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The Flagship/Pro Cameras from Pentax

Started Feb 15, 2015 | Discussions thread
Barry Pearson
Barry Pearson Veteran Member • Posts: 9,625
Re: The real pro camera.....

Michael Perham wrote:

Barry Pearson wrote:

Hm! I also have a home studio, and I've used my flagship K-mount cameras and mid-focal-length lenses for that use. And I've shot with a K-3 mounted on a boom arm over the subject, controlled via the FluCard with a laptop.

One of the uses I've envisaged for an FF camera for some time is studio work, where the weight of the camera and its lenses won't be very important. I want to see how the FF camera plus my DA* 55mm f/1.4 works. I bought that lens primarily for portraiture, but in an APS-C camera my studio is barely big enough for it. I think it will work well on an FF camera, given that it is an FF lens.

Barry, I'm not saying you can't use it for studio work, or any other kind of photography. I am just suggesting that Pentax have worked at branding themselves as a field camera and one field of work is not exclusive or another. Just that they have accentuated their weather resistance and ability to function in extreme temperatures etc., features that appeal to those working in landscape and outdoor photography more than the studio photographer.

I know you are not saying it can't be used in a studio!

But do you remember, when the K-3 and FluCard were launched, the following video? (I think it was sponsored by Ricoh) I think Ricoh were positioning the FluCard + K-3 as a studio camera as well.

In the Studio with Pentax K 3

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