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A7R II...

K-1 II...

Looking at the updated results, it looks a lot like the A7R III images also need to be reshot, as they look pretty soft. Significantly softer than the A7R II, at least in the high-detail areas,...

Can you post the "before" image?  The posted image looks quite good, but as a mostly silhouette image with not much detail, it strikes me as an image that might be easy to do heavy NR on, since ...

My hypothesis is that the battery power is used by the GPS, not the grid lines.  It seems to behave similarly to the K-3 II, which has GPS but a different display in the viewfinder.

Yes, Pentax does.

How about a compressed vs. uncompressed option?

This is a similar case that happened a while ago with nearly identical images. Though a bit easier to do, as there was not a lot of motion in the...

The DA* series includes WR/AW (one of those). That is specifically a feature of the "*" lenses.

Pentax battery life is quite good; I get many time the rated number of shots for the K-1. The K1 II has a slightly lower rating, which makes sense with the extra chip, but still, probably 2500...