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03-04-2016, 01:21 PM   #1
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K3 slow power ON ?

I've tried searching for an answer .... couldn't find it (even in my own posts!! )

Question: Is it "normal" that the K3 is slower to power ON vs. the K5 ??

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Maybe if startup SR was enabled in the K-3 but not K-5...?
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Define "slow". It takes mine approximately 2 seconds to power up.
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QuoteOriginally posted by bertwert Quote
Maybe if startup SR was enabled in the K-3 but not K-5...?
Startup SR ??
Well, the SR is always ON, no matter which camera I use.

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QuoteOriginally posted by boriscleto Quote
Define "slow". It takes mine approximately 2 seconds to power up.
That would be about right: 2 seconds.
I was wondering because the K5 is faster to power ON.
Nothing to worry about then?
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QuoteOriginally posted by jpzk Quote
Startup SR ??
Well, the SR is always ON, no matter which camera I use.
I meant DR - dust removal... oops.

You can set it to start-up, shut-down, both or neither.
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QuoteOriginally posted by jpzk Quote
Startup SR ??
Well, the SR is always ON, no matter which camera I use.
I think he meant Startup Dust Removal. But on the K-3, like the K-5, the amount of time taken is negligible.
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QuoteOriginally posted by bertwert Quote
I meant DR - dust removal... oops.

You can set it to start-up, shut-down, both or neither.
Yes of course, and I always have this ON as well ... makes hardly any difference in start up time, really.

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Thanks for the replies, guys!
Appreciated !

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One difference is that the K-3 has 2 card slots, and it scans the card at startup. Do you have 2 cards? Mine seems to startup faster with just 1.
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I would try turning off all the Dust Removal settings and formatting (both) your SD card(s).

Regardless though, the K-5 has less startup delay:
600 ms vs 900 ms

K-5 has less shutter lag as well:
104 ms vs 138 ms

Pentax K-3 vs K-5 - Our Analysis
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Imaging Resource measured the two cameras as follows:

Power up to first exposure
K-3: ~0.9s
K-5: ~0.6s

Shutter lag time (pre-focussed)
K-3: 0.96s
K-5: 0.92s

It would be nice if they had measured the startup time-to-ready, but that is hard to determine. Still though, I don't know that two many of us would be aware of the 0.3s difference unless we had the two cameras together at the same time and had a race. After all, how often do we have the use case of full-off to full-on in order to catch the shot. It takes me over a second to simply bring the camera to eye!

Next question:

Is it normal for my right leg to move faster than my left? This has perturbed me and is getting a little old. Every few steps, my right needs to stop in order for the left to catch up.

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QuoteOriginally posted by boriscleto Quote
One difference is that the K-3 has 2 card slots, and it scans the card at startup. Do you have 2 cards? Mine seems to startup faster with just 1.
Just one 32GB card in slot 1.
Planning to use both with 32BG 95MB/s SDHC I (U3)
So, I haven't yet put two cards in that K3.

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QuoteOriginally posted by UserAccessDenied Quote
I would try turning off all the Dust Removal settings and formatting (both) your SD card(s).

Regardless though, the K-5 has less startup delay:
600 ms vs 900 ms

K-5 has less shutter lag as well:
104 ms vs 138 ms

Pentax K-3 vs K-5 - Our Analysis
900 ms is close to one second ... but the start up time (guesstimated) for the K3 (mine) is 1.5 - 2.0 seconds.
Same with power down.
I can live with that. I'll turn the start up DR and see for myself what the difference is, if any.

Thanks for the info.

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Is it normal for my right leg to move faster than my left? This has perturbed me and is getting a little old. Every few steps, my right needs to stop in order for the left to catch up
There is such a thing as "dominant leg" but has nothing to do with being left or right "handed" ... lots of further info on the Web for that!
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I had a K30 that was very slow on almost everything. It took 2-3 sec even for turning off: the screen kept on after the power switch was turned to off; the light meter system also took 2-3'' to respond to quick light change.
It turned out the mainboard (processor) had issue.
I hope your K3 is not like this.
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I had a K30 that was very slow on almost everything. It took 2-3 sec even for turning off: the screen kept on after the power switch was turned to off; the light meter system also took 2-3'' to respond to quick light change.
It turned out the mainboard (processor) had issue.
I hope your K3 is not like this.
Doesn't seem to behave like your camera:
I was using only one SD card in slot 1 then I've just inserted the two Sandisk 32GB cards and .... guess what?
The power up seems (I think) faster ! ??
Power down stayed the same ... roughly 1.5 - 2.0 seconds.
Anyway, this is not a big deal and I will go out tomorrow and try to get some wildlife (after the snow storm and freezing rain) to see how this K3 performs related to "high" ISO, i.e.: 1600 and up, outside.
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