GET YOUR SETTINGS RIGHT. PENTAX K-3 III AF.C ON STATIC SUBJECTS. ARE THE RESULTS ANY GOOD?

[@alkrevit4755]

Thanks again for testing out the complexities of the K3III. It's like learning a foreign language, but great when you get the understanding.

[@scrptwic]

Kobie I never said it didn't work on static subjects it just seems to work better in AFS for static subjects I find it no problem to toggle user modes between AFC, AFS, AFC Small and AFS Small for bird photography as I find it better on smaller birds in the small setting instead of the bird getting lost in the back ground I cannot drive for 6 weeks after surgery I have taken the time to refurbish my Pentax Spotamatic film camera I bought mainly because it was in a kit with a number of Takumar lenses in fact it sat unused until somebody gave me a roll of film that's when I discovered the light Seals were bad and for a few dollars I replaced the seals with supplies from Walmart

[@railspony]

Thanks for testing that! My only problem with birds on the K3-iii is that it often focuses on the water instead of the bird.

[@KobieMC]

If you're using type 3, it shouldn't be doing that. If you use type 1 or 2 and Zone, then yes, it will do that quite often.

[@cdrkennon]

Excellent discussion. The only time I find continuous focus an issue is in macro. It really has a hard time with moving plants with my macro lenses. Often I switch to manual focus. Otherwise, with the NEWER firmware, it’s working just fine. I wonder if others who have issues have kept up with the firmware?

[@railspony]

@@KobieMC Thanks I'll try that! Actually I thought I was in type 3 but I checked and I was in type 1. Oops!

[@railspony]

@@cdrkennon For macro it really helps if you're using back-button focus, I turn off the focus on the shutter button. Then I can auto-focus once and then move the camera in-out to follow the wind motion.

[@KobieMC]

@railspony I just use catch in focus for Macro.

[@davidforshaw6447]

Kobie, you mentioned at the start of the video that you have been using the 150-450 mm lens recently. I just purchased the K3 111 with the 55-300 plm. I like the focus speed of this combo. However I will be driving from Brantford to Victoria BC at the end of September and will be using the camera at every opportunity for wildlife photography. I am looking at the 150-450 for the extra reach or the 300mm f4 with the 1.4 TC. How do you find the image quality with the 150-450? I can't remember if you have ever mentioned using the 300mm with the 1.4 TC.

[@KobieMC]

I haven't had the chance (yet) to use the 300 F/4. 55-300 PLM isn't that great with the 1.4x teleconverter. The 150-450 image quality is way above the 55-300 PLM. kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6upqmyBh6qqaJYsi=2YJox6PF451YNxC3

[@adikm5065]

I would like to ask why you chose Pentax K-3 III and not K-1 II? Why not full frame. Why is K-3 better? This topic is probably suitable for an episode.

[@sdhute]

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[@2011spikel]

What Shake Reduction mode do you use when tracking birds, Auto or panning as I've read that auto has a sort of panning mode built in

[@KobieMC]

I use auto. Panning mode is supposed to be for slower shutter speeds/slower moving subjects, say, a person on a bicycle in the city, that sort of thing.

[@Ibex2025]

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