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worth to upgrade from K50 to K3II ?

Started Sep 6, 2015 | Discussions thread
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Polacofede Senior Member • Posts: 1,409
worth to upgrade from K50 to K3II ?

Hi,

I have been reading about the K3II and now that it's price is a bit more affordable, I have been starting to think on upgrading my K50.

I'm just a hobbist, not a professional, so my photography main subject is quite varied for instance family, dogs, low light, landscapes, birds, trains, nature whatever.

The K50 has nothing bad at all, is superb, i love it.

However I have read that K3 AF and tracking is way better than K50 one specially for subjects in movement like birds. And so the larger file size will also allow me to do more crop for birds photos. Also I have read the internal focusing drive is faster so I think could be valuable for the lenses i use Pentax 55-300mm HD WR, 50mm f1.8, 18-55mm WR.

I also use old lens like SMC Takumar f1.4 m42.

Do you think this is a worth upgrade?

Can i loose some function the K50 has and K3II has not, except the flash?

I do use a FGZ360 flash with my K50, can i loose the remote firing due to the lack of camera flash? Shall i get a radio for it?

Any advices will be welcomed.

Polaco.

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Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ200 Olympus XZ-2 iHS Pentax K-50 Pentax K-3 II Pentax smc DA* 60-250mm F4.0 ED (IF) SDM +6 more
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