New KP

smoke665 · Jan 31, 2017

@pez Pentax appreciates you LOL I think you'll definitely see a big improvement at 51,200 and below, such that you might actually start using the higher ISO. For those shooting wildlife with telephotos, I'd think the combination of the ability to actually use a higher ISO coupled with the improved in camera stabilization would be a win-win.

pez · Jan 31, 2017

Hahaha yeah, Pentax lerves me. Counting film, I have ten Pentax bodies (including two K-o1's, just because)... :concern:

EDIT: 11 bodies. I forgot about the Q :eek-new:

pez · Feb 27, 2017

It arrived this afternoon! :boogie:

phone photo...

smoke665 · Feb 27, 2017

And no posts yet???

pez · Feb 27, 2017

smoke665 said:
And no posts yet???

Limited palette here at my night job... I'll see what I can do lol

pez · Feb 28, 2017

Waay away, with 300mm, for the heck of it. iso6400, cropped...

smoke665 · Feb 28, 2017

If this was out of camera then I can already see improved rendering at 6400 over my K3II

pez · Feb 28, 2017

Yes, only minor tone adjustments, and cropped a lot.

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smoke665 · Feb 28, 2017

Any noise adjustment in camera or post? I've been experimenting with the High ISO Noise Reduction option in the K3ii menu. It seems to help, especially on Chroma Noise.

jcdeboever · Feb 28, 2017

pez said:
It arrived this afternoon!

phone photo...

I hate you, now I want one

smoke665 · Feb 28, 2017

jcdeboever said:
I hate you, now I want one

Seriously, didn't you just get a new toy???? LOL

jcdeboever · Feb 28, 2017

smoke665 said:
jcdeboever said:

I hate you, now I want one

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Seriously, didn't you just get a new toy???? LOL

I did but I like the looks of that puppy. Lol. Not getting one, new funds going towards glass and a second used X body of some sort.

smoke665 · Feb 28, 2017

@jcdeboever come on over to the dark side (Pentax) we are a small and "very select" group.

pez · Feb 28, 2017

Well, I didn't realize that I still had the camera set to default JPEG, so it wasn't a RAW and may well have had noise reduction applied. I thought it looked pretty good, considering it's an out of camera JPEG... I am really liking the ergonomics on this camera! I was very iffy about it from the ad photos, but everything definitely works together. I'm slowly getting the buttons optimized for my needs and learning the dials. That front dial is no problem at all- was especially concerned about it- it fits in with the traditional shutter release location quite well. Once I put the largest grip on it, the feel became just right. It's going to be an extremely fun camera to use!

smoke665 said:
If this was out of camera then I can already see improved rendering at 6400 over my K3II

smoke665 · Feb 28, 2017

@pez on the K3ii (also on K3) i can't find a definitive answer on if the High ISO noise reduction works on a raw file. I recently tried mine with it on and off. To me the raw files with it on looked like there was less color noise.