Originally posted by btnapa Hi Stephen,
Thank you for the review. I checked out the images and as expected they look great. I have no doubt that Pentax has delivered another winner. I own a K1 and K5IIs and owned two K3s which I sold in favor of the K1. The big question for me is the focusing and video quality. I tried K1 for a few weddings. One of them was a paid gig and the others were family and Friend's weddings. Even with my Three Amigos limited lenses, the K1 hunted and missed focus and just drove me crazy so much so that I gave up. Of course these were indoor shots at church and other indoor areas. Outside my K1 did great. I know you are a K1 shooter and have seen pro-class images from you, The coffee maker campaign was simply brilliant. My question is about the focusing of the K3III compared to K1 for indoor situations. Does the camera nail the shot or does it miss or hunt!
The other question is about the video. The short clip you posted looked great. Did you use the stabilization for the video clip?
Thanks,
Boris
Hi Boris,
honestly I can't tell - I did not have the Situation or a fair side by side comparision situation to give here an answer that is reliable. I just tell you what I experienced. Video - the firmware on the camera did not let me use video with AF-C - I also don't know if it was stabilized - the icon showed up in the screen, but I did not have had the feeling it was stabilized - I pressed my ear on the body and tried to hear the IBIS working, but it was dead silent. I know the hunting of the K1 with the screw drive limiteds in dim light - I shot the K3-3 also with the limiteds, and I had the feeling it was more stable in that way. But frankly - Maybe a "modern" SDM lens is the better choice forthat kind of shots and the ltd for the situations where you are in control of the light, timing etc. Sorry I can't tell you more which helps you - but I'm not a story teller.
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Originally posted by repaap Thanks for video and pictures, I looked it up already yesterday and it is nice to see pictures too.
that video clip you posted is 1080, not 4K. It is okay, but there are quite a bit of artefacts. Should you think it is as bad in 4K or is it just from processing the 4K movie to 1080?
Thanks!
BTW, AF seems pretty good with samples you posted that skater coming at you and back. I do like photos look too.
I upped the Video again in a zip container - it is 4k - so this should be better to judge - it is filmed with a SMC 50 1.2