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Forum: Pentax K-3 & K-3 II
03-18-2014, 12:17 PM
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^^ Thanks Stagnant. I'll have another go tomorrow night if I get a chance.
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Forum: Pentax K-3 & K-3 II
03-18-2014, 06:46 AM
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If you would be so kind old chap.
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Forum: Pentax K-3 & K-3 II
03-15-2014, 04:33 PM
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I only shoot RAW and post in LR5.3 and CS6 using Nik or Topaz as well. It's still not great when it comes to reds.
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Long exposure noise, even with ISO set to 100. Terrible?
Anyone?
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Forum: Pentax K-3 & K-3 II
03-15-2014, 10:06 AM
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Definitely, it's a great camera. I've bought three of 'em!
My only real issue is with the K-mount and M42 . . . I can't stop buying old Soviets.
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Forum: Pentax K-3 & K-3 II
03-15-2014, 09:53 AM
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I'll have a go at this Jin, only thing is all my AF lenses are all screw drive. Reckon I could do with something that can focus faster.
You have set me a task.
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Forum: Pentax K-3 & K-3 II
03-15-2014, 09:38 AM
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Forum: Pentax K-3 & K-3 II
03-15-2014, 09:34 AM
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Use it as you like old boy. But I would recommend RAW and Lightroom and/or CS6 with a bunch of plugins to get the best out it. Especially dealing with noise and at the same time extracting detail.
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Forum: Pentax K-3 & K-3 II
03-15-2014, 09:23 AM
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My thoughts too.
Ron is quite brilliant and he does get the best out of the Pentax K-series. I'd love to see what he'd get out of a D3, D4 or a 1Dx, something designed for low light sports.
We often expect our little Pentax cameras to punch way above their weight. We have illusions that they can compete with £5000 cameras. We need to be realistic and enjoy them for what they were designed to be used for.
For me, I love the old manual focus primes the most, the M42's and old f/1.2 K-mounts.
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Perhaps others can chime in, but I think this red detail problem is a Bayer issue.
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Forum: Pentax K-3 & K-3 II
03-15-2014, 09:18 AM
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I've found the same thing old boy. The colour noise is definitely worse with the K-3, but it's all easily correctable.
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Forum: Pentax K-3 & K-3 II
03-15-2014, 09:07 AM
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Audiences shoot sports using their camera phones.
Anyway, I'm sure it's great. Good luck to 'em. I just wouldn't recommend Pentax specifically for the task. For most other things, yes, but not sports and especially not sports in low light. Very hard work.
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It's the Bayer crop sensor I think that can't handle reds. Not an issue exclusive to Pentax.
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Forum: Pentax K-3 & K-3 II
03-15-2014, 08:55 AM
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I wouldn't make the recommendation either.
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Forum: Pentax K-3 & K-3 II
03-15-2014, 08:34 AM
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So if you were a professional sports photographer you'd recommend a Pentax?
Really?
These cameras (I have the K-5, K-5IIs and K-3) are very good for what they're mean't for, but they're no good for professional sports shooting. A few keepers perhaps, but I wouldn't recommend relying on any of them to make a living.
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Forum: Pentax K-3 & K-3 II
03-15-2014, 08:25 AM
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Who buys kit like this to shoot sports?
Professionally?
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Forum: Pentax K-3 & K-3 II
03-15-2014, 08:18 AM
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Who buys kit like this to shoot JPEG?
Your telephone shoots JPEG.
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Forum: Pentax K-3 & K-3 II
03-15-2014, 08:12 AM
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I said this before I got a K-3. Wasn't impressed with DR and high ISO noise going backwards.
But it's not that bad to be honest. You can deal with it just using Lightroom 5.3. Better still is Topaz DeNoise in Photoshop CS6. The trick is not to pixel peep. It's a very fine grain that makes pictures pop.
I would like Pentax to bring out a full frame or even an APS-C that uses a sensor different to a Bayer to give very low noise at very high ISO and also resolve detail in reds much better. The red detail thing for me is much more of a problem than noise. It is actually quite hopeless when it comes to reds. Roses look like red pom-poms at an American football game.
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Forum: Pentax K-3 & K-3 II
03-15-2014, 01:07 AM
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Forum: Pentax K-3 & K-3 II
03-13-2014, 03:15 PM
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ISO800 with the K-3 looking through the Meyer Optik Gorlitz Orestegor 300/4 . . . at f/11.
Oh and this is cropped.
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Forum: Pentax K-3 & K-3 II
03-08-2014, 02:52 PM
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