04-04-2018, 05:59 AM
A French review of the new Pentax K1 II is out, complete with full AF-S and AF-C tests.
The review states quite rightly that Pentax cameras have suffered over the years with their AF-C system......lagging behind the competition.....
Now with the announcement of the K1 II accompanied with only the usual dry Pentax wording of.....
"improvements in AF-S and AF-C algorithms for faster focusing"
has hidden what could turn out to be a pot of gold!
It sounds like Pentax's typical stock in trade launch phraseology... but this time these words are not hollow...because they actually "have" transformed AF-C into a working system that actually tracks very well, if the famous bicycle test is anything to go by.
There were no AF hardware upgrades, it's the same system, but with an added booster/processor which serves for AF as well as the new hand held pixel shift technology.
For Pentaxians this is huge news......and Pentax claim their $550 dollar upgrade to the standard K1 will embrace the full upgrade of the Mk II model.
I hope that Pentax can put this reputation of poor AF-C behind them.....many sports/nature photographers had fled to Nikon for AF and lenses (I being one of them) maybe it will get them back on track.... add a few new lenses.
All this begs the question.......Why didn't they do before, five years ago, before many migrated to more modern AF systems?
It cost them many clients.....most have gone for good....still, better late than never!
Link:
https://pentaxklub.com/test-pentax-k-1-ii/
The review states quite rightly that Pentax cameras have suffered over the years with their AF-C system......lagging behind the competition.....
Now with the announcement of the K1 II accompanied with only the usual dry Pentax wording of.....
"improvements in AF-S and AF-C algorithms for faster focusing"
has hidden what could turn out to be a pot of gold!
It sounds like Pentax's typical stock in trade launch phraseology... but this time these words are not hollow...because they actually "have" transformed AF-C into a working system that actually tracks very well, if the famous bicycle test is anything to go by.
There were no AF hardware upgrades, it's the same system, but with an added booster/processor which serves for AF as well as the new hand held pixel shift technology.
For Pentaxians this is huge news......and Pentax claim their $550 dollar upgrade to the standard K1 will embrace the full upgrade of the Mk II model.
I hope that Pentax can put this reputation of poor AF-C behind them.....many sports/nature photographers had fled to Nikon for AF and lenses (I being one of them) maybe it will get them back on track.... add a few new lenses.
All this begs the question.......Why didn't they do before, five years ago, before many migrated to more modern AF systems?
It cost them many clients.....most have gone for good....still, better late than never!
Link:
https://pentaxklub.com/test-pentax-k-1-ii/