FENGWEI---> HAVE YOU GOT PRE PRODUCTION COPY OF THE K-3 ?? ^_^


So I see Ranchy will be one of the first to get it right? kekeke

Hmm. That one. I dunno yet.. Price, how much improvement over the K5iis will be a deciding factor....
 

Confirmed Aps-c... K3..... with Richo trademark
 

looks like a viable option to replace an ageing K5...
 

Oh...if it is still apsc....i stay with my k5iis then...

Haha... Just look at K30 and K5iiS... Imagine merging them together with slight tweaking and there you have it..
Easier for you to decide before it launches.. ;)
 

from combining a worm into T-Rex! Looks like we got creative people thinking too much but we shall see next week what is the outcome, no point talking about FF being cheap when people make others a scapegoat to fund for FF
 

I think how about that,

A APSC sensor, but it can shift to take 4 shots, and merge into a full frame sensor size image,

since K mount is full frame, FA lens can cover the full ciricle , shift half way to left, right, top, bottom to cover the full circle area.

just like panorama image, if you dont have a full frame or large format, shift sensor to fake one,

at least good for landscape photographer already,
 

What I read on dpreview pentax forum is slightly different. The source was said to be someone who attended the pentax 20th millionth camera celebration in cebu, Philippines. He mentioned K-3 is 20.1MP(Sony A-58 sensor?), dual card slot, 100% viewfinder with 1.0 magnification (maybe that's why the larger hump?) and resolution close to 645D (algorithms for adjacent photosite sampling?)..
Dual card slot!
 

I think you interpreted wrongly. When that someone mentioned people bought Pentax for colour and dynamic range, I believed he meant the colour output of the picture and not physical colour of the camera body. It is well know fact that Pentax produces beautiful output colour.
Yep talking about camera output!
 

well said ranchy. in fact, pentax has the widest range of APS-C lenses to offer to customers compared to C and N. from wide all the way to tele. not forgetting additionals from SIGMA.

in terms of primes. a lot of ppl demand fast constant f/2.8 zooms. not that I think that everyone needs that but that's how it is really.

For sigma and third party lenses, I think we all know that they can leave k mount out sometimes. I do wish that we could have the option of the Tokina 11-16 for example. I won't use it because it's not 10 mm but it's a popular lens. :)
 

I think how about that,

A APSC sensor, but it can shift to take 4 shots, and merge into a full frame sensor size image,

since K mount is full frame, FA lens can cover the full ciricle , shift half way to left, right, top, bottom to cover the full circle area.

just like panorama image, if you dont have a full frame or large format, shift sensor to fake one,

at least good for landscape photographer already,

That's an interesting concept- is it real?

If so, there's no need to stick to aps-c. Should also work for smaller sensor as well, like micro 4/3 doing this should easily get a pic nearly FF too.
 

The guessing game is almost coming to an end. It is tentatively aps-c and not ff. Don't give up hope yet there may be a surprise. The K3 image and specifications stated may not be the real one. Everything is speculative until now.
 

That's an interesting concept- is it real?

If so, there's no need to stick to aps-c. Should also work for smaller sensor as well, like micro 4/3 doing this should easily get a pic nearly FF too.

Pentax APSC's and Full frame's k mount share the same amount of project circle, like the one sensor is big and one sensor is small, the mirror box is same size, while m43, the design itself can't put a ff sensor size in the body, then no matter how it shifts, the internal body size limits the movement, while limit m43 to use this technique to get ff size.

another example,
like Sony NEX series, when they design NEX series camera, they planed and make it suitable for full frame size sensor as well, thus if you put aps-c sensor it, it got room to shift to cover the full frame area. (like NEX full frame cam corder)

but m43 is not designed at the starting point to accommodate full frame sensor, then it wont have sufficient room for it to move the sensor around too much.
 

The guessing game is almost coming to an end. It is tentatively aps-c and not ff. Don't give up hope yet there may be a surprise. The K3 image and specifications stated may not be the real one. Everything is speculative until now.

.....only hope that they will keep the price realistic ..... for an aps-c camera ..... :)
 

That's an interesting concept- is it real?

If so, there's no need to stick to aps-c. Should also work for smaller sensor as well, like micro 4/3 doing this should easily get a pic nearly FF too.

Its possible but I don't know about it being in-camera automatically for k3.
We can already do this manually using the composition shift function.
 

Its possible but I don't know about it being in-camera automatically for k3.
We can already do this manually using the composition shift function.

Where is the composition shift function ?
 

Its possible but I don't know about it being in-camera automatically for k3.
We can already do this manually using the composition shift function.

I guess k3 is real....got pics of back of the k3....with ricoh label....
 

I guess k3 is real....got pics of back of the k3....with ricoh label....


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You mean these?

I cannot read Chinese, but managed to find the photos in Weibo

Translated by Google:
entax K-3 product group photo and price exposure] Pentax APS-C frame new flagship SLR K-3 product groups according to the exposure of the camera for the first time with a dual-slot design, and greater emphasis on video features, button layout is also more rich and complex . The most surprising is that the fuselage using a brand Logo "RICOH" instead of "PENTAX". K-3 is expected to be officially released on October 8, stand-alone selling price of about 7,955 yuan. Details: http://t.cn/zR2O9CF
 

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