After working with a K-50 for a year now, decided to upgrade and leave full control of the K-50 to my wife. Been eyeing the K-3 for a while, but the price was a bit out of range and going to get a K-5IIs instead. But last week when BuyDig had them $729, called B&H to see if they would match and they did !! Yesterday UPS delivered
First thing, got the battery charged enough to check the firmware version - 1.00, then put battery back into the charger and downloaded the firmware update. Got up a little bit earlier this morning (3am) with the battery charged, updated the firmware, formatted the SD cards and made the recommended settings Adam suggested in his review. Set it to AV - Ready to Rock !!
Been going though the forum trying to soak up as much info as possible - thanks BTW. Readied myself for the steep learning curve coming from a K-50, but so far I been impressed. The menu layout is very similar, though there are more buttons and in different places it's not intimidating, actually looking forward to learning how to use them.
So a couple questions: What is the consensus of where to set the High ISO NR ? Adam suggests to leave it Auto, have read to leave it off or on high. Same with Slow Shutter NR. Have set the ISO range to 100 - 1600 for now.
We have 4 lenses now: DA 18-135mm WR, D FA 50mm macro, D FA 100mm macro WR & a HD 55-300mm WR, the first 2 will stay with the K-50. I also have a DA55 on order. Most of my photography is outdoors off trail (will mostly on game trails actually) so want to get something wide angle for vista, lake & field shots, what would you suggest for focal length ? would prefer a prime.
Thank you for your help
Opus, my Citron Cockatoo was kind enough to pose this morning before I left for work:
no PP (not enough time)
Last edited by longbow; 09-10-2015 at 07:52 AM.