K1 II and Best cameras for landscape photography in 2021 article

egk4260 wrote:

Phil A Martin wrote:

DuncanM1 wrote:

I downloaded the test images for the K1 II and the Nikon Z7II and the Pentax in pixel shift mode is just completely superior and yet the Nikon gets the nod as best camera? What gives? I can understand that for action shots the Nikon might be better, but for landscape resolution is king and the Pentax is far, far superior.

And noting the weakness of Nikon AF and dismissing it as not relevant to landscape, whilst downgrading Pentax because of the AF? There is no logical explanation for this.

I've been using Pentax cameras for landscape ever since the MZ5n (MZ-S, K20, K5 & KP) and never had issues with AF for landscape and similar static subjects.

As I read it your perceptions seem to differ with what they actually stated:

K1-III: "Limited AF point coverage, Unreliable AF tracking"

"The camera's 33 autofocus points are concentrated toward the center of the frame, and is looking limited by modern standards. Likewise AF tracking lags behind the competition in terms of reliability. The K-1 II can focus in very low light, down to -3EV, but AF points barely light up making it difficult to know what you’re focusing on."

Z7: "Autofocus interface a bit clunky"

"Autofocus performance is generally good, and face/eye AF continues to be improved with firmware updates. The interface isn't as refined as it could be, and you'll have to decide whether to use subject tracking, face detection or a simpler AF area mode, which is automatic on some of its rivals. The results tend to be very good, though."

As I said, I've never had any issues with AF for landscape photography, with any Pentax camera going all the way back to the MZ5n.