Has anyone used the cropping function when taking images with the K 3iii. I am thinking of the scenario of wildlife, where you want that extra reach from your long lens.
Did you find this function useful and does this function degrade the image quality compared to the full frame equivalent image.
Looking forward to your comments.
Update - I have taken some sample images in RAW and confirm some of the replies below, that for RAW files, the image size in MB for the 'standard' frame size and the cropped frame size remain pretty much the same. Also examining the images at 100% and above, there is no reduction in image quality when using the cropped function, when viewing the RAW files.
I am very impressed with this and gives the equivalent option of a pseudo teleconverter. Another innovative Pentax function. The only negative aspect I see is that the reduction in JPG file size reduces the maximum print size, if printed from this format.
For an image comparison, file sizes are for the same subject are shown below:
Standard frame
RAW DNG 35.2 MB
TIFF conversion 73.1 MB
JPG conversion 15.7 MB
1.3 x Crop Frame
RAW DNG 33.7 MB
TIFF conversion 43.1 MB
JPG conversion 10.6 MB
Last edited by Robert N; 11-08-2022 at 05:40 AM.
Reason: Further testing of cropping function