Originally posted by Pande Good point:-)
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Thank’s for your thougts, Adam.
When I read the in depths review, the K-3 gets a 8.8 score, and the KP get 8.1. But that have probably something to do with the time of the reviews, or...
The K-P is an awesome camera as far as I can tell (I don't own one.) . And the IQ is marginally better than a K-3. If I was buying a camera today that's what I'd go for.
K-p
Tilt screen, amazing for low level and macro.
Accelerator chip, according to Pentax same noise levels on high ISO as K-1.
The weight is great.
Better IQ
27 focus points, (same as K-3 better than K-70).
Why I still have a K-3 and am waiting for the upgraded K-3 series.
23 shot raw buffer instead of 8
The K-P should fill it's buffer in just over a second. The K-3 will go for almost 3 seconds.
Slightly faster FPS< but I'm hoping for 10 fps on the next K-3 series camera.
Longer shutter life.
Since I don't have to buy a camera right now, I'm sticking with my K-3. If the new K-3 series camera has what I want, I'll want to buy it whether I buy a K-P or not, so long term it doesn't make a lot of sense to me.
I want a bigger buffer, faster frame rate, the accelerator chip, and the tilting back screen, which I have found very useful on my K-1.
So for me the K-P is a 50% solution. However if you're coming from a K-5 (or K-30) it's a huge upgrade. I make extensive use of 8 fps and the bigger buffer. If you don't do that, then the K-P is what you need right now, and you probably won't change your mind and want the next K-3 series camera comes out.
I'd like to buy my wife a K-P, but she's happy with her K-5.
I really just want to buy her a silver K-P so I don't pick up her camera thinking it's one of mine. I hate that.
By the way I have you beat, I bought my first Pentax in 67, that's 51 years.