Severely underwhelming K-3ii

barbakane wrote:

Sorry if this post is long winded, but I've taken well over 1000 pictures with my new K-3II, manufactured in August of last year, have the HD DA PLM WR 55-300 and the HD DA 16-85...both very well reviewed lenses. I researched for over a year to finally decide on this set-up before spending almost $2000 on the kit, including battery grip and flash. I don't have a single image that I could call sharp.

My $200 FujiFilm s4200 takes better pictures!

I'm really disappointed, because I see examples of my exact setup posted here, and my results are not even on the same continent, let alone in the same ballpark!

See examples here:

http://s1303.photobucket.com/user/ratikon/library/pentax?sort=3&page=1

I'll explain later why I had to add the link....

The pics of the Caribe Royale are on a tripod with autofocus...9 point IIRC. Timer @ secs.

The woman and her child were handheld, about ten feet away, AF, not reason why they shouldn't be sharp.

Staircase was AF set on tripod, SR off, timer set to two seconds.

The leaves were taken at the same focal length, one with my new $2000 camera, and the other with my $200 camera. Which is which?

The bull was taken from about a hundred feet away, AF, blazing sun...handheld propped against a fencepost for stability.

Building facade was taken with my Fuji, as was the vulture and the flower.

I've tried using both lenses at f-8, usually the sweet spot of the lens, and still no good.

I realize there is a learning curve to using the camera, but really? Not a single sharp image in over 1000 taken?

Secondly, I've spent WELL over an hour trying to figure out why I can't upload photos to my gallery. I have photos in there now, uploaded quite a while ago, but now can't seem to get it to work. I have Edit mode enabled, just in case. But I doubt that's the reason. I've tried changing the size of the files to not exceed 1600 on the long side, but all my photos i want to upload are WELL within the limitations set. All I get is an error msg. I also just let the file try to upload for ten minutes or more, thinking it may take a while to upload a small 14MB file. Still no luck. I've read and followed the instructions in the FAQ's, nada, nuthin, zilch, zero results. All the photos are on my harddrive.

What the blazes?

Sounds like your lenses aren't calibrated in camera to me, virtually all of my lenses have need adjusting in camera, had I not done so I could easily come to the same conclusions as you. The 16-85mm is a very sharp lens, and the 55-300mm PLM is also a very capable performer, so you need to check they are calibrated properly on your camera.