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2016 Roundup: $1200-2000 ILCs part 2: Full-Frame: Digital Photography Review

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[Adam]

Best overall: hard to beat that given the target audience for this camera!

[Aristophanes]

Best overall: hard to beat that given the target audience for this camera!

On a Preview no less!

[Kennod]

The fact the flagship K-1 is in the $1200-2000 category up against the likes of (3rd tier) Nikon D610 and Canon 6D reinforces the value for money. No wonder it did well. But it would have been interesting if DP had also included it in the Semi-Pro category (as they did with the Sony) up against the (2nd tier) D810 and 5D Mark III. Price aside, that would seem to be the more relevant category for comparison.

[ahw]

On a Preview no less!

If you scroll down to the comments section, someone says something along the same lines and someone from DPReview said that the review is almost finished. That was 2 weeks ago though...

[Dlanor Sekao]

There is ALWAYS a Catch somewhere......No Way Can One of our Pentax's Ever be the best all by itself without loosing Something to one of the Big Three.........

[monochrome]

There is ALWAYS a Catch somewhere......No Way Can One of our Pentax's Ever be the best all by itself without loosing Something to one of the Big Three.........

Amazon owns DPR.

[Simen1]

The fact the flagship K-1 is in the $1200-2000 category up against the likes of (3rd tier) Nikon D610 and Canon 6D reinforces the value for money. No wonder it did well. But it would have been interesting if DP had also included it in the Semi-Pro category (as they did with the Sony) up against the (2nd tier) D810 and 5D Mark III. Price aside, that would seem to be the more relevant category for comparison.

It could also be taken into the other 1200-2000$ category (which they limited to only crop cameras) to point out how some FF cameras compete with APS-C models in this crossover price range.

[Rondec]

I'm sort of surprised the A7 II would score so well. If I had the choice between those two cameras, I would choose the K-1 any day of the week unless video was my thing. Other than that, the K-1 is a lot closer in specs to a A7r II than the A7 II.

[Simen1]

I would choose the K-1 any day of the week unless video was my thing.

Me too, but I think weight is considered an argument for A7 II too.

[Edgar_in_Indy]

it would have been interesting if DP had also included it in the Semi-Pro category (as they did with the Sony)

Actually, the $2000 Sony a7 II was not included in the "semi-pro" category. That category included the more-expensive a7S ($2200), a7S II ($3000), and a7R II ($3200).

up against the (2nd tier) D810 and 5D Mark III. Price aside, that would seem to be the more relevant category for comparison.

I'm guessing that for "semi-pro" use the AF abilities of the K-1 would have been a liability compared to the D810 and 5D III, as well as the slightly slower burst rate.