Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
03-15-2019, 04:13 AM
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Mind you I would rate the Pentax 55-300 as a far superior lens to the Canons 70-300 in terms of sharpness, color rendition & micro contrast - it also easily competes with my Nikon 70-300 VR at half its weight & size.
I only ever shot with the K10D, (which incidentally is still being used by my 14 yr old grandson) & never had a problem locking onto a subject in af - even in dim light
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Forum: Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Other Camera Brands
09-22-2016, 05:40 AM
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If it is using the same sensor from the 80D. The sensor has dismal performance noise wise at ISO6400, worse in fact than my D7000 and obviously doesn't even come close to my D750.
This comes form personal experience editing files from a 80D recently.
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Forum: Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Other Camera Brands
09-22-2016, 05:20 AM
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Canon, due to its popularity and volume of sales has a very good easily available 2nd hand market, in lenses, worldwide.
Plus they have the widest variety of lenses.
It would make perfect financial sense for any budding photographer to go the Canon route.
I would argue that they probably have the most accurate, fast, focusing systems and probably the most accurate white balance. This and the above mentioned is probably more important to a newbie in their purchasing decision as they wouldn't know anything about sensor design, dynamic range etc etc so it wouldn't feature in their buying decision
So possibly the Canon marketing machine is far better at understanding its "bread & butter" clients than the others.
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Forum: Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Other Camera Brands
04-18-2016, 12:52 PM
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I do find your post extremely amusing considering yourself and Norm have flamed every thread of those photographers who moved to a full frame setup
How many times did both of you express that you had no use for full frame and that your K3s were just as good as full frame, yet now you have bought into the hype and you Norm having to use meditation techniques to control your urges in buying the K1
Rupert, you now use the weakest of excuses to move to full frame - I mean why not purchase another K3?
There is one word that describes this and I'm sure even in your old age you are intelligent enough to know what it is - hypocrisy
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Forum: Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Other Camera Brands
04-11-2016, 09:00 AM
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There are things that the A6300 will do that the K1 will find difficult to do - just as my iPhone 6 can give me a better panoramic picture than my D750 out of the box so to speak.
The 6000 series was designed to get brilliant pics,(out of the box so to speak) regardless of subject matter, by a novice photographer - and it does just that, in an age where people don't want to spend hundreds of hours learning.
The kind of person who would like the Sony are those who want to move up from say an iPhone camera, with the least amount of a learning curve
And in a skilled photographers hand it will easily deliver pics equal to any other camera on the market.
It's not quite my cup of tea but I can admire its technology and ability
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Forum: Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Other Camera Brands
04-04-2016, 01:58 PM
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Appreciated - thank you
Luminance noise reduction in Camera raw @ 30%
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Forum: Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Other Camera Brands
04-02-2016, 06:40 AM
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Audi RS6 Avante - Front
ISO 8000 D750
Rear ---------- Post added 04-02-2016 at 03:47 PM ---------- Austin Healey modded with a Nissan Skyline 2.8 GTX Engine - passing me at 210km per hour in a quarter mile sprint
ISO 8000 D750 (use of ISO 8000 was dictated by very overcast weather and needing a high shutter speed
Motion blur added in post ---------- Post added 04-02-2016 at 03:55 PM ---------- Ford Escort modded with a Mazda 2ltr DOHC - thrashing a stock Merc AMG63
ISO 5000 D750 - the 24-120 F4 was used for all the shots
The engine @ ISO 8000 ---------- Post added 04-02-2016 at 03:57 PM ---------- Nissan GTR R35
ISO4500 D750 ---------- Post added 04-02-2016 at 04:01 PM ---------- |
Forum: Pentax Full Frame
02-19-2016, 03:19 AM
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Specs are one thing - how it actually performs is another - so even if it's a bit less costly than other brands - it will be judged by its performance
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Forum: Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Other Camera Brands
02-15-2016, 02:52 AM
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I'm still trying to figure out why anyone who has a K3 needs a FF - everyone who has one says that a FF has no real advantage.
This then begs the question - why is Pentax willing to risk bringing out a FF when no-one who uses aps-c Pentax sees any value in it
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Forum: Pentax Full Frame
02-10-2016, 09:19 AM
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Probably a far better comparison
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Forum: Pentax Full Frame
02-07-2016, 04:31 AM
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I suppose pixel-shift would only be useful where everything is absolutely still and where the resolution was required?
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Forum: Pentax Full Frame
02-07-2016, 04:28 AM
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I hope an actual"real" Pentax FF shows itself - I mean it's 2016 - not exactly rocket science anymore
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Forum: Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Other Camera Brands
02-05-2016, 03:11 AM
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Shot at ISO 12800 with no noise reduction - future cameras are going to do even better |
Forum: Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Other Camera Brands
01-29-2016, 02:56 AM
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I'm finding the dynamic range from a D750 raw file at ISO10000 quite amazing - color rendition too
So I'm sure the D5 would be better - at a price of course
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Forum: Pentax Full Frame
01-25-2016, 04:20 AM
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I still can't see why Pentax users are obsessed with Pentax FF
In many other threads, users of the K3 (the professionals) have stressed that the K3 can easily give the same IQ as a FF aka Nikon/Canon FF
So surely Pentax users can't really be wanting a Pentax FF only to be able to use their old legacy glass?
What other benefits would the Pentax FF actually offer ?
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Forum: Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Other Camera Brands
01-17-2016, 04:30 AM
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you did kind of conveniently leave out the cost of the dream FF camera to pair with those lenses - which exceeds top of the line aps-c by a huge margin
Most people look at the cost of the camera before the cost of the lenses
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Forum: Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Other Camera Brands
01-13-2016, 03:03 PM
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I was doing that with a K10d to ;-)
So the K3 should easily be up to the task - its less expensive than a Fuji XT 1
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Forum: Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Other Camera Brands
01-13-2016, 01:19 AM
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Not to sound condescending but you could have walked into an event like that with a basic Nikon/Canon setup costing a lot less than the Fuji and it would have been as easy as pie with probably 100% keepers.
I've never let emotion decide which camera to buy - as when you do stuff like that it is now a tool and that tool needs to get the job done with zero stress.
I don't want to walk into an event, stressing is my camera is going to focus proper, is the flash going to expose correctly - especially at what the Fuji costs
Lastly I cannot believe that a poster believes the K3ii to be primarily a "landscape" camera - this is Pentax's flagship aps-c camera - which as your chosen "tool" should be able to do everything as easy as lets say a Nikon D7200
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Forum: Pentax Full Frame
12-31-2015, 10:23 AM
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The problem with Pentax aps-c users lusting for FF they are going to be faced with a premium model being released - not some entry level model - and they are going to have to dig deep for that luxury as Pentax has left the whole FF thing far to late.
A Nikon aps-c user lusting for FF has a whole range of FF dslr to choose from D610 will be soon at bargain prices now that the D750 is around - they even have the D800 going at bargain prices now the D810 is the new kid on the block.
The same goes in the Sony mirrorless world and more or less in the Canon world - 1d mkiv can be had for next to nothing as so can the 5D MK11
Then there's the lens choices - Canon & Nikon have "budget" and pro lenses at same focal lengths - tons of choices
The K3ii is Pentax's flagship aps-c yet I have yet to see one in anyones hands and I have traveled extensively internationally
Even when I was in Canada - Canon was the dominant brand - so I really don't how Pentax survives or how they are going to suddenly impact the FF market place
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Forum: Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Other Camera Brands
12-30-2015, 11:59 AM
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I'm still finding ISO 10000 on the D750 quite amazing so playing around with that ISO quite a bit
An arb shot at ISO 10000 with the 24-120 F4 |
Forum: Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Other Camera Brands
12-26-2015, 07:57 AM
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Awesome shots - especially the first - wow ---------- Post added 12-26-2015 at 04:59 PM ----------
Love the popping colors in these shots
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Forum: Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Other Camera Brands
12-24-2015, 08:21 AM
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Great purchase
There are one or two threads now on FF and quite a few comments on how the K3 easily stacks up against the D750 - from K3 owners
Seeing that you seem to own a K3 yourself it would be nice to have your reasons in going to a Nikon D750
I own the the D750 but have only the experience of the Pentax K10D
I would personally look at the Nikon 18-35 too as its a much lighter lens although not as wide
The other option being the Nikon 16-35 F4
All highly regarded
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Forum: Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Other Camera Brands
12-24-2015, 08:06 AM
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some good images coming through - love the colours in the pond shot paulh
Sony RX100 - this is Sterkfontein Dam in South Africa - its fed by pure mountain water and sits at 1800m above sea level |