Well, it's been too hot to paint in my little room/office and when I've tried the paint has started to dry out in my palette. Instead, I've taken some photos of flowers with my new (actually secondhand) camera body.
I've always been happy with my choice of Pentax cameras and my K70 was and is no exception, but I've long cast envious eyes on the top of the APS-C range Pentax K3 Mk III as a possible next step upgrade. When Ricoh (the owners of the Pentax brand) announced that it would be discontinuing the K3 range (apart from the somewhat specialist K3 Mk III Monochrome) I knew that I'd have to get one before they were all gone. Brand new, the body alone is eye-wateringly expensive but knowing that, I'd been saving up monthly to get the readies for a good quality secondhand body for quite a while.
Luckily, I was able to get one three weeks ago, and these are the first shots I've taken with it. The camera body is heavier than the K70 but it is of a sturdy pro-spec construction and despite the huge range of parameters and options you can tweak it is remarkably intuitive if you are a Pentax regular user (I've been using Pentax kit for decades). Even so, it pays to really read through the user manual to fully understand what everything does. I think that the multiple focus point options come out well in the last picture of a bee on Pyracantha blossoms, a difficult shot from both a contrast and focal point selection perspective.
I'm pleased with the results so far and looking forward to giving the new kit a proper workout over the coming months.
The future of digital SLRs, certainly Pentax ones sold by Ricoh seems in question. Maybe their next step will be to go mirrorless rather than persist with actual pentaprism cameras? Who knows? In any case, I've now got an absolute gem of a camera and I've got my K70 as a more than adequate backup too. I suspect that both cameras will outlast me!
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