[The Squirrel Mafia]

Pentax K-3 II Review: Time to choose which of Ricoh’s flagship APS-C DSLRs is right for you!

Pentax K-3 II Review - K-3 II Overview

^ Well, at least they finished the review. Hahaha!

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and we round out our review of the Pentax K-3 II, the camera with which the K-3 now shares its throne.

Heh. Lol. Not any more, it doesn't. Larger (half-)brother K-1 just dethroned them both, and the writer/editor should have acknowledged that.

[Digitalis]

...Really?

[Venom3300]

Heh. Lol. Not any more, it doesn't. Larger (half-)brother K-1 just dethroned them both, and the writer/editor should have acknowledged that.

They are still the APS-C flagships...

[Oakland Rob]

Um, the context is the "flagship in Ricoh's Pentax-branded APS-C DSLR lineup." The K-1 is a full frame DSLR. Different fleet. Although in feature set, aside from sensor, the K-1 is quite similar to the K-3II. The review has been very thorough in analyzing the K-3II, especially features like pixel shift that other reviewers have spent too little time on.

BTW, I think the reviewer is wrong about Adobe support for pixel shift.

[Amoon]

Heh. Lol. Not any more, it doesn't. Larger (half-)brother K-1 just dethroned them both, and the writer/editor should have acknowledged that.

The review is about APS-C Pentax DSLRs...

[pete-tarmigan]

Well, at least they finished the review. Hahaha!

Yeah, it only took them 11.5 months.

[The Squirrel Mafia]

^ Ya know? Funny thing is that they already reviewed the recent Canon 80D & other cameras that have come out recently.

I've been reading about the K-3 & K-3II lately. I would like to pick up one of these bodies sometime around "Black Friday" to X-mas time this year 'cause chances are that they will be at their cheapest this year if Pentax releases new APS-C cameras. Been trying to figure out if the K-3II really has that much of a difference in shooting performance compared to the K-3 with the latest firmware. They both produce the exact same images, except for the pixel shift feature with the K-3II by using a tripod.

At the same time, I've been trying to find out what Pentax has in store for the next APS-C flagship. Is the AF going to be far better? Is the SR going to be 5-axis? Will the high ISO image quality be improved slightly?

I have the option of getting a K-3/K-3II or keep shooting my K-50 for another 3 years & then get the next generation APS-C flagship when it's being phased out by the following generation. I don't have any qualms shooting the K-50, but I do like the features of the K-3/K-3II. I tend to stay a few years behind in camera gear 'cause it's cheaper that way & they still work fine.

[Oakland Rob]

^ Ya know? Funny thing is that they already reviewed the recent Canon 80D & other cameras that have come out recently.

I've been reading about the K-3 & K-3II lately. I would like to pick up one of these bodies sometime around "Black Friday" to X-mas time this year 'cause chances are that they will be at their cheapest this year if Pentax releases new APS-C cameras. Been trying to figure out if the K-3II really has that much of a difference in shooting performance compared to the K-3 with the latest firmware. They both produce the exact same images, except for the pixel shift feature with the K-3II by using a tripod.

At the same time, I've been trying to find out what Pentax has in store for the next APS-C flagship. Is the AF going to be far better? Is the SR going to be 5-axis? Will the high ISO image quality be improved slightly?

I have the option of getting a K-3/K-3II or keep shooting my K-50 for another 3 years & then get the next generation APS-C flagship when it's being phased out by the following generation. I don't have any qualms shooting the K-50, but I do like the features of the K-3/K-3II. I tend to stay a few years behind in camera gear 'cause it's cheaper that way & they still work fine.

Good point. The K-50 is still a killer camera and depending on conditions, lens, etc it can get results just as good as the K-3II. Maybe some folks will unload K-3's to move to K-1s, so used might be another option.