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Most underestimated camera currently available

Started Mar 4, 2019 | User reviews thread
Ergo607
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Re: Most underestimated camera currently available

My reasoning is three-fold:

a) no onboard flash (which is handy to trigger cordless flash.) I understand that the flash had to make way for GPS, etc, and frankly, I don't care too much, but the fact that Pentax doesn't have a small cheap flash that can be used as a master is an oversight

b) less third party support

c) flash metering is not as robust as with other brands. I don't do flash very often, but the few times that I do it bothers me a bit that flash exposure from one image to another is not very constant. I think if you do use it manually it won't matter too much, but nevertheless, it's there...

Florida Suse wrote:

Surprisingly it got marked a notch lower for flash photography- social, this is an area where I think it excels. I have had nothing but excellent results the times I have used it with flash and off camera lighting. Not sure where this rating is coming from. I shoot manual though and don't let the camera make those decisions so that may affect someone's results or experience. But even on aperature priority, I have had no issues.

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