Flash.. flash..
Before K3II EVERY pentax K mount digital body had build-in flash. Flash capable of fill-in or external flash wireless command. K20D and bodies before even used flash as very powerful AF assist unmatched by today green LEDs, (although not discrete at all).
Then somebody decided to save few yens and remove flash with its capacitor from camera.. very sad move.
Say hello to PRO level sealed rugged FF camera with flash.. .
Or
or APS-C PRO level sports/action camera? Well..
Oh yes..
With K3II, K1 and this new K-something the only possible way is to carry this METZ 26 or similar unit everywhere
With today hi-iso even the small KP pop-up flash is good enough... bad idea to remove it. Bad.
Sooo... Get a used K-3. Or K-5. Or K-70, or KP, or, K-S2 or any number of previous Pentax cameras prior to the K-3II. Or just wait for the KP or K-70 successor. I'm sure that they'll have a built-in flash. There, built-in flash problem solved.
Now that we've substantively concluded that this new camera is simply the worst camera ever conceived by any company at any time in history because it lacks a built-in flash, would it be possible to leave the built-in flash topic behind?
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It's a pretty simple task of 3D modeling something. It's getting it to fit that takes most of the time!
This thread just seems to be an ongoing argument about two features ; I don’t see any cons re not having an articulating screen ; I use it quite a lot on my K-1 when shooting from waist level , or from a tripod in the studio , or from very low or high angles ( pity though it doesn’t go to 90 degrees downwards ) . I like shooting from waist level as it gives a better perspective of people - something I learned in my years of using medium format kit .
Built in flash , can be handy , but I never had it before my MZ-S , unless I were to count my Kodak Instamatic with the little flash cubes one plugged onto the top for 4 shots ; nor do I know how I managed shooting professionally for more than two decades with my two MX bodies , two LX bodies , various Rollei TLR’s , or the Hasselblads of my employer , none of which had built in flash .
These days I no longer earn a living from photography ( just do the odd job now and again ) but I have the best of both worlds : My K-01 and K-3 have pop up flash ( which I don’t often use ) and my K-1 has built in GPS ( which I don’t often use either ) .
To my mind , a multi page discussion about two seldom used features , and one nice to have feature has left aside the many important questions about this new camera .
questions like what sensor will it have ? For me to be interested it would have to be a noticeable improvement over my K-3 , which is still a very good camera ; the 24mp is enough resolution, but improvement in noise would be good .
What is the frame rate for continuous shooting , and how deep is the buffer when shooting RAW .
Some will wonder about AF , for me a non issue as many of my lenses are manual , and I’ve had them since my film days ( so FF compatible too ) so after 50 years of focusing manually I don’t worry about AF .
yes , if I were buying this I’d like to see the D-Li90 battery retained , as well as dual card slots .
while I have a couple of times linked to my phone to remote trigger , it’s not something I’d use much , but I accept that others might , and I have no need to wirelessly transfer to my phone since I will have my laptop if I need to send pictures from an event - sometimes I even take an interim photo with my phone and send it before the event is finished , then update with ‘proper’ photos later .
For all of the above we will need to await some announcement from Pentax , all the current announcement tells us is they are working on ‘something’ .
what I would have liked for the centenary would have been a pro level ‘digital LX’ and it would appropriately have been called the C .
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