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Some Osprey sequences for comparison (Warning, Long...)
Sep 23, 2022
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I was looking to compare heavily cropped K1 Osprey shots with the 150-450mm with those that are uncropped or nearly uncropped from the K3III.
Dean has a barn burner of a post going, and we decided I should post a set here as well for giggles.
As you scroll down, the first one's are cropped almost 100%, you are basically pixel peeping these, and it's amazing the K1 holds up to that scrutiny, which is great, but I'd much rather have a reasonable 600mm option. Also I keep wondering how the K3III RAWs handle such abuse.
The closer you get to the bottom pic's, they are slightly less cropped, and it really starts to help the image quality.
I dunno... I'm torn between what I find acceptable and a pain in the butt and what the body/lens combo is capable of. Don't get me wrong, I love the 150-450mm, it's awesome, and the K1 output is awesome, but I would love the K1 a whole lot more with faster AF, faster cpu, and a 200-600mm lens option.
The compromise I am researching is the extra pixel density of the K3III, with faster AF, along with my 150-450, will I be happy? I haven't tried the 1.4x, but never have been a fan of any multipliers, they usually slow things down and degrage to a similar quality as just cropping does anyway... so here I sit with this post. Try not to laugh too hard, and let me know what y'all think.
Thanks!
EricV
Pentax K-1HD PENTAX-D FA 150-450mm F4.5-5.6ED DC AWƒ/5.6 450.0 mm 1/800 iso100
Pentax K-1HD PENTAX-D FA 150-450mm F4.5-5.6ED DC AWƒ/5.6 450.0 mm 1/800 iso100
Pentax K-1HD PENTAX-D FA 150-450mm F4.5-5.6ED DC AWƒ/5.6 450.0 mm 1/800 iso100
Pentax K-1HD PENTAX-D FA 150-450mm F4.5-5.6ED DC AWƒ/5.6 450.0 mm 1/800 iso100
Pentax K-1HD PENTAX-D FA 150-450mm F4.5-5.6ED DC AWƒ/7.1 450.0 mm 1/2500 500
Pentax K-1HD PENTAX-D FA 150-450mm F4.5-5.6ED DC AWƒ/5.6 450.0 mm 1/800 iso100
Pentax K-1HD PENTAX-D FA 150-450mm F4.5-5.6ED DC AWƒ/7.1 450.0 mm 1/1600 iso200
Pentax K-1HD PENTAX-D FA 150-450mm F4.5-5.6ED DC AWƒ/7.1 450.0 mm 1/1600 iso160
Pentax K-1HD PENTAX-D FA 150-450mm F4.5-5.6ED DC AWƒ/7.1 450.0 mm 1/1600 iso160
Pentax K-1HD PENTAX-D FA 150-450mm F4.5-5.6ED DC AWƒ/7.1 450.0 mm 1/1600 iso160
Pentax K-1HD PENTAX-D FA 150-450mm F4.5-5.6ED DC AWƒ/7.1 450.0 mm 1/1600 iso160
Pentax K-1HD PENTAX-D FA 150-450mm F4.5-5.6ED DC AWƒ/7.1 450.0 mm 1/1600 iso160
Pentax K-1HD PENTAX-D FA 150-450mm F4.5-5.6ED DC AWƒ/7.1 450.0 mm 1/1600 iso160
Pentax K-1HD PENTAX-D FA 150-450mm F4.5-5.6ED DC AWƒ/7.1 450.0 mm 1/1600 iso160
Pentax K-1HD PENTAX-D FA 150-450mm F4.5-5.6ED DC AWƒ/7.1 450.0 mm 1/2000 iso250
Pentax K-1HD PENTAX-D FA 150-450mm F4.5-5.6ED DC AWƒ/7.1 450.0 mm 1/2000 iso400
Pentax K-1HD PENTAX-D FA 150-450mm F4.5-5.6ED DC AWƒ/7.1 450.0 mm 1/2000 iso640
Pentax K-1HD PENTAX-D FA 150-450mm F4.5-5.6ED DC AWƒ/7.1 450.0 mm 1/2000 iso400
Pentax K-1HD PENTAX-D FA 150-450mm F4.5-5.6ED DC AWƒ/7.1 450.0 mm 1/2000 iso400
Pentax K-1HD PENTAX-D FA 150-450mm F4.5-5.6ED DC AWƒ/7.1 450.0 mm 1/2000 iso320
Pentax K-1HD PENTAX-D FA 150-450mm F4.5-5.6ED DC AWƒ/7.1 450.0 mm 1/2000 iso320
Pentax K-1HD PENTAX-D FA 150-450mm F4.5-5.6ED DC AWƒ/7.1 450.0 mm 1/2500 iso500