Pentax K-3: likes and dislikes??

Manzur Fahim wrote:

Thank you very much everyone. There is a lot of good points here, and I really appreciate it

Have a lovely day!

I have a K3 since feb 2016, and my son has one since 2014.

What we both like is:

• rugged reliable magnesium body, weather sealed
• excellent ergonomy
• very bright pentaprism viewfinder
• excellent image quality and dynamic range
• very malleable raw files, the very dark shadows can be easily recovered
• good AF-S performance, focuses fast even in very dim light and with screwdriven AF lenses
• useful TAv mode more convenient than manual mode with auto-ISO from other brands)
• three fully customizable user's modes
• AF-C works OK in the Z axis (see cons below)
• customizable jpeg engine with several very convenient custom profiles, accessible via a dedicated button
• wide offering of dedicated APS-C Pentax DA lenses, with a special mention to the outstanding "limited" primes (DA15, DA21, DA35macro, DA40, DA70), and also the three (expensive) full frame limited lenses (FA31, FA43 and FA77)
• in-body stabilization very efficient and works with any lens, even legacy 40 years old K-mount (with semi-auto AE, MF and dont need an adapter) or screwmount (idem but with adapter)
• two SD cards slots,
• 24 MP allows a lot of cropping when needed,
• convenient in-camera raw processing feature
• convenient auto HDR in-camera implementation.

What we dont really like:

• sub-par AF-C tracking when compared to Nikon or Canon offerings,
• heavy
• the two different functions of the shiftable 4 ways controller may confuse the user