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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
06-19-2016, 04:48 AM
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Overall the review is fairly accurate. There are three points that I disagree with and those are the lack of lens, portraits shooting and tethering. First, the FA* lens work beautiful on the K-1 and are fairly inexpensive. The FA* 85mm f1.4 is a fantastic portrait lens and renders excellent sharpness and color.
Second, it comes down to style when shooting portraits. Tony by his on admission is a machine gun shoot. He may take 50 shots to get one or 2 good images. Me being a old film shoot were you had a maximum of 36 shots before have to reload and not seeing the image until they were processed you had better get it right before you pushed the shutter. Therefore, I still only use the center focus point and recompose before pressing the shutter all the way down. I could care less if Canon, Nikon and Sony have more focus point. As a matter of fact I sold a Sony A7RII after a 891 shutter actuations because it didn't fit my style when shooting portraits.
Third, I take his comment about tether with a grain of salt. The need to see an instant review on the a big screen in second is just another crutch for shot gun shooters in my opinion. Tethering in Lightroom works for me, but my goal it to do it right before pressing the shutter.
He is 100% accurate about the K-1 and moving objects. It is down right dismal. The frame rate and the buffer is entirely to slow. If I shot action I use my K-3ii. I can fire of 19 raw and jpeg shots with the K-3 and get 19 in focus shot for it. When the Canon 7D Mark II came out all many of the reviews mentioned K-3 as the standard to compare it too. Having never shot with the Nikon D500 I have no point of reference, but I wouldn't trade the K-3ii for the additional cost of the Canon 7D Mark II or Nikon D500.
Bottom line Tony is a Canon shooter. The K-1 doesn't fit his style of shooting for every occasion and that fine, but for my style of shooting the K-1 is the best camera I have ever shot with period.
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