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| Sunrise by Xiaomao from My Best Photo of the Fortnight | Mandarin Drake by TheDispossessed from Ducks Unlimited | As in Days of Old by Birdman50 from Down on the farm |
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| Sunrise by Xiaomao from My Best Photo of the Fortnight | Mandarin Drake by TheDispossessed from Ducks Unlimited | As in Days of Old by Birdman50 from Down on the farm |
The camera / sensor which attracted me to Pentax was the Kx 12.4 mp apsc. That was a game changer little pocket rocket and is still producing great images.
The higher iso image quality was close if not equivalent to some full frame of the day.
I took an image recently, hand held raw at 12800 iso inside a little old church. The quality blew me away for a 2009 camera. I had to zoom in to find the noise and it wasn't that bad... a bit of de noise software and a tiff file could blow up pretty well...
P@l: It is being stated clearly by Pentax in their film project story that their plans are to produce a compact camera first and "eventually" release an SLR after that as they internally "re-built" experience needed for analog camera production.
Seems that a lot of people are expecting the reverse to happen ... and put their hopes on a re-issue of an iconic high-end film SLR .... that is clearly not going to happen.
Correct
Especially in the Pentax forum, some members fixated on introducing expensive SLR instead of cheaper point and shoot first.
I read between the lines they were looking further into the cost of shooting film.
Do they have something else up their sleeve?
robbo d: Dprevuew TV will be confused when they can't find the video button
.... even then Jordan will drop the score when he can only make short silent films out of a 36 exposure roll...
robbo d: Dprevuew TV will be confused when they can't find the video button
It's bound to score only silver 84% because of the lack of microphone jack and usb3 .. Jordan Drake will have chest palpitations
The Point and Shoot Pro: If they make a new film camera I am in line first day to buy it
@forest dream ... did you not watch the video?
Cost effective and reasonably priced so that young people could afford to get into film.
Dprevuew TV will be confused when they can't find the video button
moizes 2: This decision is a terrible, tragic mistake. How many people going to buy this anachronism? Long Ricoh history is going to finish soon... I may be mistaken, but...
Not everyone is gung ho about mirrorless and the latest technology
There are a lot of film users and making a new product with warranty and service back up means not having to pay exorbitant prices for hopefully usable 40 year old cameras.
If there is $$ in filling a niche, then why not.
Also film and dslr users both need or will buy lenses.
Deal done...
Twombly: It's pretty easy: They just have to re-start production of the film Ricoh GR. And I will happily spend my cash for one.
They are considering a film compact as first product.
Yes yes yes ... do it.
Niche but nice
Ignore all the typically stupid comments about mirrorless or nothing. There's enough of those for everyone
Not enough new DSLR'S or film cameras!!!
snegron22: Hopefully Pentax corrected the faulty solenoid issue that plagued the K70. Pentax needs to continue being known for its "tough as nails" cameras and super sharp lenses.
This was done towards the latter half of the production cycle ..... is the going rumour and that k70 should now be a fairly solid unit
sirhawkeye64: I have to say the inclusion of IBIS ("shake reduction" as they put it) has actually intrigued me, in a sub-$1000 DSLR. Granted it's a DSLR but might be worth looking into. Of course, camreas like the Nikon Z5 have IBIS and are often times (and just recently) on sale for $1000 as well. But I'll be honest, been looking at getting a cheap camera for urban exploration (abandoned buildings) but not wanting to spend much, and finding one with IBIS AND around/under $1000 is always a challenge. And finding some older (but sharp) Pentax DSLR lenses might be a bit easier so I could probably put together a package of a wide angle with the kit lens and a KF for about $1500 hopefully (cheaper than a FF body alone).
(However, in terms of market share, at this point, they're just catering to their own existing market to prevent people from jumping ship...)
.... and just in case you missed it...
Pentax has been doing Shake Reduction on all their DSLR'S before the present day gear heads on this forum decided it was 'fashionable'
Not that it means much to most
Everyone else has abandoned DSLR'S ✅️
Almost everyone has abandoned entry level cheap models ✅️
Some people in this world still like taking photographs✅️
Strangely enough some of those photos are not action✅️
K70 was actually still selling well ✅️
Any media attention can create interest✅️
Pentax R&D budget got used up at morning coffee✅️
Pentax is still alive, putting out new gear✅️
Kf will suit enough peoples needs✅️
Pentax don't care about your 8k video or 100fps✅️
Thank you for joining this articles comments and increasing Pentax profile, please enjoy the camera you shoot with and have a nice day 😊 😀
Prognathous: No matching color body to accompany this mode?
Haha ... so waiting for the newest coloured body additions.
I bought a low mileage kx recently just because it was the white stormtrooper!!
Only something Pentax could do properly
(unknown member): For a lot of people who shoot stills mostly, fps and AF performance is overated stuff and for them, often, an EVF is just bad. D500 and 7DII (and FF DSLR's too like 5DIV) need decent follow ups with ample OVF. Mirrorless should not replace something it is not.
I've been predominantly Pentax user for the last Decade. The K3mkiii is close to D500 AF, the OVF is almost FF sized and even more new lenses coming out.
However I could just as easily swing to mirrorless if the right camera and system took my desire, I couldn't care less ...they are a box with a button on it that takes pictures.
You are correct in that many photographers shoot static subjects and a manual film camera should suffice.
I'm an enthusiast who shoots the odd wedding plus wildlife as well as landscape and Pentax AF has been woeful up till now. Certainly requires my best efforts to capture good images on the fly...
These canons look great on paper but .... they just really irk me that you're always changing systems and lenses to keep up with every new model
Auto focus menus out of control..... I'd like to be able to switch my choices so much faster or have a camera that recognises its a bird... so goes into 'bird mode' or chooses the optimal setting for the subject it's recognising automatically????..
K3mkiii full review anyone ??? Lol
Time to post so much other stuff but not a decent review
Callus: I bought a K-x in stormtrooper white in Japan when I was first starting out with photography. My first DSLR and I absolutely loved that thing. Except I could never get it to stop backfocusing and eventually, reluctantly got rid of it.
I really liked that period when Pentax offered a ton of colours, and the feature list of the K-x was out of this world compared to other brands.
Like many others, it's hard not to see this as one step further towards the end of the Pentax brand and that's quite sad. Hopefully it doesn't turn out that way!
I just bought a used one recently here in Australia. Always wanted a stormtrooper.... and yes I liked the colours. Might start a collection
robbo d: "With our full review only days away" ... I guess its only ten days, they didn't say how many days?
I'm very much looking forward to it because I suspect they may have gone to a fair bit of effort to get the wording right.
How do you not offend the Pentax faithful while reviewing a camera that's been already been judged and is the sole new DSLR in a heavily milc biased industry.
Oops, the Canon R3 arrived ... that's another ten days
robbo d: "With our full review only days away" ... I guess its only ten days, they didn't say how many days?
I'm very much looking forward to it because I suspect they may have gone to a fair bit of effort to get the wording right.
How do you not offend the Pentax faithful while reviewing a camera that's been already been judged and is the sole new DSLR in a heavily milc biased industry.
Haha, it was ten days, ten days ago...
One can only hope they've tweaked and found things in heavy discussions with Ricoh that deserve reporting?
Here i am on my couch, sitting and waiting for almost a month while Regurgitated cheap versions of Fujitsu's and Panasonic get top billing.... oh never mind the popcorn company has been enjoying my patronage.
"With our full review only days away" ... I guess its only ten days, they didn't say how many days?
I'm very much looking forward to it because I suspect they may have gone to a fair bit of effort to get the wording right.
How do you not offend the Pentax faithful while reviewing a camera that's been already been judged and is the sole new DSLR in a heavily milc biased industry.