K-3II: First impressions
K-3II: First impressions
Jan 21, 2016
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Background: although I've owned FF gear, the past 3 or 4 years have been predominately m43, mostly Panasonic. Also some very fine Fuji gear. My initial K3II with 16-85mm observations:
- The time to get the initial battery charge is inversely proportional to the desire to "turn 'er on".
- The build materials, fit and finish, and ergonomics are excellent. Buttons are logical and operate with positive feedback.
- The initial impression was that the 300 grams more than my GH4 kit made it heavy. After a while I didn't really notice.
- The OVF was a lot dimmer and smaller than I expected. I guess I still think of my Olympus OM4T and was expecting that level of clarity and size.
- The menus were baffling, even though I had perused the manual as spare time reading material. After a few trips through the main tabs and pages it is started making a lot more sense.
- Some things are not well explained. It took me 15 minutes just to change the LCD display - it's not on a menu but takes a second press of the "Info" button to bring up the sub menu. There were some others, like turning on RAW + JPG permanently requires a trip through the menus. Just using the very handy RAW/FX button (and selecting RAW+) is only good for one shot. But then, learning curves are always steep when you first switch gear.
- Just had a little daylight left and took some pictures at the lake. Got some scenery, some ducks, even a BIF! Operation was nice and confident, even if I didn't know what I was doing.
- Played around inside and it looks like ISO 6400 holds up pretty well.
Of course, it's a dreary day here in Texas, rain predicted all day. So maybe I'll just have to test the AW and get some beautiful grey pictures.
So far, so good...
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