Why I will buy a K-3 III

**stihlmania** · 04-28-2019, 06:29 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by reh321

I am just plain unsubscribed there because I don't fit there - PF has something for everyone, so there is no reason to hang out where you don't fit in.

Good point, done!

---------- Post added 04-28-19 at 08:41 PM ----------

Originally posted by MarkJerling

The K-3 was the only camera where Ricoh was so bold as to put the Ricoh name on the rear of the camera. They have not tried it with any model since then. I can't say if the sentiment expressed by pentaxdude in 2013 had anything to do with that! But it's nice to think so.

I think that Ricoh has come to value the Pentax brand, so, these days the name Ricoh only appears on the makers plate under the camera.

Those of us who spend a fair bit of time posting in that thread certainly enjoy what "The Thread" has become. As I'm writing this, that thread sits on 66,118 posts. It's the thread about nothing and everything.

A good opinion, something else for me to consider....as I am testing a Fish-eye-Takumar F4 17 mm...my first M42 lens usage in 20 years...

**stihlmania** · 05-04-2019, 05:23 PM

Originally posted by jpzk

I hope you are a very patient person!

I am.....

---------- Post added 05-04-19 at 07:29 PM ----------

Originally posted by Merv-O

All I'm saying is that the K-1, the K-p and the newer Pentaxes have more speed at low light than first perceived. Your 300 f/4 can act as a f2.8 at 6400, and still create commercially viable pictures. you are correct that I have never used the 400 f/2.8 because I have little need for that lens in my daily scope. I meant that you didn't deserve to be maligned, that's all. Photography is a personal endeavor and what one sees as art, others see as rubbish. The 300mm on an APS-c is a 450mm, so I don't get the cropping argument. Again, I trade ISO over f stops and routinely do well on my pics. As an aside, your photos of the wildlife on JPEG at only 85 clarity are quite stunning. Let's leave it at that.

I can agree with that....

---------- Post added 05-04-19 at 07:33 PM ----------

Originally posted by monochrome

IMO a Mod should just change the title to “Why I Won’t . . .” * and be done with it. The thread has nothing to do with the K-3 any more.

That might even throw off the internet indexing.

* eat cheese, eat bacon, listen to all-girl rock bands, Barbeque, etc.

Anything but " why I won't"....

---------- Post added 05-04-19 at 07:40 PM ----------

Originally posted by savoche

Except for the usual suspects who will be dissatisfied no matter what, of course

I have a K-5, a K-3, a K-1, a GR, a Theta, and somewhere a predecessor to the WG series (an Optio W30, I think) - and am satisfied with all of them

That said, what I would like to see in a K-3 successor is a K-3(II) body with the flippy screen and high-ISO performance of the KP. That would - for me - be very close to the perfect APS-C camera. Yes, other improvements would be welcome, too, but I find the K-3 to be an excellent camera already.

So do I ( the K3-II)

Racer X 69 · 05-05-2019, 10:41 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by monochrome

. . . . . . . . listen to all-girl rock bands . . . . . . . . . .

No translation needed for these lyrics.

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Oh, Jayne Mansfield.

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Translation required. Don't ask me to do it, I wouldn't know where to begin. But hey, they rock. A small flaw, the bass player is never shown, too bad, as the bass line in this one is quite lively.

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Clearly no translation required. All American girls. Singing about Egyptians.

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Finally, Betty Blowtorch. Definitely not for all listeners, these girls definitely have no integrity, but they did know how to rock. Love the album artwork.

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**CharLac** · 05-09-2019, 10:17 AM - **2 Likes**

Originally posted by MarkJerling

The K-3 was the only camera where Ricoh was so bold as to put the Ricoh name on the rear of the camera. They have not tried it with any model since then. I can't say if the sentiment expressed by pentaxdude in 2013 had anything to do with that! But it's nice to think so.

I think that Ricoh has come to value the Pentax brand, so, these days the name Ricoh only appears on the makers plate under the camera.

Those of us who spend a fair bit of time posting in that thread certainly enjoy what "The Thread" has become. As I'm writing this, that thread sits on 66,118 posts. It's the thread about nothing and everything.

And don't forget bacon Mark

**CharLac** · 05-09-2019, 10:18 AM

Originally posted by monochrome

IMO a Mod should just change the title to “Why I Won’t . . .” * and be done with it. The thread has nothing to do with the K-3 any more.

That might even throw off the internet indexing.

* eat cheese, eat bacon, listen to all-girl rock bands, Barbeque, etc.

Nah...having K-3 in the title is the only thing that originally got me interested!

And yes Racer, I would buy another one.

**CharLac** · 05-09-2019, 10:22 AM

Originally posted by savoche

Except for the usual suspects who will be dissatisfied no matter what, of course

I have a K-5, a K-3, a K-1, a GR, a Theta, and somewhere a predecessor to the WG series (an Optio W30, I think) - and am satisfied with all of them

That said, what I would like to see in a K-3 successor is a K-3(II) body with the flippy screen and high-ISO performance of the KP. That would - for me - be very close to the perfect APS-C camera. Yes, other improvements would be welcome, too, but I find the K-3 to be an excellent camera already.

Agreed on all points expect the Optio...have one but much preferred the Canon Powershot I used at the time. The menu system in the Canaon was far far easier to use....in my humble opinion of course.

**Merv-O** · 05-09-2019, 11:20 AM

Originally posted by CharLac

Agreed on all points expect the Optio...have one but much preferred the Canon Powershot I used at the time. The menu system in the Canaon was far far easier to use....in my humble opinion of course.

Yes the Optio point and shoots had a densely packed menu that was not as easy to use in the field...coupled with the smallish controls it was not ideal. Basically, the small point and shoot camera market is evaporated anyway as the phone has taken that role.

normhead · 05-09-2019, 11:52 AM - **1 Like**

My favourite girl band songs

L7 "Pretend we're dead"

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And the Bangles "Hazy shade of Winter"

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MarkJerling · 05-09-2019, 06:14 PM

Originally posted by CharLac

And don't forget bacon Mark

Bacon! Aaaahhhhhh.

Racer X 69 · 05-09-2019, 06:38 PM

Originally posted by normhead

My favourite girl band songs

L7 "Pretend we're dead"

L7 - Pretend We're Dead - YouTube

L7.

Sweet!

I now have another band on my list.

Thanks Norm!

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**stihlmania** · 05-09-2019, 07:08 PM

My last post to this thread, I have other things I want to do besides comtimplate the consistency of lunch meat condiments! Haha.... My 13 pound 400 f 2.8 calls me......

Racer X 69 · 05-09-2019, 07:17 PM

Originally posted by stihlmania

My last post to this thread, I have other things I want to do besides comtimplate the consistency of lunch meat condiments! Haha.... My 13 pound 400 f 2.8 calls me......

Isn't it dark there about now?

**stihlmania** · 05-09-2019, 07:48 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by Racer X 69

Isn't it dark there about now?

Very dark. But the lens never stops calling my name. It wakes me in my sleep telling me to attach the AF360 so I can take photos in complete darkness....which it can do! I will find and post a nighthawk photo that I took with the camera and flash combo...in total darkness, I saw the nighthawk fly thru some lights and land close by, the rest is history!

---------- Post added 05-09-19 at 10:06 PM ----------

I did use the HD 55-300 ( non plm ) for these images...the 400 was resting on a tripod near my bed as I was at the Chanoti Hot Springs on the Rio Grande.......200 miles from anywhere in the U S.... both lens may have been speaking to me that night....also a big male cat that just loved my tripod, he would not leave me alone no matter how far I hiked up the local dry wash ( about 1 mile with the 400 and the Bogen tripod).....but he was a really good cat other than following me! He did not care what birds were around ( I think the birds knew this ) during the day as long as you gave him some attention the quail would get about 5 feet from him....and he never once looked like he was going to attack them......a well fed cat is a good cat around birds at this place...

Trainman Dave · 07-30-2019, 03:56 AM

gotta have autofocus during video! But I love my K-3, and would jump at a K-3 III

john5100 · 07-31-2019, 12:16 AM

As an event and concert photographer, AFC is very important for me. Seeing the eye AF of Sony, it's making me consider changing brands for my pro work. I love Pentax but the AF is my Achilles Heel. My keeper rate has always been great and better than my Canon counterparts. Now, I'm falling behind.

Also, better flash compatibility with 3rd party flashes like Godox and Pro Photo studio systems

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04-28-2019, 06:29 PM - 1 Like	#196
stihlmania Site Supporter Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Spring Branch, Tx Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 705 Original Poster	Originally posted by reh321 I am just plain unsubscribed there because I don't fit there - PF has something for everyone, so there is no reason to hang out where you don't fit in. Good point, done! ---------- Post added 04-28-19 at 08:41 PM ---------- Originally posted by MarkJerling The K-3 was the only camera where Ricoh was so bold as to put the Ricoh name on the rear of the camera. They have not tried it with any model since then. I can't say if the sentiment expressed by pentaxdude in 2013 had anything to do with that! But it's nice to think so. I think that Ricoh has come to value the Pentax brand, so, these days the name Ricoh only appears on the makers plate under the camera. Those of us who spend a fair bit of time posting in that thread certainly enjoy what "The Thread" has become. As I'm writing this, that thread sits on 66,118 posts. It's the thread about nothing and everything. A good opinion, something else for me to consider....as I am testing a Fish-eye-Takumar F4 17 mm...my first M42 lens usage in 20 years...

05-04-2019, 05:23 PM	#197
stihlmania Site Supporter Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Spring Branch, Tx Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 705 Original Poster	Originally posted by jpzk I hope you are a very patient person! I am..... ---------- Post added 05-04-19 at 07:29 PM ---------- Originally posted by Merv-O All I'm saying is that the K-1, the K-p and the newer Pentaxes have more speed at low light than first perceived. Your 300 f/4 can act as a f2.8 at 6400, and still create commercially viable pictures. you are correct that I have never used the 400 f/2.8 because I have little need for that lens in my daily scope. I meant that you didn't deserve to be maligned, that's all. Photography is a personal endeavor and what one sees as art, others see as rubbish. The 300mm on an APS-c is a 450mm, so I don't get the cropping argument. Again, I trade ISO over f stops and routinely do well on my pics. As an aside, your photos of the wildlife on JPEG at only 85 clarity are quite stunning. Let's leave it at that. I can agree with that.... ---------- Post added 05-04-19 at 07:33 PM ---------- Originally posted by monochrome IMO a Mod should just change the title to “Why I Won’t . . .” * and be done with it. The thread has nothing to do with the K-3 any more. That might even throw off the internet indexing. * eat cheese, eat bacon, listen to all-girl rock bands, Barbeque, etc. Anything but " why I won't".... ---------- Post added 05-04-19 at 07:40 PM ---------- Originally posted by savoche Except for the usual suspects who will be dissatisfied no matter what, of course I have a K-5, a K-3, a K-1, a GR, a Theta, and somewhere a predecessor to the WG series (an Optio W30, I think) - and am satisfied with all of them That said, what I would like to see in a K-3 successor is a K-3(II) body with the flippy screen and high-ISO performance of the KP. That would - for me - be very close to the perfect APS-C camera. Yes, other improvements would be welcome, too, but I find the K-3 to be an excellent camera already. So do I ( the K3-II)

05-09-2019, 10:17 AM - 2 Likes	#199
CharLac Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2018 Location: Ottawa Photos: Gallery Posts: 8,419	Originally posted by MarkJerling The K-3 was the only camera where Ricoh was so bold as to put the Ricoh name on the rear of the camera. They have not tried it with any model since then. I can't say if the sentiment expressed by pentaxdude in 2013 had anything to do with that! But it's nice to think so. I think that Ricoh has come to value the Pentax brand, so, these days the name Ricoh only appears on the makers plate under the camera. Those of us who spend a fair bit of time posting in that thread certainly enjoy what "The Thread" has become. As I'm writing this, that thread sits on 66,118 posts. It's the thread about nothing and everything. And don't forget bacon Mark

05-09-2019, 10:18 AM	#200
CharLac Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2018 Location: Ottawa Photos: Gallery Posts: 8,419	Originally posted by monochrome IMO a Mod should just change the title to “Why I Won’t . . .” * and be done with it. The thread has nothing to do with the K-3 any more. That might even throw off the internet indexing. * eat cheese, eat bacon, listen to all-girl rock bands, Barbeque, etc. Nah...having K-3 in the title is the only thing that originally got me interested! And yes Racer, I would buy another one.

05-09-2019, 10:22 AM	#201
CharLac Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2018 Location: Ottawa Photos: Gallery Posts: 8,419	Originally posted by savoche Except for the usual suspects who will be dissatisfied no matter what, of course I have a K-5, a K-3, a K-1, a GR, a Theta, and somewhere a predecessor to the WG series (an Optio W30, I think) - and am satisfied with all of them That said, what I would like to see in a K-3 successor is a K-3(II) body with the flippy screen and high-ISO performance of the KP. That would - for me - be very close to the perfect APS-C camera. Yes, other improvements would be welcome, too, but I find the K-3 to be an excellent camera already. Agreed on all points expect the Optio...have one but much preferred the Canon Powershot I used at the time. The menu system in the Canaon was far far easier to use....in my humble opinion of course.

05-09-2019, 11:20 AM	#202
Merv-O Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2018 Location: Philadelphia Photos: Albums Posts: 2,098	Originally posted by CharLac Agreed on all points expect the Optio...have one but much preferred the Canon Powershot I used at the time. The menu system in the Canaon was far far easier to use....in my humble opinion of course. Yes the Optio point and shoots had a densely packed menu that was not as easy to use in the field...coupled with the smallish controls it was not ideal. Basically, the small point and shoot camera market is evaporated anyway as the phone has taken that role.

05-09-2019, 06:14 PM	#204
MarkJerling Moderator Site Supporter Join Date: May 2012 Location: Wairarapa, New Zealand Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 20,406	Originally posted by CharLac And don't forget bacon Mark Bacon! Aaaahhhhhh.

05-09-2019, 07:08 PM	#206
stihlmania Site Supporter Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Spring Branch, Tx Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 705 Original Poster	My last post to this thread, I have other things I want to do besides comtimplate the consistency of lunch meat condiments! Haha.... My 13 pound 400 f 2.8 calls me......

05-09-2019, 07:17 PM	#207
Racer X 69 Moderator Man With A Camera Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: The Great Pacific Northwet, in the Land Between Canada and Mexico Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 28,068	Originally posted by stihlmania My last post to this thread, I have other things I want to do besides comtimplate the consistency of lunch meat condiments! Haha.... My 13 pound 400 f 2.8 calls me...... Isn't it dark there about now?

05-09-2019, 07:48 PM - 1 Like	#208
stihlmania Site Supporter Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Spring Branch, Tx Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 705 Original Poster	Originally posted by Racer X 69 Isn't it dark there about now? Very dark. But the lens never stops calling my name. It wakes me in my sleep telling me to attach the AF360 so I can take photos in complete darkness....which it can do! I will find and post a nighthawk photo that I took with the camera and flash combo...in total darkness, I saw the nighthawk fly thru some lights and land close by, the rest is history! ---------- Post added 05-09-19 at 10:06 PM ---------- I did use the HD 55-300 ( non plm ) for these images...the 400 was resting on a tripod near my bed as I was at the Chanoti Hot Springs on the Rio Grande.......200 miles from anywhere in the U S.... both lens may have been speaking to me that night....also a big male cat that just loved my tripod, he would not leave me alone no matter how far I hiked up the local dry wash ( about 1 mile with the 400 and the Bogen tripod).....but he was a really good cat other than following me! He did not care what birds were around ( I think the birds knew this ) during the day as long as you gave him some attention the quail would get about 5 feet from him....and he never once looked like he was going to attack them......a well fed cat is a good cat around birds at this place...

07-30-2019, 03:56 AM	#209
Trainman Dave New Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Wisconsin Photos: Gallery Posts: 13	gotta have autofocus during video! But I love my K-3, and would jump at a K-3 III

07-31-2019, 12:16 AM	#210
john5100 Veteran Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 1,725	As an event and concert photographer, AFC is very important for me. Seeing the eye AF of Sony, it's making me consider changing brands for my pro work. I love Pentax but the AF is my Achilles Heel. My keeper rate has always been great and better than my Canon counterparts. Now, I'm falling behind. Also, better flash compatibility with 3rd party flashes like Godox and Pro Photo studio systems