Severely underwhelming K-3ii

barbakane wrote:

Thanks for all the responses. If I came across kinda harsh, I apologize. I'm the kinda guy that watched Neil Armstrong walk on the moon LIVE, and I figure with today's technology, right outta the box the camera should do a LOT better. I mean you buy a new car these days and they drive themselves! So this shouldn't be so hard.

As far as "likes" go, or snide remarks, I could care less, really. I don't have facechat or twitterbook. My life doesn't revolve around how others percieve me. Let's just leave it at that.

There are a lot of great suggestions, and I'll calibrate the lenses tomorrow, then make a list of all the things I gotta do to get things dialed in. I know this will take time, but I want to be sure to get great shots in Colorado, cuz this may be the only oppotunity to get there.

Next year I plan on going to Arizona, and my best friend, a photographer, lives there. He can definitely give me some tips.

Thanks agian for the criticisms...good or bad. I'm a big boy, with very thick skin. I'm the kinda guy that tells it like it is...brutally honest. I've *self-edit* a lot of people off that way, but made some great friends cuz I don't sugar coat things. If people ask my opinion, I'll usually preface it by asking them if they REALLY want to know. Then let the chips fall where they may.

There's a lifetime of learning represented here at this forum, and for that I am truly

greatful.

You'll find that a great combo for scenes, interior shots etc. in any newish Pentax DSLR is raw, SR on, Av (chosen usually by the best, which is usually mid-aperture, not the smallest, with modern lenses), Tv following on from Av and automatically governed by focal length with SR on, Auto ISO following on from all the other settings, center spot focus. With this arrangement I get no more than one fuzzy shot in a thousand. With matrix metering the exposure will be off very seldom, and can be tweaked in post. Using a zoom you will find SR plus Auto ISO absolutely invaluable as the handholdable speed changes all the time, and you really do not want to have to think about setting it afresh each time.

For action shots you will want rather Tv priority with Av following on, with the rest as before, or a suitable TAv value.