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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
07-20-2016, 02:14 PM
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Well I come directly from a K20 which I have absolutely LOVED till now. I have been totally satisfied with the K20, after many years it was like an extension of my eyes and I have always been satisfied with its pictures. In fact, I had never felt the need for a newer model and have been investing in good glass.
Then came the K1 and on spec it was a camera so damn GREAT that it woke my interest. Add to this that my son is beginning to walk/run, and that the available light at home is not that much, and you understand that the K20 was suddenly being pushed to its limits. I could still get good fotos in these conditions, but it was much harder and I often missed some magic moments of my kid. Among my glass are the FA 20-35, the 43, the 77, the dfa 50 macro and the A*300, so hey, I tested it at the store and bought it after 3 seconds :D
So what was it like in these 4 weeks of use? Well basically I have not yet stopped laughing like an idiot every time I use the camera :lol: It's like jumping on a Ferrari from a Fiat Panda, you just don't reach the limit of the car because it allows things you just wouldn't dare at first!
So I can shoot at insane ISOs (20k? 30k?) and get better pictures than the K20 at 800. I have shot hand held at 20mm for 1.6 (one point 6) seconds and the scratches on the paint on the building 10m from me were perfectly defined in the picture! I can attempt autofocus in pitch black and it locks. I have shot bursts at my son running, with the 50-135!! and I discarded one on 30 pictures (thanks biz-engineer for his hints btw). I have recovered perfect details from pitch black pictures in post. I can use TAV at its full potential because the ISOs are almost limitless. SO USEFUL with my kid running from sun to shade! So I control DOF and speed and the camera takes care of the exposure.
The viewfinder is awesome, big, but not too big that you need to move your eyes to see the corners. It is clear enough that I don't need the split-screen I had on the K20 for manual focusing.
The controls are different from the K20 but I have accustomed quickly, just the AF button is not yet intuitive.
The 20-30 becomes an ultrawide. I love it. The 43 was longish on the K20, now it is a WONDERFUL normal lens. The dfa 50 Macro now resolves details I just CAN NOT SEE with my naked eye and my glasses on. Like 0.1mm webs a few meters away. The 77 gets as wide as the 50 was on APS-C, it is an angle I love and I needn't describe the lens. The 50-135 remains as great as ever in crop mode and can be cropped a bit wider if I need to. The A*300 has become so EASY to shoot. On the K20 I was always on the limit with ISOs and speed if the light was not bright. Now with the insane stabilizer, the insane ISOs, the more precise AF assist and the big viewfinder it is just child's game. The astrotracer is great too.
So to summarize: image quality is stunning and the general handling had me just fall in love :D
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