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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
01-28-2019, 02:09 PM
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Accelerator is just additional coprocessor for digital noise reduction processor, which is already weak. So they added more computing power this way. It is not advantage. I'd like to have new fast powerful PRIME instead of these bottleneck workarounds.
100 000 shutter DOES NOT mean lifetime expectancy. There is no "200 000 limit" or something like that. It jus means that shutter is tested to keep proper timing after so many actuations. So 1/8000s is still within some test margin (lets say below 10% deviation). If shutter mechanism is clean and lubed it should do more than 500 000 actuations easily. Just maybe instead of 1/8000s after years it will behave like 1/6500 at that 1/8000s setting or so. Which is minor problem.
In general shutter life depends on user. If you keep a lot of dust in camera mirrorbox or you live in area, where microscopic particles of sand or salt are in air, then your shutter probably would die much faster than shutter of camera that is being used only in clean studio with constant humidity and temperature.
But on the other hand.. just few guys can hit more than 100k actuations. In most cases camera is already replaced before hitting that count.
My K5 has 125900 and unfortunately I'm forced to beat this old horse again and again, because there is no proper replacement... (K3 was not significant upgrade and KP lacks things that are important and K1 lacks lenses and FPS but adds unwanted dimensions and weight)
On board flash capable of wireless flash operation is mandatory. GPS can easily be placed in other part of camera body. Your mobile phones are tiny, yet they have GPS, WIFI and GSM antennas packed in that tiny body. K3II GPS was just horribly crude installation as they were forced to keep old body shell. And I don't understand why they decided to remove flash unit from K1.. for comparison D810 has flash. It might save some $ if they omit it, but I'd be happy to pay fer bucks more and have flash, than have none. There are many situations, where it saves the day even though usability is rather limited. (And yes, I have several external hot-shoe flash units.. but I'm not going to carry one all the time in bag. Not even my small Metz MB26 AF or Pentax AF-160s.)
Sad thing is, that I don't believe that they were able to develop something usable yet. Last year they mentioned that they started development. And it takes at least 2-3 years in healthy company to deliver camera. Ane even if they re-use many modules from previous models, it probably won't be ready until 2020..
So this year I expect some K70 replacement... or maybe KPII with some minor tweaks :(
In next camera I'd like to see:
- top display, preferably dot matrix
- flash capable of wireless command
- articulated screen
- d-li90 battery
- AF comparable to competitors both phase detect and live-view including AF auto adjust
- 4K video
- 8+ fps with buffer for at least 40 raw frames
- high sensitivity
- high dynamic range
- K7/K5/K3 line size & ergonomy
- dual card slot
- IR receivers
and that camera should be competitive even after 3 years on market
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
08-15-2016, 12:18 PM
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Why would anyone buy it? Sigma 500/4.5 is better and cheaper. It is just an overpriced F5.6 lens. Do not expect this to be a hot-selling object.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
06-26-2016, 07:36 AM
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K-2 for me? Ricoh, please listen :)
24mpix with better ISO performance, buil-in flash commander back, 10fps with at least 40 imgs raw buffer, reliable AF with usable AF-C, display overlay in viewfinder, dot matrix top LCD configurable for more info, automatic AF adjustment according to contrast AF, faster flash-sync would be nice, compatibility with Sigma HSM lenses like previous bodies - not like K1, 4k video support & fast 1920x1080 with 60+fps for slow-motions, AF and focus peaking usable during video capture of course, SR during video selectable, tilt screen welcome with capacity touch sensitive layer. Customizable AF assist by flash strobe or green diode. Wifi & GPS. Battery charging possible over USB (in car or from powerpack/laptop shared with smartphone)... and include some new DA*16-50/2.8 II DC at least as good optically as Sigma 17-50/2.8 is.
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