join Date: Feb 2009 Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,371	Originally posted by LensBeginner Because if the do, you won't buy the K-3II, simple as that methinks... I won't buy it anyway! :-)

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6BQ5 Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Nevada, USA Photos: Albums Posts: 3,348 Original Poster	Originally posted by LensBeginner Because if the do, you won't buy the K-3II, simple as that methinks... There's that and the K-3 II has upgraded hardware. The sensor shift mechanism was upgraded to enable the precision shifting and the image processing engine was upgraded too. Originally posted by tvdtvdtvd Well, did he say anything about what and when the next firmware will bring? We didn't talk about the firmware beyond the pixel shifting. I'm still running one rev back on the K-3 so it was pretty far from my mind.