Pentax K-3 & K-3 II Video Manual 3: Interface & Operation Buttons

[@davidhardy879]

This has been exceptionally helpful while getting aquainted with my ( new to me ) " Pentax K3ii . " ! Thank you so much for putting so much time into these tutorials . It is deeply appreciated !

[@DavidHancock]

Thank you!

[@jonhoskins3795]

These are still the de facto "go-to" videos for new K3/K3ii owners, yes, even in 2019! I just sold my K70 and bought a very lightly used K3ii. Thanks for these!

[@DavidHancock]

Thank you!

[@frankfrank4232]

Very thorough videos plus the really in depth articles. Thank you for this incredible learning experience. Being a long time analog pentaxian (starting with a Kx in 1976, thank you again grandma) , the K5 was my first DSLR, then a (used) K5 II. A month ago a K3 silver was beckoning and I couldn't resist (the included silver battery-grip helped in that regard) . So for the last week I was exploring this camera with this guide, thank you again for this gem.

[@DavidHancock]

Fantastic and those are some great Pentax DSLRs, too. You'll be very happy with the K-3.

[@TonyLemWoodsPhillips]

This must be the third time watching and I learn each time. I will watch these K-3 ii videos over and over. Thank you so much David!!

[@DavidHancock]

Thank you!

[@BernhardRottweiler]

It is a great DSLR - no question. The feature-list is nearly "endless". You did a great job presenting the K-3 II.

[@DavidHancock]

+BernhardRottweiler There's more to the K-3 and K-3 II than any camera I've done a video series before.

[@pamelahooper7851]

Awesome rundown. Many thanks for doing this for us. Anyone with a K-3 / K-3 11 would benefit from checking this video out.

[@DavidHancock]

+Pamela Hooper Thank you!

[@allanmoral3867]

This is photography school! Thank you so much David Hancock. It is amazing how deep a camera Pentax K-3 can be. One of the best videos I watched. SUBSCRIBED!

[@DavidHancock]

Thank you!

[@CTSCAPER]

Great video David. I just picked up one of the last k3 ii's on the market and your series has been very helpful.

[@DavidHancock]

Thank you! And nice choice!

[@AgnostosGnostos]

Very good tutorial. I always wondered what are the A,B,M,G (Amber,Blue,Magenta,Green) exactly in the deep options of White Balance.

[@DavidHancock]

Thank you!

[@MickyMouseLimited]

Hi David your are a good. I bought k3-ii because of your videos. After watching your video i definitely feel that i got an excellent deal on the camera.

[@DavidHancock]

Thank you!

[@beemrider1]

Another video that makes me want to watch again and again! Love your work!

[@DavidHancock]

Thank you!

[@iancho9587]

Same here, very well done. Thanks David!

[@davidprenovost5848]

I watched this a couple of times and found it very helpful. Thanks for your work.

[@DavidHancock]

Thank you!

[@milind-bt3vk]

Great efforts taken My best wishes always I always love Pentax So you too

[@DavidHancock]

Thank you!

[@RickMentore]

Fantastic "how to" presentation, I am now seeing my camera as a whole new instruments, thank you. Hey, have you any news on the delivery of the full frame K-1.

[@DavidHancock]

+Rick Mentore Thank you! As for the K-1, only what I read on Pentax forums and the Ricoh Facebook page.

[@angus10538]

Very useful David. I see some things I want to play around with....

[@DavidHancock]

+David Salmon Thank you!

[@johncantrell614]

Accidentally shifted mine to bleach bypass on a Vietnam trip. It was so bright outside that I did not pickup on it until later editing them. Some looked good, but it took a lot of editing to try to get the color back to look near normal....was glad I caught it and it was only on one outing there that it happened, it would have been a total bummer if all the shots turned out like those turned out.

[@DavidHancock]

Oh goodness that's about the hardest setting to fix images from, too.

[@kirktatom5960]

Hi David, In your Pentax K-3 & K-3II video manual 3 you use the K-3 II when discussing the flash mode. My K-3 shows more options: trailing curtain sync, manual discharge and wireless master. Do you have more information about those options? Your series is GREAT! I've learn more from your series than from all other sources combined! Please keep it up.

[@DavidHancock]

Thank you! The K-3 has additional flash options that the II lacks because the K-3 has the on-camera flash. I will do an addendum video on the flash modes when I have a second DSLR that films in 16:9 to use. I meant to do that when I had the K-3 but was also finishing my wedding plans that same month so I didn't have quiet as much free time as I'd expected. :D

[@LoriRowland]

I have a K3 and just got the K3ll also. I am enjoying your videos very much. I am quite comfortable with my K3 but now know about some nice functions that I have never discovered before. Thank you for enlightening me, 🙂 I am curious about white space settings. You provided great explanations and examples but I thought WB was not applied if you shoot in raw mode? Thanks for the great videos,

[@DavidHancock]

Thank you! You are, I think, correct on the WB setting in raw. The raw file will record color temperature and green-magenta, both of which are easily adjustable. I don't know if those are influenced by the WB setting or not, however.

[@maggimarmion3836]

This is great! Always used Pentax Cameras - from film to K20D, K5II's and K3! can you tell me which of your tutorial covers "Selecting the focusing area (AF Point)" - the one thing I'm not 100% au fait with! many thanks.

[@DavidHancock]

Good question. It's either two or three. The video descriptions have indices and those ought to help you get close to the right place.

[@maggimarmion3836]

Sorry David, Been through all the videos and this section isn't covered?

[@piperpilot44253]

I just bought the K3, thank you for the videos. green button is something I can not figure how to do what I want it to do.

[@DavidHancock]

Here's the best resource I know of for green button info. This is Pentax Forum's green button guide: www.pentaxforums.com/articles/photo-articles/pentax-green-button-guide.html

[@georgiosvoulgaris1551]

great video. what's the difference between sharpness and fine sharpness ?

[@DavidHancock]

How much the camera ups the acutance when it compresses the images.

[@georgiosvoulgaris1551]

Thank's

[@tony_truand21]

Very useful video, thank you! However, I think the custom image finishings DO impact not only jpeg but also raw images. The same applies to white balance, it seems to be recorded in the raw file.

[@DavidHancock]

Thank you! I know that the WB settings affect raw files (I think the mechanism there is that they change the color temperature, which is easily fixed in a raw editor) But the custom image settings should not affect the raw files as those are only for jpegs.

[@exitar1]

These are all great videos but could you do something like how I took this great picture using K3 etc...

[@DavidHancock]

Thank you! I've done some technique videos. They take a lot of work and they get the fewest views of anything that I make. Not many people seem to want to learn how to create specific image types on KZbin.

[@WD-sr8qz]

I just found your Channel... Fantastic job! looking forward to watching the rest of your videos .

[@DavidHancock]

Thank you!

[@Toki1908]

So, in short, what metering mode is changing is aperture? ISO? confused...

[@DavidHancock]

Metering mode changes the way that the camera interprets the light it receives. I'll be doing a video this summer on how meter modes work.

[@maggimarmion3836]

Just came across this video and remembered how helpful it was ! I have just bought the new Mark 3 and it’s a great piece of Kit!! Would be great if you could do a video on this at a later date ? 😊😊👍(once you’ve checked it out 😊)

[@DavidHancock]

Thank you! If I ever get an Mk III I will absolutely do a full video manual on it.

[@TheJMB3000]

Thank You Very Much! This is so helpful :)

[@DavidHancock]

Thank you!

[@MrJonjonfal]

dave your the best thank you...john

[@DavidHancock]

Thank you, John!

[@maggimarmion3836]

Hi David - really enjoyed watching your set of videos for my Pentax K3 ! wondered if you could help me with a problem I encountered today with it? I use the TV (Shutter Priority) rarely but when I did today on the K3 - I noticed that when I took the image the Shutter speed changed even thought I had it set on TV mode? I tried it with my K5ii's and it stayed on the same TV setting that I had set? Any ideas why this is happening? Or what I may be doing wrong in the settings? many thanks for your guidance !

[@rwbishop]

No mention of the green button?!?! A most useful button, but almost totally undocumented in the K-3 II manual for some reason. There is a lot on it in the Pentax forums... operation is similar amongst all green button equipped Pentax products. Also, does this series of videos end at part 3?

[@DavidHancock]

+rwbishop You are correct. I forgot the green button in my outline. That was a huge oversight on my part. The series will be six videos, but video 4 goes over EVERY menu item and is about 3 hours long, so it's taking some time to edit (it takes anywhere from 3 to 5 minutes to edit one minute of video, and I don't have the free time that I did before I got married.) After 4, 5 and 6 will be relatively quick but 4 is the big log jam right now.

[@rwbishop]

+David Hancock Cool, have subscribed and looking forward to future episodes, Thanks!

[@shmori1010]

Great Videos and explanation. It would be great if you could have a video on how to do star trails using K3 II. I have always wanted to take picturs of stars and that's why I bought this camera. Thank you

[@DavidHancock]

Thank you! Here's an article I wrote on planning an astrophotography shoot. There's some discussion of star trails here. www.pentaxforums.com/articles/photo-articles/astrophotography-part-1-of-6-planning-the-shoot.html

[@shmori1010]

Thanks David

[@karmensmith7110]

You wouldn't happen to own a Panasonic vhs-c camcorder would you? If so could you do a tutorial on it?

[@DavidHancock]

+Karmen Smith I do not have those. I use Sony C-330, C-405, and C-240 camcorders.

[@beemrider1]

I think that the limit on my K-3ii Astrotracer is about 120 seconds. After that, it either blurs or stops the exposure automatically. Here is a nice shot of the Big Dipper being photobombed by a planes flashing lights. facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1626098320778870&set=gm.10155227366381697&type=3&theater&ifg=1

[@DavidHancock]

Nice! Your technique is improving a lot quickly.

[@garrykarklins1968]

sorry, you may know what youre talking about, but for a genuine enquirer, yo lost me afrer 2 minutes

[@DavidHancock]

That's why I break these into multiple videos, each getting more in-depth. The first and second are more general.