Originally posted by Rondec Regardless of what he thinks of Pentaxians, he keeps his snarky comments to a minimum.
I didn't spot any snarky comments at all.
He is, however, not exuding much excitement.
To comment on the impressive achievement of the new 1.05x magnification viewfinder as
"That's small by the standards of many mirrorless cameras..." (emphasis is mine)
- might not be accurate (in another piece Carey Rose writes "...though there are a few mirrorless APS-C models that have larger equivalent magnifications for their electronic viewfinders." (emphasis is mine)). I don't know who is right because I don't care about cameras with EVFs. They certainly should agree on one of these versions.
- is unnecessarily using an absolute ("small") rather than a relative ("smaller") characterisation. Is he going to refer to regular-sized FF viewfinders as "small" from now on?
- is not acknowledging the engineering feat that the new OVF in the K-3 III required.
Yes, if OVF vs EVF is a matter of tomato-tomato to you, I can see how one might be nonplussed by the K-3 III's OVF. However, if you understand that EVFs are a no-no for some photographers, you celebrate the arrival of a new gorgeous viewfinder and applaud the fact that a company is brave enough to make an investment into a technology that many are trying to write off as "obsolete".
In a similar vein, IMHO, it would have been adequate to highlight the fact that the K-3 III supports face-AF and eye-AF outside LiveView. Only a handful of DSLR models pull this trick off and I believe anyone with a true appreciation for DSLRs would have pointed out how unusual this is.
Again, it is just a "yawn" if one has no problems with staring into a mini-TV while making images, but for anyone who highly values an OVF experience, what Pentax have done here is very noteworthy. Instead the feature is pretty much mentioned in passing only. If it was always part of the article, I missed it the first time around which could be owed to me being overtired at the time but the presentation surely did nothing to make sure I don't miss such a remarkable feature.
I could continue nitpicking about a number of further issues, but I don't see the return on investment.
I hope Carey Rose will do the K-3 III review, if they receive a sample (they never reviewed the HD D-FA* 85/1.4, even though it is sold on Amazon). If their "science editor" gets involved, it will be the death for any favourable review.
Last edited by Class A; 04-03-2021 at 07:06 AM.