My K3 Experience

[doyle]

got any way to remove him.. or I have to accept it?

 

[poseur]

got any way to remove him.. or I have to accept it?

PP him away but i sucks at PP.

 

[Zenten]

Exactly like a man of his words / you work, your trademark, your own words : "Not exactly 100% Natural but definitely the closest you can get to it":bsmilie: hahahahah!

Chia, you know me so well ...... ..

Let me drop this on you ............

The Blonde Bombshell .............................:bsmilie:

 

[kengoh]

I need to change my workflow after changing from K5-IIs to K3.
With the removal of Extended Bracketing I need extra work to process HDR and few more manual blendings, still trying to improve to match the output processed by K5-IIs etended bracketing, also miss the iso 80

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[pinholecam]

I need to change my workflow after changing from K5-IIs to K3.
With the removal of Extended Bracketing I need extra work to process HDR and few more manual blendings, still trying to improve to match the output processed by K5-IIs etended bracketing, also miss the iso 80

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So you mean there is no auto bracketing for 5 images anymore??



Thats quite a step back....
The more advanced K5 had this over the K30/K50 as a important convenience.

 

[kengoh]

So you mean there is no auto bracketing for 5 images anymore??



Thats quite a step back....
The more advanced K5 had this over the K30/K50 as a important convenience.

The auto-bracketing is still there, this is different from extended bracketing.
For auto-bracketing when you set to 3 shots of eg 1sec shutter speed, it takes 3secs for the whole process while extended bracketing just need 1sec, the cam will generate another 2 shots - 1 at +ev and another at -ev, depending on your settings for "High/Low Key Adj". Extended bracketing not only for exposure can also use for WB, Hue, Saturation, Contrast and Sharpness.

 

[Supersimon27]

I need to change my workflow after changing from K5-IIs to K3.
With the removal of Extended Bracketing I need extra work to process HDR and few more manual blendings, still trying to improve to match the output processed by K5-IIs etended bracketing, also miss the iso 80

Procesed from single shot jpg:

no more iso 80?

 

[pinholecam]

The auto-bracketing is still there, this is different from extended bracketing.
For auto-bracketing when you set to 3 shots of eg 1sec shutter speed, it takes 3secs for the whole process while extended bracketing just need 1sec, the cam will generate another 2 shots - 1 at +ev and another at -ev, depending on your settings for "High/Low Key Adj". Extended bracketing not only for exposure can also use for WB, Hue, Saturation, Contrast and Sharpness.

Learned something new today.

I don't even know it exists nor ever used it.
But that means it generates the other 2 exposures from one shot right?

 

[kengoh]

Learned something new today.

I don't even know it exists nor ever used it.
But that means it generates the other 2 exposures from one shot right?

Yes, but only work on jpeg, cannot work on RAW.

 

[kengoh]

no more iso 80?

Ya lor, K3 no more iso 80.

 

[pinholecam]

Yes, but only work on jpeg, cannot work on RAW.

Oh, I see...

I usually shoot RAW nowadays.

no more iso 80?

Base is 100 (probably real ISO is 200 for this sensor)
But ISO80 is only ISO80 if its low noise, wide DR.
So if the ISO100 on K3 gives the same or as near to that as possible, that's whats important.
And from the sample shots I've seen with a downsampling workflow, I do think that the lack of ISO80 is negligible (MHO)

 

[edutilos-]

Ya lor, K3 no more iso 80.

I think ISO 80 is not important, what's important is if the DR (IQ is a given) stays on par with K5 ISO80, which was a significant breakthrough for APS-C.

Anyways I was toying with the idea of grabbing a K3 for my Dubai getaway but got too busy in last minute wedding preps and on second thought, maybe I should spend the money on a better camera for my parents... I am still really very happy with my K5 and maybe for once, I will use a camera until it dies on me. :bsmilie:

 

[edutilos-]

Interesting, don't know if anyone posted the DXOMark review on K3 sensor.

http://www.dxomark.com/Cameras/Compare/Side-by-side/Pentax-K-3-versus-Pentax-K5___914_676

 

[kengoh]

Interesting, don't know if anyone posted the DXOMark review on K3 sensor.

http://www.dxomark.com/Cameras/Compare/Side-by-side/Pentax-K-3-versus-Pentax-K5___914_676

Hmm.. that maybe explain why my K5/K5-IIs shots are easier to process than K3.
The iso 80 allows a slightly longer shutter speed.

 

[JohnTaylor]

Learned something new today.

I don't even know it exists nor ever used it.
But that means it generates the other 2 exposures from one shot right?

I didn't know about this either.

It's things like this which make me so aware that the more I learn, the more I realise I don't know. This is about life in general, but definitely for cameras. There are so many terms in the menus of the camera's I've used that I don't really understand such as this, yet I feel I'm ready to "move up".....

 

[edutilos-]

Hmm.. that maybe explain why my K5/K5-IIs shots are easier to process than K3.
The iso 80 allows a slightly longer shutter speed.

I'm not too bothered by 1/3 stop, as you can always just stop down a bit more.

DR is probably more important for the landscape photographer, not sure about birding (which you still do, right?).

Actually I confess the dual card slots in the K3 are a huge pull for me.. I've only had a card go bonkers on me once but I lost a beautiful sunrise at GBTB. Imagine if that happened to me if I go to Iceland or something... :sweat:

 

[Supersimon27]

I'm not too bothered by 1/3 stop, as you can always just stop down a bit more.

DR is probably more important for the landscape photographer, not sure about birding (which you still do, right?).

Actually I confess the dual card slots in the K3 are a huge pull for me.. I've only had a card go bonkers on me once but I lost a beautiful sunrise at GBTB. Imagine if that happened to me if I go to Iceland or something... :sweat:

For 8-16mm user .... that can't mount filter ..... every 1/3 stop count man .... lol . Esp when u multiply by 9 time . haha

 

[Tiredofallthese]

For 8-16mm user .... that can't mount filter ..... every 1/3 stop count man .... lol . Esp when u multiply by 9 time . haha

Yeah....

 

[kengoh]

I'm not too bothered by 1/3 stop, as you can always just stop down a bit more.

DR is probably more important for the landscape photographer, not sure about birding (which you still do, right?).

Actually I confess the dual card slots in the K3 are a huge pull for me.. I've only had a card go bonkers on me once but I lost a beautiful sunrise at GBTB. Imagine if that happened to me if I go to Iceland or something... :sweat:

Yes DR is very impt for landscape. If you didnt show this link I didnt know the DR of K3 is so bad compared to K5 series.
For birding, yes I enjoyed the increase MP, focussing speed and accuracy, the higher fps and also greater buffer of K3. The dual SD slots is definitely a very good feature.
However the battery life is pretty weak comapred to K5 series. During the last outing I shot abt 400 shots and the battey icon is blank and flashing!

 

[edutilos-]

For 8-16mm user .... that can't mount filter ..... every 1/3 stop count man .... lol . Esp when u multiply by 9 time . haha

That's why I cannot use lens without filter thread... :bsmilie: