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Should I stay with Pentax?

Started 5 months ago | Discussions thread
OpticsEngineer Veteran Member • Posts: 7,839
Re: don’t make that mistake with PLM

it has been 3 years since i used my K3. but i just tried my 55-300 PLM on it. it seems to be okay in Auto mode. In P or A mode the.colors have an odd cast but exposure is not too bad if the lens is wide open. if trying to use a higher F numbert the exposure is way off with saturation. My K3ii is on firmware version 1,11. no reason to upgrade it though since i have a KP and K3iii.

looking up web sites on 55-300 PLM compatibility i see my memory was wrong. The K3ii always was good with the 55-300 PLM. i do remember that it took some time for firmware upgrades to come out to get any of the older models to be fully compatible.  But now they even have the K50 working with it.

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