great video of my local walk love it down there. yep always plenty of birdlife and wildlife around the lakes even some rare species. the open grassy area at 8:30min mark used to be a property there and old house which is in ruins now up the ridge track from there. great spot. you prob heard the bell miner nearby. nice shots of the birds you seen.

Great to see you taking the G9II for a walk :)

Wow I didn’t know there was heaps of bird life ! The lake was affected by coal mining because ground water was removed . The level of water was disappearing. I hope the problem is being solved . Thank you for this lovely video . I like to visit there .

Thanks for clearing that up😂 Nice photos

I love this so much. It’s amazing. ❤

I‘m currently using the 24-105 as my only lens for travelling. I think I‘m getting this one for situations where I need more on the wide end. A 16-35 or 16-28 from Sigma would be more versatile but I had an eye on the 18mm 1.8 for quiet some time and also I want to try out some astro, so I think it‘s the right pick for me.

I've been there before ❤

That’s incredible

As long as its not too hot, it looks nice

That looks nice and easy . When I feel really tired , I will do that walk .

You are so kind hearted and your hair looks great on you !

Every young professional should start with a Pentax. You basicslly can aquire a professional-ish working kit by visiting a thrift store or yard sale; get all your focal lengths without breaking the bank. Dump all your upfront cost on a K1 body, then go budget with the vintage lenses. Buy more premium gear as your start to build a profit. Too many youngsters are chasing the premium gear and getting bankrolled by their debtors.

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Looks good, thanks for the video, I haven’t been here but it’s been on the list

Another fantastic video and I want to do that hike .

I've been saying Pentax has one of the best metering and color systems in their cameras on the market, but not many people pay attention to them. I think they would get a lot of attention if they went into the mirrorless market too.

Good one!

Happy Birthday! I love your perspective "Don't complain about growing older; not everyone gets the privilege" and "With age comes wisdom and perspective"

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How bloody good are the Blue Mountains hey! Love the video btw.

I currently have a KP as my succession Pentax from previous models drowned or busted whilst hiking over past 50 years. Friends all have Sony, Fuji, Canons and rave wildly about them - not sure why then they spend hours photo editing!! At the end of the day, light is the canvas and the camera the paint brush.. loved your style

Things you never hear: I just bought myself a new Pentax camera. You should get a pentax DSLR instead of this mirrorless Sony. This Pentax is a very trendy camera. I once bought a K10D as a cheap option, but couldn`t find decent lens options. I went to Sony after a year and never looked back.

If Pentax went to mirrorless, they could be in the top 4 of camera makers.

As many others have said Pentax will most likely never (never say never) make a major mirrorless camera due to the high cost of the technology. So be it. I find the ergonomics of the K3iii with it's OVF, focusing screen information and options , especially the joystick to move the point of focus to be better than anything I've used before. There is something about a good OVF that I love. I understand the issue of weight/size, as I hike also, which is why I don't use my FF K1 and a lot of the FA lenses. Too big and heavy for my tastes unless I've driving to where I need to go and use a tripod.. Fundamentally, if you like the mirrorless cameras, stick with them. Still, as you've shown, Pentax produces great images. Thanks for the video.

I havd mark k3-ii which is very slow on focus point. Slower than any leading brands. It take time to get on the point.. not ideal for fast moving shoots

Nice video. Pentax won't make a mirrorless but will make film cameras as well as dslr's, and we can enjoy our K-mount lenses on both film and digital, which you can't really do with on mirrorless unless you've got a Leica M system or some older film bodies and lenses adapted to mirrorless.

I must do this one!

Just that sound of the waterfall is worth the watch :)

I have the K3 Mark111 as well as the Pentax K100D which I bought new and still use . I find Pentax meets all my photographic needs. I recently put new light Seals in a Pentax Spotamatic SP11 that i acquired mainly for the Takumar lenses that came with it ( 35mm3.5 ,50mm1.4, 1355mm3.5 and 100 - 300 mm 4.5- 5.6 ) all the lenses have the orgional metal lens hoods and end caps with a full set of filters and extension tubes

The biggest issue is the lack of a tilt-flip screen. I'd buy a K3iii with a flip screen in a heartbeat. They will never go mirrorless - the K3iii Mono is a clear message - they are the Leica of SLRs, and I love that. For a mirrorless Pentax/Ricoh, the GR is enormously successful. FYI - the Pentax K-70 & Kf have a tilt-flip screen and PDAF during video mode.

Love this spot, best place for a swim in summer! The goannas are pretty crazy though!

Doubt that mirrorless will happen anytime soon in Pentaxland, considering that making the best DSLRs Ricoh can is its niche, but other than that, it's great to hear you enjoyed using the camera so much and that it gave you such gorgeous-looking images. Shooting a K-3 Mark III myself, I think the weight is only to be expected with the quality materials used in its build, and it's mitigated by the fact that you needn't lug around heavy full-frame lenses with it and that the designers have used every bit of real estate to offer excellent ergonomics. Apart from Fujifilm, Pentax remains one of the few systems that treat their APS-C line-up seriously. Keep up your fun content, Zakari.

You got a great video style there with that meditative music and stuff! Really good! Love my K5 IIs btw. Yeah, the Industrial design of this gen of cameras is just top notch.

Pentax k3 iii Jet Black Edition, Nikon D780 and Lumix S5 owner here. They all have their plus and minus points, the Pentax definitely has beautiful image quality and colour science. Remember, having a mirror or not will not necessarily get you a better picture.

Now take this tech and make something with a vintage inspired body and watch the rebirth of the DSLR.

It looks like a great spot .

Looks nice mate, I hear that place mentioned a lot, but haven't been there. Thanks for sharing

my dad collected Pentax for as long as I can remember, so Pentax is always been in my life. being 78 he wanted to sell all his gear, I thought it was a bit sad because I liked the senses a lot. so he gave all his lenses to me and I bought a K1 markII and I really love the camera. specially the compatibility with the old lenses. I only have one modern lens but I only take that one with me if it's raining.

I got Olympus EM5III recently, added some lenses like excellent 12-100/4 or smaller versatile 14-150/4-5.6. Also some primes like 25/1.7 and 45/1.8 which are perfectly usable wide open and camera can focus on eye, which is far from Pentax can do. And now I'm barely using my K3 although I have plenty of K mount lenses from 8mm to 500mm. I would like to see some K3 IV with articulating or at least tilting screen, much better AF in Live View at least comparable to that 2019 Olympus (which uses 2016 AF). And it will be perfect if they put EVF connector for EVF module on top (like for example Olympus uses on EPL bodies), so who wants, will be able to use EVF too. For some tasks it is much better than Pentaprism. And yes there are some few situations, where I prefer pentaprism. Or yes sure, just dump the DSLR, create a nice K mount adaptor with AF for all lenses. But the problem is, that Ricoh lags a lot behind competitors now while they have nothing special to offer. 10-15 years ago they had very nice APS-C portfolio, sealed bodies, IBIS... but now everybody has sealed bodies with IBIS and Fuji has MUCH better lens portfolio now in APS-C. And Pentax FF is just joke far from being anyhow competitve. In fact K1 was like suicidal project, because they lost tons of APS-C customers and burried Q system and 645 system. Lets hope that they are not going to repeat such mistake with some K1III, because that FF K mount lacks on all aspects. Lens portfolio backbone are three already discontinued Tamron OEM lenses 15-30, 24-70 and 70-210/4 which Ricoh now only has on stock and I doubt that Tamron is building them any more. So-so 21/2.4. Cheap but not cheap 28-105 kitlens. Then there are few modern lenses like DFA*50/1.4 and DFA*85/1.4, slow focusing large and heavy DFA*70-200/2.8 which actually is more like 80-170/3.5 when measured. Then severly overpriced 3x variable zom 150-450 and then only decades old lenses which struggle on any hi-res sensor. Completely missing ultrawide, fast wide like 20/1.4, any ultrazoom like 24-135 or 28-200 etc, not even own star DFA*24-70 till this day. We are waiting about 7 years to see some 70-300 and some 35/1.4. In the meantime they lost all the 3rd party support, so those nice options from Sigma are gone now too. On the other hand during last few years Sony boosted what they started before, Nikon built completely new Z system, Canon built completely new R system, Fuji did what Pentax used to do in past and now conquers APS-C + medium format. And OM took over small rugged options with IBIS in M4/3 world.

thanks for the video

I wish more people would showcase the capabilities of this camera. It is really good.

I borrowed a Cannon M3 from a friend to try mirrorless. Fitted my favourite 70-200 Zoom lems and hit the street. Gave up after about 10 minutes because the balance in the hand is horrible. I kept photographing the pavement in front of me. I won't be buying one.

I grew up with a Pentax spotmatic. Good memories.

I’ve never really became fond of any mirrorless camera with the same joy as my Pentax ones I have had. You can take a photo or make/create a photo. There is just something about those Pentax colors straight of camera.

Thanks for the video, see if they can let you loose with the 11-18mm next time, amazing quality and well suited to your landscape images.

How are you going? old school friend who hasn't seen or spoke to you in a while. Great vid man, keep it up. :)

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I am so sorry to hear that . I hope you are feeling better . God bless you

Sorry to hear that man, I am glad you feel better now! Stay safe