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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
02-26-2018, 02:15 PM
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Curious as to why you are disappointed? All things go eventually. Although the K1000 was in production for 21 years:)
Anyway, there are many K-3IIs on the market used and if a replacement is announced that number will swell. And certainly there are plenty of new stock as far as I can see.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
02-26-2018, 01:08 PM
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Snowed in right now and cannot get to the grocery to buy mine today. Just my luck, it would be the one that actually worked for a change. :)
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
02-26-2018, 01:01 PM
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Me as well. Any funds dedicated to photography will be going to FF lenses for the foreseeable future. Assuming no disasters my K-3II is good for another 3 years at least. Especially now that it is the 'backup' and doesn't get as much use.
I'm not sure I care about high ISO, 1600 is nose bleed level for me. But I would like increased dynamic range, and maybe the ISO performance is related to that? More technical than I can understand but hopefully that is the case. An additional stop of dynamic range would be huge for sunset / sunrise landscapes.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
02-26-2018, 12:50 PM
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I always noticed the performance on the K-5, in other words I was at least as good as the camera. With the K-3II I feel when something goes wrong it is me not the camera. I don't notice the camera holding me back any longer. I feel no real need to update the K-3II even if a new replacement was announced. For what I shoot the camera is better than I am so no need for anything better.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
02-26-2018, 11:43 AM
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Yes, it is. With the K-5 I used to shoot and refocus a couple times and take home 3 shots to make sure I got one in focus. With the K-3II I did that for a while until I got tired of deleting the two perfectly in focus shots that I took extra. I would say you would see an immediate difference. Battery life in the real world is not significantly different in my experience. Especially if you already have several batteries.
The newer KP might be another option but it has the smaller battery.
Personally I would do nothing for a bit until after CP+. We might (or might not) know more about a K-3II replacement. But even if it is mentioned it will not be until fall/winter at the earliest and likely more expensive.
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