A top review by a top photographer.

@LuigiBarbano

9 ай бұрын

Thank you

You can use catch-in-focus with manual lenses - "Catch-in focus is a powerful technique that allows DSLRs to use information from the autofocus system to confirm focus even when using manual lenses" . The Pentax K3 mark iii has auto metering with manual lenses in AV and TAv modes so hopefully if there ever is a K1 mark lll it will be included.. I have had the K1 (original, bought used) for almost two years now and also absolutely love the quality of images it produces. 👍

@LuigiBarbano

8 ай бұрын

yes, catch in focus is great, but still focuses on the sensor position. I prefer a good focusing screen for manual focus so I can focus anywhere on the screen without worrying about having that red dot on my subject. I used the K3 mkIII not much but if I remember correctly the AV measure with manual lenses is still a trick, in the sense that stops down and measures, it doesn't have a communication of the aperture to the camera. I loved the result I had with Pentax, both the K1 mkII and the K3 mkIII, mono or color.

Luigi, it is easy for me to agree with your review. Everything you said is very much how I appreciate this camera as well.. I am so happy that we still have great Optical Viewfinder cameras like this.

@LuigiBarbano

5 ай бұрын

Thank you. I really hope Pentax will continue strongly with Optical Viewfinders... more I use EVFs and more I dislike them, but the photographic world seems to be unified in that direction. ... but I was thinking... why I don't get some terrible disagreeing comments? I mean something to start a virtual comments war so the algorithms will push me to have a million views!! :D

@GODSPEEDseven

5 ай бұрын

@@LuigiBarbano Because, how can you argue against such a good camera? 😁 If you make a video about how bad cameras with EVF are, you will get a war I believe, hahaha!!

@LuigiBarbano

5 ай бұрын

@@GODSPEEDseven I'll have to try!!! :D Anything to get more than the actual $12 from youtube on the good months LOL

Thanks for making this video!

@LuigiBarbano

9 ай бұрын

thank you for watching.

Thanks for your great informative review, thanks for sharing 👍

@LuigiBarbano

9 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching

Thank you sir , fantastic!

@LuigiBarbano

9 ай бұрын

Thank you.

I just ordered mine and I am waiting for it to arrive. I am excited by the quality of its images when you used it. It is a photographer’s camera first and foremost and the combination of ergonomics, build quality, features and image quality seem to add up very well. Great pictures and a hype-free honest review.

@LuigiBarbano

9 ай бұрын

Thank you, glad my review helped you in the decision. A great camera, you'll love it!

@rauliflemington7045

8 ай бұрын

Congratulations, a truly excellent decision. Pentax cameras are indeed true photographer's cameras that abundantly reward those with genuine skill and honour those with experience.

@LuigiBarbano

8 ай бұрын

@@rauliflemington7045 yep! great cameras! Thanks.

The king of dynamic range.

@LuigiBarbano

8 ай бұрын

yes. Great dynamic range and a lot of other very positive aspects!

@sovu9399

8 ай бұрын

@@LuigiBarbano absolutely, this camera has the features, that others have not, the unique one.

Love the music.

@LuigiBarbano

7 ай бұрын

Thanks... and is not copyrighted so I don't loose the monetization ;) I made to today $5 on this video, so not much to spare on non free music! LOL

For any K1 owner id recommend to pick up the official "Magnifying eyecup O-ME53". Not only did it make the view better (to me), but it gave some extra distance between my, well face and the camera which just more comfortable. The diagonal lines in the optical viewfinder can be turned on and off: camera "menu" button -> 5th page -> the first option "viewfinder overlay".

@LuigiBarbano

5 ай бұрын

Thanks I will try the magnifier. I tried but I was able to turn on and off all lines not just off the diagonal and on the grid...

❤ *PENTAX*

I’ve had this camera since release and still find it difficult to fault after 5.5 years. Am still learning techniques to use too.

@LuigiBarbano

6 ай бұрын

It has lot of features, the nice thing is easy to simplify it with the user settings.

Great video, thanks a lot! Dear Luigi, in the KF review you said, that OVF was good for manual focusing. You didn't appreciate the K-1 II that much. Is my impression correct? After using both of them, which one was nicer in that regard? I know, that's a subjective matter and they are different formats, but let's try to answer that question. Interestingly, I have 3 APS-C Pentax DSLRs, all with glass pentaprism, and the *ist DS is the best amongst them, despite being my oldest 🙂

@LuigiBarbano

9 ай бұрын

Thank you. The K1 II is better than the KF fr manual focusing. Being a full frame helps... But being the K1 the top of the gamma I would love to see the option of a focusing screen made for manual focus. With SF the trend was to create perfectly clean and transparent focusing screens. Manual focusing is usually better on screens with a little more texture. Having the K1 an interchangeable focusing screen I would love to see that option. Used to analog cameras in various format I have to say all the AF focusing screens kind of suck for manual focus... but it is all we have right now and the compromise made by Pentax is a good one, it still gives the ability to manual focus with some precision. But... I want the Hasselblad Acute Matte focusing screen experience on all my cameras!!! :D

@ryszardtarnowski8213

9 ай бұрын

@@LuigiBarbano, thank you very much! That's right, the texture is *that feature* of good focusing screens. The _*ist DS_ has some graininess, which gives this "focus snap" feeling. Newer DSLRs are as you wrote: clean and transparent. Finally, nothing compares to my ME-Super and it's big, bright viewfinder. I can only imagine, how good could be the Hassy 😊

@LuigiBarbano

9 ай бұрын

@@ryszardtarnowski8213 M series were great!

i just use manual lenses on my film cameras with focusing screens

@LuigiBarbano

27 күн бұрын

I do too. But I would like to see a good focusing screen made for the digital K1 to use with manual focus. The one in the K1 is very good but a little too clear to be great for manual focusing.

Ciao Luigi .... how can I sent electronic silent shutter mode ... I can not find it in the menu ???

@LuigiBarbano

8 ай бұрын

I don't have the camera with me... so no idea at the moment. For sure there is some page in the manual about it. If I get a camera I will tell... but will be a while I think.

@mamumonkan

7 ай бұрын

ciao Luigi ... did you find anything !?! @@LuigiBarbano

@LuigiBarbano

7 ай бұрын

@@mamumonkan "Set the LV Electronic Shutter to ON. There is still a slight whoosing noise when taking shots in LiveView. So not silent. Quiet. But not silent." It's somewhere in the Live View menu. Still have not the camera to test...

@mamumonkan

7 ай бұрын

Grazie mille @@LuigiBarbano

really regret having K3 Mark III instead of the K1 Mark II

@humanfirst11

2 ай бұрын

Why's that?

@LuigiBarbano

2 ай бұрын

Tose are both great cameras... but yes, I prefer the K1 mkII so I can understand.

I’ve had this camera for 7 years now

@LuigiBarbano

5 ай бұрын

After 7 years what you will improve/change?

Hi, which lense did you use please?

@LuigiBarbano

Ай бұрын

you can read it below the images. 31mm limited, 50mm 1.4, 15-30mm, 85mm 1.4, 200mm and a vintage M20mm f4... I think that's all.

@jeanpierre4969

Ай бұрын

@@LuigiBarbano thank you so much

@LuigiBarbano

Ай бұрын

@@jeanpierre4969 You are welcome.

l'audio è in mono?

@LuigiBarbano

10 ай бұрын

dovrebbe, per la parte parlata. Non ho modo di controllare adesso. Ma di solito il parlato e` in mono e la musica in stereo. C'e` qualche problema di cui non mi sono accorto?

@LuigiBarbano

10 ай бұрын

I checked it today. Seems the voice audio is only on the left channel. Sorry for that, don't know what happened and didn't noticed during the edit.

@wataworks6478

9 ай бұрын

There is something about real cameras that my iphone cannot duplicate. I love cameras!

Any idea if Pentax plans on upgrading the K-1ii in 2024 or 2025?

@LuigiBarbano

4 ай бұрын

There are some rumors around about an upgrade... but I can't confirm them. I hope there will be a new one.

@user-xn8bd1ub8v

4 ай бұрын

I emailed RICOH today and they said they could not comment on anything , they did however say the future was looking bright. So, we need to wait and see.......@@LuigiBarbano

in 2012-2013 it could have done some impact on market. In 2016 it was already too late, after initial boom the market was saturated quickly. And it was very soon obsoleted by D850 and later the whole new mirrorless FF family of competitors. Now in 2023 it is just niche hobby camera that is only being sold out of stock. Lens support also is very weak. It is nice camera for collectors with number of old K mount lenses who just wanted some FF body to use them. But thats about it. AF is 2012 era level, sensor from D800, interface mostly good for landscapes and some portraiture. Not an universal workhorse for everything like many other cameras with similar price. Will it be ever replaced? That is the question. Probably not. And if yes, we probably can only expect some marginal improvements, because Ricoh R&D was gutted a lot and they do not have revenue for investments, because market is much smaller now and they focused on this dead horse instead of supporting the APS-C line that used to be top. Now the FF DSLRs are dead. 645 Medium format Pentax is also dead and market overtaken by Fuji. And APS-C market for K mount is now also tiny, because others now also offer good APS-C cameras with IBIS and weather sealing which used to be main points for Pentax. Nowdays the 2021 K3III with +/- Fuji XT-3 technology level cost the same as new Fuji XT-5. And Fuji also built better lens portfolio during last decade. It will be very tough for Ricoh to survive on the market unless they rebot the thinking and start investing into R&D. But so far last 10 years were extremely poor.. and that cost them customers who left and are not coming back.

@LuigiBarbano

10 ай бұрын

I don't totally agree. Pentax is making cameras for photographers: reflex, great quality, no video BS. Most of all reflex cameras. Mirrorless and EVF sucks. Yes, Fuji is doing great, but it's basically a mirrorless system. I use the Xpro-2 'cause there is a good OVF option (the Pro3 has a worse OVF) but it's not a reflex camera. I still think Pentax has a good potential.

@sulev111

9 ай бұрын

I agree. Although you can't compare a k3-iii to xt3. Fuji is hands down better, minus ibis. For me my pentax journey ended with a completely failed low lift birthday party, i used a k3 + da* glass. The af was simply awful, borderline useless. Pentax is only good for still life photography and even there you'll have to 2nd check every image.

@LuigiBarbano

9 ай бұрын

@@sulev111 I found the K3-III very precise and fast enough as autofocus. I use Fuji and like the image quality, but the EVF for me is a big no. I really dislike EVFs... The greatest point for me in Pentax is the reflex OVF. But I was used to do weddings with manual focus Hasselblad V so still now most of the time I use manual focus to be faster and most of all have the focus where I want in the image without having to move the focus point or reframe...

@richardhale9664

9 ай бұрын

Have you ever held on in your hands let alone used one? I doubt it. You seem to be over concerned with spec. sheets and measurebating. Is it for everyone? Of course not, but the images you get from it are beautiful. It is beautifully engineered and built. It works wonderfully with legacy K mount glass. The ergonomics are marvellous, unlike many of the plastic blobs the major manufacturers have tried to thrust down our throats for so long. It has lots of hidden features. Apart for fast moving erratic subjects the AF is fine. So granted it's not a sports or action camera compared to what is available now. Would I want to earn my living from it? Probably not but then again I don't have to. I am an unashamed enthusiastic hobbyist and there is nothing wrong with that. Oh and BTW, I don't agree with LB about mirrorless designs. I do like my Fujifilm cameras. I have nothing against mirrorless designs necessarily. I think when Panasonic introduced the G1 way back when it was a breath of fresh air. It might be old tech, it might be niche (ok it is niche) but using a DSLR these days is a bit like using a RF Leica in the days of film. It might not make entire sense but there is still something to be said for it even if it is just the user's pleasure of the experience.

@Shift4g

8 ай бұрын

@@sulev111 I don't understand why people are hell bent on wanting others to dislike Pentax for their own personal reasons lol. Humans are weirdos

audio is bad

@LuigiBarbano

4 ай бұрын

for some reason only the left channel was recorded. I could had put it in mono but I noticed the problem weeks after I posted the video and youtube does not allow to make modification, but only to cancel and upload again and so loose the views count... I imagined audio on only a channel was not compromising the ability to hear the sound.