It is - literally - that told me, after trying it, my son and my husband. Heart Pentaxistes long, long awaited finally the brand that has won us so long so a product up to the NiKanon ... Waiting so long that we feel deserted Asahi to go the hybrid side of the Olympus. All indicators (praise specialized circles, word of mouth) are gone green since the series of K50, K5 II and IIS 5, we fell for the K3. The Amazon service was still five stars: speed, efficiency, quality. We received the unit in 3 days. When I took the "beast" in my small hands, the first impression was physical: weight, size ... Mom! And then the settings and steering that seemed those of a Formula 1 ... A few hours later, the programmed tool (REALLY clear interface and easy to dominate, further Pentax - a luxury today - presents us with a how to "paper" "serious" and French) purred ensconced in my hands and the pleasure was immediate and complete ... I waited to have tried in various situations (but not at night and no video) before to share my very positive experience: all delights me, longevity and battery capacity, quality and speed of autofocus, opportunities - I am far from having exhausted - of the unit to the comfort of his sight (mirror or screen - not mobile -), the mild trigger with well thought out ergonomics (all falls under the finger without the fuss: ciao Olympus and softkeys located in incongruous places and unattainable) ... I also really appreciated the opportunity to put two SD cards (large capacities, clichés loom large at 24 million pixels)) to complement or "parallel" (pictures then recorded on the two cards at a time which prevents shipwrecks when a dysfunctional board and avoids the irreparable loss of photos) with the ability to save as jpeg on a map and RAW on the other ... And then it would be time to talk, I'm blown away by the quality of images obtained: the sensor and the settings are there for many, but the goal too. The 18-135 zoom is equivalent to roughly a 27- 200 mm in 35 mm has a fault (in my opinion): the start only 18 mm instead of the 16 that would have me happy (I am an unconditional 24 mm!) leaves to "shorter" in the long lenses (120 or 180 mm in 35mm equivalent suffice). But there is a Pentax at 10-17 - it will be my next purchase - which perfectly complements - "down" - focal lengths covered by the zoom 18-135 whose honest opening but does not make miracles on zooms (3.5 - 5.6) is offset by the ability to go very high in the ISO (I do not see any significant deterioration in 6400) An apparatus and purchase I would strongly advise: this might be the acquisition of a life otherwise, but at least one or two decades. Furthermore, it is hoped that more than a Pentax found critical success in deciding optics manufacturers to produce KA mount lenses ...
