I have a K-3 but use the K-1 for birding with the 150-450 and DA1.4X converter. I think it focuses slightly quicker than the K-3, and I like having more room to crop and reframe.
Paul > On May 16, 2020, at 5:02 AM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> On May 16, 2020, at 1:21 AM, Henk Terhell <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I'm playing with the idea to switch back from FF to a high res APS-C for the >> advantages on the long end. > > The big advantage of the K-1 is wide fast lenses, since it was released there > have been some APS wide fast lenses that nearly make up the difference for > speed and AoV. > > I think that when you’re pushing the limits, the K-1 still has a technical > advantage. > > My K-3 is better at shooting any sort of action, except in the lowest of > light. > >> I have to crop much with current lenses on the K-1. I use a Sigma 70-300, >> Tamron 70-300 and Pentax 100-300, but these are all cheap lenses providing >> much flair (not the Pentax) and softness. Cropping on the K-1 using these >> lenses gives me about the same resolution as when used on my K-5. > > When I’m birding, I’ll put a K-3 on my long lens. >> The Pentax DA 55-300 WR looks like an attractive light lens providing 450 >> mm maximum. >> For the price of a FF FA 150-450 you can probably buy a flagship APS-C with >> DA 55-300. > > For what it would cost you to sell the K-1 and buy the flagship APS, you > could buy a really nice K-3 II and have both a full frame and an APS. > > It will be interesting to see how the new camera performs when it comes out. > It takes about one Moore’s law cycle for an APS sensor to match the > performance of a FF sensor, and the new camera will be about 2 cycles newer > than the K-1 > > >> >> Henk >> >> Op 2020-05-16 om 03:03 schreef P. J. Alling: >>> I think the original announcement last year specified 24mp. >>> >>>> On 5/15/2020 8:47 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: >>>>> John wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> If it's the new APS-C flagship, wouldn't it have an APS-C Sensor? Or am I >>>>>> missing something? >>>>> I think he means size in megapixels rather than physical dimensions. >>> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > -- > Larry Colen > [email protected] > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
