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avatarsenior
sent on 24 Novembre 2018

Pros: Value for money, tropicalization, stabilized body, functionality,, handling, robustness, double ring,

Cons: For the placement band No One

Opinion: I bought this second-hand reflex in 2014 as my first body with which I started photographing. I weighed the choice in search of a system and a body that would allow me to practice more genres waiting to see if I felt interest, or otherwise not to have overspending otherwise. I was looking for a body that could satisfy not only the needs of a beginner but that could also meet additional needs arising later, like the multiexposure of which I was very curious. I chose the Pentax system for tropicalization, robustness, image quality and excellent value for money, and the possibility to use even old quality optics and low cost, without any particular problems thanks to the usual Bayonet. I bought the body with the 18-55 and the 55-300 allowing me to have a mini kit handyman at the cost of 500 euros. Writing a review today is more a kind of homage to the machine than of concrete usefulness being the medium now exceeded by successive models and yet, always widely suited to my actual needs and generalist needs. Mine has not at the moment ever presented any problem of defect to the shutter. I used it, and very, in all environmental conditions, even difficult, without ever having any problem. My concerns were limited to a couple of minutes for easel falls and fortunately vanished from the observation of regular operation. I'll keep it as a second body, or hoping that my daughter might be interested sooner or later at photography, having desire to switch from 16 to 24 mpx, use a swivelling display, and connect Wi-Fi to my room, opting for another Pentax machine. But the K30 was like the first kiss and I can't forget it.

avatarsenior
sent on 11 Gennaio 2017

Pros: grip, handling, weather sealing, customizable buttons, price / quality ratio and double ring

Cons: no one for its price range

Opinion: I bought this Pentax at the end of 2012 and therefore are more than four years that the use. rnNon it can only speak well of them. When I bought for your budget that it was almost an obligatory choice in the sense that at the same price this machine outclassed all the others. Fact: weather sealing, double wheel and customizable buttons as well as the covering of the viewfinder 100% are characteristic of semi-critical pro.rnQualche is moved to the battery life: Normally I exceed 400 shots although every time I go out to take pictures do not think get to that limit. Moreover I have a battery riserva.rnSono about to buy the K-70 only because it has the orientabile.rn display

user109536
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sent on 27 Ottobre 2016

Pros: Small, handy, tropicalizzatarn

Cons: battery life

Opinion: essentially confirm the positive opinions of those who have preceded me. The use by touring with an old 20 mm autofocus which makes it very easy to handle. I add that the autonomy problem is easily solved by buying a couple of spare batteries (the internet you can easily find the original as well as compatible that work well and are cheap). There is a small insert (quite expensive) which allows the use of AA batteries (which are everywhere) providing a range of about 50 photos, which saved me a few times and got me back to the time of the films when before you take it a lot more thought.

avatarjunior
sent on 09 Gennaio 2016

Pros: size, grip, sensor, tropicalization

Cons: for the band in which it appears no one

Opinion: I write basically to meet that Fratomic: if a review is to be of that type, kindly do not write more because people see this site (very nice and reliable) to create an 'opinion. What you write is quite misleading and does not help anyone. In short, it is not no service. Without going into the details of your review (as everything is debatable) I remain very surprised when I read that the machine does not have USB and download photos you have to remove the card and put it in the PC. So there are two things: either you have reviewed a 'machine or other just, as I believe it is, you do not have it at k30. Greetings

avatarjunior
sent on 30 Giugno 2015

Pros: 16 megapixels, ISO management above average, solid body with comfortable grip and "close", intuitive, simple clarity of content, autofocus takes well even in low light slightly over competitors in the same price range (not quality), detail sharpness and photo as the full frame of 2-3 years ago, pleasing aesthetics and aggressive, DNG file, great for workability and to convert to other formats, autofocus motor room, good battery life in my opinion below average of Canikon.rnScatto up to 1 / 6000s Fast for a prosumer aps; AA reduced filter you see the enormous detail, noise pre factory set in "gray mode" that is up to 6400 ISO you see a film like grain and non grain colored pictures worse than it is but natural.

Cons: Autofocus speed good but room for improvement, usb car slow to download photos on pc, battery life good but not great, a little buffer reduced, even with SD as a fast 90 MB / s for writing, not more than 12 consecutive raw (burst mode ), has 25,600 iso, iso too many leads you to a purchase dishonorable for beginners as first SLR

Opinion: Speaking of pros and cons is easy, talk about how you are after one year with this car it is really the right thing to do, to express the experience with 20,000 photos in one year makes the machine right from idea.rnUna 'beginning gave me the idea of ??strength and grip (grip) truly outstanding, used in the rain with suitable objectives and tropicalization made his lavoro.rnAmo usually print the photos in large 70x100 minimum, up to 120x180, the rendering iso is spectacular in my opinion, in the prints of 70x100 you get a beautiful grain to ISO 4000 and the colors and details are not lost much. Above 4000 ISO, discourage the prints over 40x60, ok for 20x30.rnPosso say that for an APS sensor with a sony so good, I am setting a limit iso 1600, sometimes 3200. For professional photos no later than 1600 ISO, you can still take pictures for marriage, baptisms and other events indoors, maybe with a good flash and photographic techniques from utilizzare.rnE 'machine "perfect" for those who think that the machinena camera is a tool for taking photographs, and not for those who think that it takes the "super" machine to take pictures buone.rnSi ranks among the pro-sumer, and still is a matter of marketing, because if you can take a picture as you want, then visit te.rnMi mind on the one hand that Pentax Ricoh today, think of making out a FF, because it loses the mental placement of super specialist for APS antonomasia.rnFinendo can tell you: it is technically a super good, and always technically, I see no point in trying more expensive machines, if anything, would invest on optic optical giuste.rnLe all with bayonet K, we can exploit those from about 70 years onwards, and prices are ridiculous manual lenses panic, for people like me who like the manual and the blurring of qualità.rnVoglio give an information, which is to destroy the myth that Pentax has a few optics in its catalog: They are all optical APS and some viable for the future FF, and 44 are lenses for APS against 15- 20 of the competition, so I guess not too many pochis! Not to mention the brands outside compatibili.rnHo discovered something that many Canonikonisti bite their hands, this model, like all of Pentax, the setting has to remedy the back and front focus in case there was a need, and on my Sigma I suffer from a back focus after setting the machine, the problem disappeared ... Great Pentax!

avatarjunior
sent on 13 Giugno 2015

Pros: Tropicalizazzione, grip, weight, internal stabilizer which stabilizes a bottle screwed to the body, just megapixels, jpeg baked good, .iso, shutter speed, video quality, beautiful esteticamente.rn

Cons: Sound obvious (for those who are accustomed to a perfectionist and body FX) already at 800 iso, optical costicchiano, DNG files to be converted with special software (which is cumbersome and boring), no USB, to put photos on the PC must extract SD and put it into an adapter, too many settings, controls put really bad, poor battery life.

Opinion: The advice to those who want to make the settings figo.rnHa many, many ways of programming and personalization, which can be both an advantage for those who love to fiddle around instead of photographing, that a failure for those who want to photograph seriamente.rnLa sceda technique of this camera is great for its location, but then ... that makes this noise iso piangere..rnPenso that as camera is suitable for those who want a handyman cool, absolutely not a professional photographer (I come from unsurpassed Nikon D700) .rnSe tomorrow Pentax will release a full-frame, so I hope to have the foresight to position well the controls and remove all these settings that are losing tempo.rn

avatarjunior
sent on 10 Giugno 2014

Pros: Yield at high iso-sealing-colors-solid body that safety-intuitive menu and easy.

Cons: Battery and autofocus loupe.

Opinion: The K-30 is really a fantastic apc-s, a Mr. reflex. In my opinion differs from all the other brands in build quality and colors. He left me really surprised, too bad it is not billed as "Canon or Nikon" and has no FF in the catalog, because in many respects has much to offer to più.rnPerfetta especially for those who love landscapes like me and for those who are in the midst of rocks and rivers caring about what can succedere.rnInteressante the HDR option, the electronic level and the yield at high iso.rnChe say the council vivamenternrn

user38888
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sent on 27 Maggio 2014

Pros: Made up at high ISO, Autofocus very precise and quick, stabilized sensor (also stabilizes "old" hand lens) color range very wide, files to DNG (Digital Negative), cover 100% viewfinder, pentaprism instead Pentamirror, Tropicalisation serious megapixel right, a quick shot up to 6 FPS and 1/6000 s, Electronic Level included, double ring, exceptional ergonomics (subjective). Pixel Mapping efficient in case of need. Sensor used in the "higher" K-5II

Cons: Battery short-lived for those who make a lot of shots (530 shots made personally before the shutdown, which are not few), video recording maximum 25 minutes (defect subjective). Aufocus slightly slow on optics without engine (better optics with internal motors are equal to the other makes)

Opinion: An excellent machine for me, photos with saturated colors (so mild and pleasant) and with a remarkable range of colors (23,7bits) .rnUtilizzo the machine for sports photos, still life, street shoot and nature photos, although with the basic objectives of "limits" the quality of the machine, but just take a good aim higher and ... no remorse for anything and everything about guadagnato.rnMacchina superb for athletes, 6 FPS second or 3fps choosing mode, if the board do sports or take photos in very high frequency, a memory of at least 400x of velocità.rnrnI DNG files that churns out are excellent. I took to the High ISO for lack of Objectives bright and you can tell that the effect may be slightly granulated pleasant although photos of little use (10-16 thousand ISO) over 20 000 ISO photo unusable, the only use and only for photos that are then in b / w in a newspaper of this sensitivity, ISO 4000-8000 usable photos moderately below 4000 perfectly utilizzabili.rnObiettivo 18-55 base is very good for egbe basic, much greater than that of Canon (model II do not know III) and to Nikon.rnrnVolete know more? Find her and provatela.rnrnP.S .: it is not true that it has many optical Pentax, Pentax has only 109 optical and cover everyone and everyone needs (how many goals you have for SLR? Do you own canon all 169 Goals? I do not think Thus important reason with the question: what do I need?) rnI brands compatible objectives are: Tokina, Tamron, Vivitar, Sigma, Schneider-Kreuznach, Cosina, Carl Zeiss Lenses, Ricoh, Voigtlander, Quantaray etc ... rnrnSenza forget that is compatible with all the goals from the 60s onwards with stabilization and confirmation of focus! About 800 targets "classic" no longer in business and about 1/5 have the AutofocusrnrnAggiornamento March 9, 2015: RIDING A CMOS SENSOR TYPE (+ BSI). this type of sensor, much more expensive to produce compared to traditional CMOS, is mounted only on Semi Professional of other brands such as Sony and Canon NIkon while Pentax in all din mid-year 2013. have the benefit of better capture the incoming light, this means less chromatic aberrations, greater dynamic range and huge range of color (in fact even exceeds this many of the FF of the same year!), then a three-dimensional unique, high details and a great naturalness of the picture, that is a loyalty shooting very close to the reality closer to the sensors Foveon (which still remain the best in this) and a good seal at high ISO high despite a size "small" sensor. (OF COURSE AND 'IMPORTANT OPTICS ATTACKED MAKING THE BEST THAT MAKES THESE PROPERTIES' IMPORTANT) rnrnInoltre boosts the mpx available without losing quality in the ISO (up to a certain limit, miracles do not make them any more) .rnrnEcco explained the duration of shots total with a battery with a full charge that is lower (but not low) in comparison to other brands. Officially 420 shots (while I make about 580 with active options: [+ activated stabilizer], [+ Maximum noise reduction] [+ reduction aberration] [+ reduction deformation photo] [+ reduction shadows maximum] [+ AF motor car]) against 750 of about 800 Canon and Nikon in the same band or in the upper one at least talking about price, non-performance (theoretical, I think there is a car for every type of photographer, there is NOT the worst or the best) rnrnVi like this beautiful discovery? That's why love snapped just proven the machine

avatarjunior
sent on 25 Gennaio 2013

Pros: Yield at high ISO, dynamic range, electronic level in the room, 100% viewfinder, solid feel, double nut and tropical

Cons: Limited duration of the battery, incompatibility with some editing software (if not the latest version)

Opinion: I went from a couple of months with this Pentax K-30, and I can only give a very positive view, is clearly a step ahead of the entry-level SLR Canon / Nikon SLR and you have as mid-range, the first thing that is noticed is the colors and very wide dynamic range, vivid colors and well saturated, be careful to use the correct color profile (bright, brilliant, etc.) because color can sometimes come out too fired. Excellent performance at high ISO perfectly usable in 3200 (a little less in 6400), some very interesting features such as HDR on camera that is very effective and also the electronic level is very handy especially to people like me who love landscapes. The battery lasts a very short sometimes advisable to have a second available. Also very good performance with targets set, though not exceptional I found the best WR 18-55 eponymous Canon. Another pro is the tropicalization (eye to also have the objective tropicalized) I've used it in the snow without any problem and the double ring for shutter speed and aperture!








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