WHY I STILL SHOOT WITH PENTAX 

Thanks a lot. Glad we share a similar passion !

I love Pentax and their ergonomic but the technology et innovation are way behind the others brands. Bad live view , bad Auto focus, not a good ips , the photo noise is awful, and very expensive. And I compare with other DSLR models from canon or Nikon.

It certainly does the job doesn’t it. Well I got the day wrong there with the istD. I think I said 2006....oops.

I picked up a secondhand *istD early in 2020,.. and for shooting for Social Media, without needing to resize or do any post process, it's bloody amazing. I'm using both classic film era lenses and current lenses, and it has zero issues using any of them.

The k3 was certainly a ground breaking camera when it was released and I am sure the new apsc will follow a similar trend

Great history with Pentax. I am sure you know those film camera’s inside out like an old mustang convertable. Hahahaha. So good to here that you are still shooting film. I am sure that one day I will get back into it again on the side. Miss that mix with Fuji velevia. Mate, you’d love the k1 on the other side. So full of options to meet anyone’s needs and strengths in my opinion. Have a great day and thanks for sharing with us your history!!!!!

Hahahahaha. Yeh, gotta love em. What a great camera when it came out the k10. Some of my best ever images were taken with that camera

Thanks a lot mate. Very kind of you to say so. Yes, I bet the 645 would be a joy to use on field!!!!!

I bought my first Pentax in the 70s have the k1 now

Yes the 15-30 is just a brilliant piece of glass for sure. I have never used the 10-17

Thanks a lot mate. Yeh...gotta love the old k1000!!!!! Have a great day and thanks for watching

Hahahha. Thanks mate. A lot of people find the enthusiasm a place to put the brand down but we all know why we stick with the brand. Hope your enjoying the new k3!!!!

Thanks mate appreciate the kind words. Just some thoughts I thought I needed to get out there. You know, if you’ve been shooting with the k3 for six years and are happy with it it’s because the camera was very advanced at the time and as with all new Pentax releases as they are slowly released to the market, are always ahead of their time. Great camera!!!! Hope it still serves you well for years to come. Have a great day mate

Thanks a lot mate. Yes, it’s all a bit biased to landscape. That’s what I am good it. Will look into other areas for a wider audience for posts in the future. Cheers and have a great day!

Thanks a lot mate. Have a great evening

That can be an issue in some country’s unfortunately

Cheers made. Glad you found it relevant to you needs. The k3 III will be out soon. It’ll be a great little camera, as are all their systems.

Thanks a lot. Appreciate your feedback and your very welcome. Next week I will be putting out a new video on field. New video gear and audio. I have put a lot into this one so hope you can get to see it and appreciate your future feedback

Great, thanks man!

You sound like a true Pentaxian!!! Great to know that you have this relationship with the brand too. I have never used the KP but have had great feedback about it. I think the new k3 will be a Stella too!!!!

Happy that you did trip over my little channel and thanks for the sub. Great old camera the ME. If you haven’t got the k1 your certainly missing out!!!!

Well said. Glad you see it that way too

Sorry to here we lost you mate

@@MattBishopPhotography After testing some FF cameras like 6d, d750 and some of those a7 cameras decided to stay with the crop Pentax k3 :)

@@georgiiliev411 oh, you stayed on. Great. You’ll love the new apsc then!

Good onya mate. And how are you finding the switch after being a Nikon users?

Very good point indeed

Thanks a lot mate. Yeh, a lot had to be said and I am glad I got it off my chest.

You should make the Video anyway, it's nice to see that there are still Pentax - Lovers like me out there, but a littlebit more good reviews available would be beneficial for the Brand-awareness I guess. It's shocking to me that there are so mouch People out there who don't even know that Pentax exists, and are not willing to inform themselves before buying in a Camera System, and by that I don't mean just go to the next best Camera Store who just sells Nikon and Canon anyway.

@@johanneshainer3460 that is the aim. More brand awareness is certainly needed

Well your next step is an exciting one

your very welcome and thankyou!!!

Cheers mate. Much appreciated. A system like this, once you understand how it works, is such a powerful Tool

Pentax rock

Hahahahha. Well, yeh...I probably should be hey. So, you used the Pentax camera and never purchased one? May I ask what system are you currently using now and if you are happy with it?

@@MattBishopPhotography Well after using my Canon 5D2 I decided to go with the Nikon system and slowly I managed to sell everything Canon. I am happy with the Nikon system, I like the dynamic range and the built of the cameras, I just recently purchased the D850 and I still have my D810 which I used for almost 5 years now. I will keep the D810 regardless as a backup and even use it since it has a flash and I can trigger my other flash with it. In mirror-less format I purchased a year ago the Fujifilm XT3 for a walk around and I even shot landscapes with it. These two systems for casual shooting using the Fuji and more serious shooting with the two Nikon DSLR I am quite fulfilled. I am in the USA in Oregon and there are many places to visit and put the equipment to good use. I do mostly stock photography and you can type in google (Rigucci Photography) to see all the array of shooting that I do. Well that is what is best for stock, my category could be classified as a travel photography. Take care and all the best.

@@Luigi13 oh you live in oregon. Plenty of locations there to shoot and plenty of landscape photograohers there too. I have many photographer friends who live in that area. Yes well, the D810 and D850 are great cameras that also share the sony sensors as pentax do, with certainly better AF speed and accuracy than the K1. Prior to the K1 release I was tempted to shift to Nikon but the extra water sealing, ruggedness etc and new DFA lenses tempted me to stay. I must admit though that from my experience the Fuji RAW files just dont do it for me. I will check out your website for sure, and thanks for your feedback. Have a great day

Hi there Lisa. This is certainly not my field of expertise. Guys like Aaron Martinez do great work in this area. Would love to experiment a bit myself. So yes, maybe an option in the near future. Thanks for your much appreciated feedback and have a great day!

Still many good reason. Many overlooked. The only 2 negative aspects of the Pentax system is weight and responsive focus. However the k3 iii is a big step forward

Hi there. So as a tech guy you know that the k1 is so full of options that half the people don’t even know they exist. With regard to shutter noise yes, I suggest in handheld to shoot with a fast shutter speed. I anyway almost predominantly Shoot off a tripod so I am always shooting with mirror up

G’day mate. Yes I am an Aussie. Probably loosing my accent after almost 20 years here in Italy. Great, will Check your your channel indeed. Have a great day mate and stay safe!

@@MattBishopPhotography Your accent shows no sign of waning.You stay safe too. In Adelaide we have had a pretty good run with covid.

@@pembridgehouse hahahahaha. That’s a good thing then. Yes I heard, I have relatives there. They seem quite laid back about the whole situation

I think there will be some new ground breaking features coming out with the apsc and we can expect that same technology in the new FF too. With regard to tethering, well...you can’t please everyone can you. We’ll Just have to wait and see. Yes we do get weird questions don’t we, but hey, who cares...it’s all at our advantage in the end!

@@MattBishopPhotography Yup. I shoot APS-C (product photography, mostly), and will pick up the new body as soon as it’s available. HSS, better autofocus, updated Bluetooth, all sound great to me! Love to get a K-1 for landscape, but I just have so much APS-C glass!

@@speterlewis Hi Peter. For HSS, Godox is releasing some nice Pentax compatible products. I miss tethering capabilities on my K-3II too, specially for studio work. Hope the new APS-C camera brings all of that and more :)

What’s Shame about Olympus. The were a great camera. Fortunately for Pentax, Ricoh has other visions for the future, so luckily enough they will be around for a long time to come

Certainly is

Thank you very much!

Your very welcome and thank you!

@@MattBishopPhotography what is your favourite limited lens ? Was thinking of getting one for my kp:)

@@sound-flies they are all brilliant. I would say from what I have heard over the years that the 43 is a great edition of you can get your hands on it. Jun Hirakawa was an amazing lens engineer for Pentax and those three lenses are just incredible

I am fully aware that at this stage that Pentax aren’t going mirrorless and full support their strategy. There are so many of us that are using generations of mirrorless mount lenses that it wouldn’t make sense to their current market place . The vision of dslr still has its place and I see that

I totally agree. It will be fun to see where they go. Keep shooting, and have fun out there!

Yes they are a rugged camera, built for rugged conditions! There are a few companies that make Filters holders for these lenses specifically. Kase, nisi, haida and wanderpana. I use the kase which seems to be more neutral and resistant too

The K1 is by no means obsolete. As a landscape body it still performs better than any other body IMO. I will be interested to see what the next FF has in stall

Your welcome

thats brilliant mate. What a history!!! and the fact that you still shoot with them too says something about this brand doesnt it. Oh yes, and the photographers behind them too

@@MattBishopPhotography i shoot portrait, weddings and food with my pentax K1

Brilliant. It’s such a flexible camera and when you know and feel it the results are incredible, right?

@@MattBishopPhotography absolutely! A camera is a tool, not a magic stick. You need to understand how to use the tool properly to get the results you desire. Tools have shortcomings, but if your familiar with them then you know how to minimize those issues and get the desired outcome

David Bailey swears by the reliability of Pentax. Build lasts for DECADES+

The 15-30 is a brillant lens. You won’t regret the purchase. My favorite lens by far. Contrast detection is a powerful too and in many situations and a lot of the time more Reliable than my aging eyesight!!! Hahahahah

I wish I had of kept mine

One of the best. I have 5 of them because you can get such an excellent camera for so cheap.

Thanks Jake. Yeh! The DR is just brilliant.! I’ve really gotta give this.l have to give this night photography more of a go for the astrotracer. I think masking in a foreground Into your shot with Astro off then one on with the stars is a killer workflow

Appreciate the kind words a d feedback. I am just an honest guy, an artist and his tools putting my thoughts out there. Happy to have reached out to you

@@MattBishopPhotography likewise. Didn’t realize you were in Europe....I am in New York. Buffalo, NY. I’ll be following.

Cheers mate

Hi there mate. Yes, with the whole covid situation I am utilizing my time as a pro photographer to give something back to the community, and I think youtube is a good place for that. So thanks for your kind words and support. I am very sorry to here about your illness. I hope that you are well and that it is resolved. Photography is certainly a great therapy for that, especially landscape. Great to know that you have stuck with the pentax brand over the years for the same reasons as myself. Appreciate the kinds words and support. If there is anything that you would like to see from me on this channel please let me know. Have a great weekend!

hi Matt, thanks for your concern, I started studying by myself all the medical stuff for almost seven years and was able to regain my health for, let's say 80%. I am able to work part time again after 12 years of severe pain and misery, so most of the time I'm good now 😉 What I would like to ask is how to look at the histogram on the display, compared to the real and huge dynamic range in RAW images of this camera . The histogram is a representation of the processed jpg, according to your color, WB and exposure settings, if I understand it correctly. Is there a way to estimate, only by looking at the display, how many stops of extra highlight there will be left over if ETTR is used, and how much you can recover from the darkest part, without needing to open the raw file on a computer? I did some tests and it surprises me how much more usefull information there is available in the highlights (like bright clouds), as well in the darkest shadows in the RAW files, compared to what I saw in the histogram on the camera display. Maybe there are ways to find a rule that you use?. I already tried making a picture of a grey card, mach it in the middle of the histogram to set the starting point and start to overexpose and underexpose until I cannot recover the data. Do you know of any rule for optimising your exposure for landscape to get the highest dynamic range in one shot? I know how to make hdr images, but I don't like this technique that much. Sorry for the long question and thank you for your time. Have a nice day Matt and keep shooting, it is worth the work! Greetings, Sven (edit for typo)

@@svenbontinck8875 sounds like you’ve been through a hard battle mate. Good on you that you’ve pushed through it all and still battle on. With your question regarding exposure, I always refer to my histogram and sharpness after each shot, but as a general rule I double exposure if I have a dominant skyline in the image to avoid any clipping and mask the images together in photoshop. Otherwise If it’s a single shot I use my highlight warning in liveview and exposure for the whites. This usually never lets me down. But let’s say that after almost 2 decades in field I kind of know at a glance how to adapt in any given situation. Your eye pretty much becomes an accurate exposure meter in any circumstance

Hi Matt, thank you for your answer, It matches my experience with single shot images. Nice that you confirmed this. Have a great day! Greetings from Belgium, Sven 😉

How do you mean caught up in grief ?

@@MattBishopPhotography {edit} "cought or getting grief" means being chastised or other photographers giving you a hard time for sticking with Pentax.{/edit} Soundsed like you were being defensive or apologetic for being a Pentax shooter. I'm that way with Ford. It's just my choice, and here in Utah, it's a Chevy dominated world, so I've hot to defend my vehicle of choice.

I don't think you'll regret it, James. The K1ii is an outstanding camera. (Sorry to hear about the flood.)

You can get the mark II at a great price right now and still a great camera

Some of the best images I have ever captured were taken with the k10 and K5 and I can tell you that the K5 is still a very powerful tool on the market. To be honest people are unaware and dont talk about pentax for 2 main reasons. 1. they dont release a body every 6 months willy nilly like other brands do (why should they when they are always ahead of the others). 2. their marketing is certainly more descrete than other brands so awareness is low.

Yes the gps has to be calibrated correctly. I haven’t had much use with Astro as it is not my genre but no many that are having great results with the system

Very well said

Yes they did score well In dxo. Not surprising. Let see what the next FF can give us!!!!

And the old k5iis has 92!

Well hopefully the new APSC might be a good option for you. I am sure of it that it will have significant AF improvements

@@MattBishopPhotography that is my wish and hope. Yet my "old" cameras keep going strong and doing the job. Yet i am a 2nd hand buyer so it still will take some extra time to get the newer camera. As you also point out, you need to know what camera+lens is a good combo for your photography and so I do believe I've found mines after much testing and lots of reading and doing research. Best,

Hahahah. I assume you a referring to the video quality not my images? Well, actually since this video has been released I have made a huge investment in new audio and video gear. I can actually see myself on RU-vid so last well shot an on field type blog. Will release in a few days so hope that the viewing quality is much better. I assume if you watched the video it’s because there is a part of you that wants to come back to Pentax, right? Anyway, thanks for the time to give me some feedback. Much appreciated and here from you soon!!!! Cheers mate

@@MattBishopPhotography Yes one day I would like to shoot pentax again! I am going to subscribe.... so don't let me down :-) The again. John.

Hi there. Yes for me at landscape it is the best of the best. I haven’t had much experience in Portrait but I am sure it does a great job too and from other Pentax guys they rave about it in this field too

Thanks a lot for your kind words. Much appreciated. I have only officially done a review on the 70-210 which you can see on my channel. The 70-200 is a brilliant lens however. I have only had superb experience with it.

Looking forward to welcome your back as a pentaxian soon.

Would love to see a photo of that collection!

Then you know very well what I am talking about and happy you have come back to Pentax!!!!

@@MattBishopPhotography 100%! It's an outstanding camera system. I missed it the whole time the Sony was my only camera. Super glad to have it back!

Sorry mate. Your right! It’s the 15-30 dfa

Well said mate. Gotta love our Pentax cameras!!!!!!

Great! You will love what this camera can do. Any help..always happy to help you out! Have a great day

The 150-450 is a fantastic lens.

@@TheJathys for sure. Beautiful for wildlife

100%agree with you mate. The is a reason why we stick around hey? Their new vision makes so much sense. The new apsc sounds very exciting and can’t wait to review it soon. Have a great day mate!

@@MattBishopPhotography used to work for SBS English from DC. reporter. so honorary Aussie i guess. but besides that PENTAX is still my go to for stills.