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Gear Talk => Camera Talk => Topic started by: Jan Anne on December 02, 2015, 04:16:09
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Not sure if there are any Pentax fans out there but like Canon, Nikon and Sony they also announced that they are working on a new full frame DSLR.
http://www.pentax.com/en/pentaxff/ (http://www.pentax.com/en/pentaxff/)
On www.sonyalpharumors.com (http://www.sonyalpharumors.com) they've added that the Pentax will use a Sony sensor and will probably use the on sensor stabilization shifting mode to create a high-resolution image out of multiple shots to boost the probably already high native resolution (Sony has 24, 36 and 42MP sensors and is supposedly working on a 50+ MP sensor).
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Always nice with more FF players ;)
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Always nice with more FF players ;)
A lot of Pentax lenses are already FF compatible, so if it will be a success is mostly a question of price, and sensor noise/noise-cancelling.
I was deep into Pentax (had four bodies for quite a while, three of them digital) for cost reasons (originally), and the fact that the lenses were surprisingly small, & sharp; and I loved the fact that the excellent anti-shake system (SR) is built-in!
Old lenses work very well, as does many from other brands! The Menu system is the best I've come across, and the cameras are small(ish), and rugged.
When Pentax switched to CMOS they suddenly had problems with quite bad noise, even at base ISO, and the reds in images never looked natural. That is better now, but not on par with Nikon, yet.
A returned gift (my wife opted for the then new OM-D E-M5 instead), in the form of a V1, stopped my walk down the Pentax highway, and I have not looked back! I probably invested a bit over $20,000 in Pentax cameras, and lenses, and now I've invested a similar sum in Nikon gear. FX & CX, at the moment, sold the Nikon DX.
Couldn't be happier.
As museum pieces, I have one analog and one digital Pentax left, and a couple of lenses, that's all. The wife has a modern Pentax DSLR, and their snappy HD DA55-300 with the latest coatings, and that she only uses for BIF. Although that lens is screw drive the combo is one of the fastest target-acquiring system I've used, not a second of hesitation, for BIF excellent. The rest of her gear is Olympus, and Nikon 1 (two bodies, but only a 70-300CX lens, but I have a lot she can borrow).
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Personally I was a little surprised that Pentax decided to go full frame with a DSLR and not with a mirrorless system which can be used with both old and new lenses.
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Personally I was a little surprised that Pentax decided to go full frame with a DSLR and not with a mirrorless system which can be used with both old and new lenses.
Pentax has a history of doing many formats at the same time. Multiple (6x7 and 6 x 4.5) medium format, 35mm, 110...