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K3 II first photos - Impatience is a terrible thing.

Started Jul 10, 2015 | Discussions thread
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David 247
David 247 Veteran Member • Posts: 3,322
K3 II first photos - Impatience is a terrible thing.

Too impatient and not able to wait for decent photo conditions, as soon as it had enough charge I just had to take the K3 II out for a test run along with the 16-85 WR lens. Hadn't read the manual, customized any settings, learned the controls or anything. Straight program shooting. In a couple of photos below you can see the contrast between the SOOC JPEG and what I was able to pull out of the RAW file. Impressive.

More rain and storms tomorrow but Saturday should have a good day for photography.

This is the SOOC JPEG. No PP

This is the PEF file after a minute of PP. Able to recover a lot of detail. Know I can do better with a little effort.

Another SOOC JPEG. NO PP.

Some quick PP from the PEF RAW file. About 3 minutes work. (Lightroom 6) Could probably do more if I took the time.

From the PEF again but this one only some quick and dirty PP on the PEF RAW file to warm it up a touch and balance the light.

This images are not definitive, just examples of my impatience to try the camera. But with just a few minutes time I am impressed. There is definitely some good DR to work with from the RAW files. When conditions are better and not so late or stormy on the day, I'll try some "serious" (cough, cough) shots. Ah, what the heck, how can it be serious if I'm having so much fun.

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Panasonic FZ1000 Olympus E-M5 II Olympus 12-40mm F2.8 Pro Olympus 9mm F8 Fish-Eye Body Cap Lens Olympus 40-150mm F2.8 Pro +5 more
Pentax 16-85mm F3.5-5.6 WR Pentax K-3 II
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