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Forum: Pentax K-3 & K-3 II
06-16-2016, 03:11 PM
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Indeed, if you shoot a lot of macro, don't forget about the new K-70. I shoot mostly macro on K-3 and it's a wonderful set-up but for one thing: the non-tilting display. You can, of course, solve that with a K-1 (and its IMHO fantastic back screen mechanism), but (at least for me) the cost is prohibitive. So I am considering the K-70, even though it's kind of a "side-grade" from my K-3 and I'd much prefer a tilting screen that remains in the optical axis of the lens. I think I'll try to hold out for the K-3 III, but it might become hard to resist the K-70...
As others have mentioned, in practical macro terms, the 24MP APS-C cams have a slight advantage in resolution over the 36MP K-1. What I mean by this is that a 1:1, 24MP shot on a K-3 gives you a 23.5mm wide image, while a 24MP crop of a 1:1 shot on a K-1 gives you an image that is about 29mm wide. So you'll need a bit more magnification on the K-1 to shoot the same subjects. Depending on the exact nature of what you're shooting - there's macro then there's MACRO - this may or may not make much of a difference to you. The full frame also has a noise advantage, but at least for flash macro I wouldn't expect that to make a huge difference. Of course, more DR is always desirable...
But in practical budget terms, the APS-C advantage is very large...
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