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Shaking up the market? Pentax K-3 First Impressions Review
Ricoh's Pentax K-3 is the first DSLR we've encountered that allows you to totally disengage its low-pass filtering - letting you choose between maximum detail and moire suppression - it's also the first to wear the new parent company's branding. The more we looked at the K-3 the more we found it offers over the existing K-5 models. Read our First Impressions Review to examine the fine changes with no false detail.
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Pentax K-3 Pentax SLR 24MP SLR Camera with 3.2-Inch TFT LCD- Body Only | $1,075.29 |
Pentax K-3 Pentax SLR 24MP SLR Camera with 3.2-Inch TFT LCD- Body Only | $1,075.29 |
Pentax K-3 lens kit w/ 18-135mm WR 24MP SLR Camera with 3.2-Inch TFT LCD and 18-135mm WR f 3.5-5.6 (Black) | $1,439.00 |
Pentax K-30 DSLR Camera with 18-55mm AL and 50-200mm AL Lens Kit - Black | $620.00 |
Pentax K-5 IIs 16.3 MP DSLR Body Only (Black) | $772.99 |
Pentax (Ricoh) K-3 Premium Silver Edition Body Only (Includes Grip) | $1,599.95 |
Pentax K-30 Weather-Sealed 16 MP CMOS Digital SLR (Black, Body Only) | $445.19 |
Pentax K-30 Weather-Sealed 16 MP CMOS Digital SLR (White, Body Only) | $439.89 |
Pentax K-30 Weather-Sealed 16 MP CMOS Digital SLR with 18-55mm and 55-300mm Lenses (Black) | $655.55 |
Pentax K-5 II 16.3 MP DSLR DA 18-55mm WR lens kit (Black) | $928.59 |
Pentax K-30 Weather-Sealed 16 MP CMOS Digital SLR (Blue, Body Only) | $450.09 |
Why are all these reviews incomplete? They've remained useless first impression reviews for months with no update. Not like the Dpreview I knew for years.
We have a limited number of writers available and have quite a substantial backlog to work our way through. There are three reviews currently in progress, which is the most we're currently able to do.
If you guys need another writer to help lighten the load I'd be totally willing to move to Seattle.
Seriously, though, any chance of this review being finished before Christmas? Pentax is kinda missing out on some much-needed publicity during the shopping season here.
Not as long as there are Nikon DSLRs with only a preview. We all know Canon and Nikon DSLRs will generate more clicks, thus they have a higher priority.
Maybe in summer we'll see something. It will be pretty much useless by then, because a. we'll get bored after few months of dissecting the camera on the forum and b. we'll be busy discussing the next camera rumors. But this will be seen as a sign that Pentax is not popular, and not as a consequence of the delayed review.
By the way, I see the preview wasn't updated to include the studio samples. Well, they suffer from alignment problem (or maybe the lens is defective) - but even so, they're available.
Hello Pentax(or Ricoh ) Co.
Why you don't improve low light capability or color depth or Dynamic range in this 24Mpix sensor!?
I though you known that I don't need 24Mpix or more and 16or12Mpix enough for me. Because I don't want to print on a billboard or other big walls, and I don't have giant disk and space to archive that.
I just want to rock with my APS-C sensor and have better low light capability or Dynamic range than K5II/K5IIs or D7100/D7000
I think this time DPR dont give you more than a Silver Award!
"I don't want to print on a billboard or other big walls"
7 MP will do that!
Pentax was never a big player in 35mm film camera, and I've believe they not going to be the 3rd big player in 35mm digital camera.
Having said that, the 3rd camera big player position still open for all.
You're excused for your ignorance, since it is such a popular misconception and so long ago that Pentax, or rather Asahi Optical, indeed was "a big player in 35mm film camera(s)", which I take to mean 35mm format film SLRs.
If you find that hard to believe, check out the 1960s and 1970s sections in Ricoh Imaging's timeline at http://www.us.ricoh-imaging.com/about/history. They have lost this position for quite a while, and may never regain it, but who knows ...
As a Nikon system/D7100 owner, I became intrigued by this camera, but that faded when I realized:
a. I'd be carrying a heavier camera
b. I'd have inferior lens options
c. I'd have inferior accessory options, such as flashes
d. I'd be limited to 1/180 flash sync
e. I would give up focus performance, especially tracking wildlife
f. It would cost me more money
Sure, I would gain increased ruggeddness, sensor shift IS, a 1.3fps increase and a bigger data buffer. USB 3.0 doesn't mean much when it takes Lightroom so long to import and generate previews anyway. I start the process and check back later.
Now I'm not dogging this camera. To a Pentax user this seems like a great camera, just not a game changer and especially not for someone already owning the latest Nikon systems with a D7100 or Canon 70D or higher.
While most of the points on your list are hard to argue away, one word about lens options. To be sure, the sheer extent of the current Nikkor line-up is impressive and possibly unsurpassed.
Yet, to my mind, running an APS-C kit makes most sense if you actually take advantage of compact APS-C lenses. If the focus is on those, Pentax arguably has an advantage, in particular with regard to "old school" quality primes. And then there is also the weather-sealed, fairly fast range of DA* lenses. Even the DA consumer lenses tend to offer decent value for money. In the end, selecting a DSLR is also about how important certain advantages and limitations are for your personal photography. Don't get me wrong, I bet you get great photographs from your Nikon kit!
Depends on your game, and whether your game changes by itself & needs a different mix of gear. Glad you like your Nikon in any case!
With this camera Pentax is quite mature for a great FF camera! Come on Ricoh, Sony has come with a point & shoot FF now!
As a Nikon D300 user reading this, I would simply love for Nikon to get their act together and make such a satisfying crop camera. With the buffer, frame rate, sensor-shift features and excellent build they really have nothing in the price range to compete with it.
But, while I envy Pentax users, I don't really want to buy into another DSLR system right now, having so many great Nikon lenses already. Suffice to say if the D7100 had been this good, I'd already have one.
Agreed, makes the D7100 little bitty buffer look downright stupid. And the excellent Nikon AF wont do much good if one is waiting for the camera to recycle after a couple of shots.
And I have seen some nice images with the Toshiba sensor, but I expect the Sony sensor output will be somewhat more 'pliable' in adjustments, we will see.
I appreciate that 90+ percent of dpreview readers are probably interested primarily in the offerings of Canikon & Sony, I really do. (Great camera makers, no doubt.) Putting together your thorough reviews must take a lot of time and work, too. But why is it that we get full reviews of even the most incremental "upgrades" of the big brands (think Nikon D610, Canon Rebel T5i) so much earlier than of this unit, which could be kind of a game-changer for one of the most overlooked manufacturers in the industry?
When you did review its predecessors, more often than not they turned out to be pretty capable. Now that it has hit the shelves, I bet the K-3 would deserve to be forwarded to Santa much more often than it will be as long as so few full reviews of it are available.
Can someone give a review of the video mode? You are capable of manually controlling all options such as shutter, aperture, etc.?
Also how is the stabilization in video mode? I heard it was not the same as the photo stabilization. True?
I own the K7 but want to upgrade for video.
You know what I would like to have? I would love to have this little gem with an EOS mount. Or please, Canon, give me an EOS SLR of similar build quality and size... I adore the Pentax concepts but the Lens market simply is too narrow for choice and (2nd hand) prices...
Maybe Nikon and Canon can pay Pentax to make the 'D400-K3' and the '7DII-K3'...
I wish people would stop using the term "semi-pro" when referring to these cameras. There is nothing "semi-pro" about them. From build quality to IQ, Penta offerings are certainly capable of being put to profitable use by any "pro" photographer.
As for the general concept of a "pro" camera, I sold a lot of images shot with a Nikon Coolpix 5700, back in the day. Maybe my clients got ripped-off by the non-"professional" camera I used.
I'd like to see the semi-pro classification used in professions that require lots of skill. Like semi-pro surgeon or semi-pro attorney (there are lots of those!) But semi-pro camera is a tough call.
"Class" is another invented term. When a camera performs poorly, reviewers say "...but it's very good, compared to other cameras in it's class." This translates as "it's still lousy but all you can expect at this price."
There was no Takumar 50mm f/1.2 lens for the Spotmatics. Pentax couldn't make a 1.2 lens until 1975 with the K mount bayonet lenses. The flange on the screw mount used by all Takumars was too small.
Of course you were only 14 then and memory sometimes plays tricks. :)
That said, this new K-3 seems to be an ace new camera....you should really enjoy it.
I don't remember any Takumar 50mm f1,2 but if memory serves me right, there was a Chinon 55mm f1,2 or rather the Tomioka lens for m42?
K just googled it to make sure.
Yep here it is -> http://www.tomioka.de/e_55mm-Dateien/e_55mm_revuenon.htm notice the hand-cut rear elements, giving it, its unique bokeh.
You're right, it was a Yashinon 55mm 1.2 M42 lens as I recall. Wish I still had that lens now.
OK, I have to chime in here. I have been shooting for over 50 years and have used almost every brand of camera throughout that time. Ironically, the pentax spotmatic (black body) with a 50mm 1.2 lens (yes, 1.2 not 1:2) was my first camera as a kid. I was 14 years old then. Since that time I have used Nikon, Canon, Olympus, Sony, Hasselblad, Sinar, and many others. My interest in the K3 is due to the fact that they came up with a work horse camera that will allow me to use my technical experience and capture the images that I choose. I gave up on Sony because of the electronic viewfinder that they use when they gave up the optical glass. When I shoot wildlife, sometimes it is before daybreak and if my eye is plastered against an electronic viewfinder, when I try to locate the subject again I am blinded by the viewfinder. (give me glass anytime). Pentax is onto something here and I am taking delivery of my new K3 tomorrow. I can't wait to get out with it this weekend.
You will enjoy this camera, been shooting with it for 4 days now using sigma 1.4hsm. The viewfinder is beautiful and the camera is the fastest Pentax has made hands down. Auto focus keeps up with the lenses as well!
A pro-photographer friend told me about this camera today & he is seriously interested. I live at the beach and hike daily and need a solid, sealed body so this fits that bill. Two concerns: Size & weight for hiking; availability of lenses. I have very old AE-1 glass but nothing else. What two lenses are your recommendations for wildlife and landscape and some portrait? Thank you!!
Hi Beachmama,
You will love this camera and it will work well in your situation. The glass is the big question and depends on what type of wildlife you will be shooting. If you need the reach to shoot wildlife at a distance then you will probably not like using a heavy lens on your hike. I would suggest that you pick a zoom lens with a good range that will allow you to do all three of your types of photography that you mentioned. (wildlife, landscapes and portrait). Each one of these needs a different type of lens if you use a prime lens for example. Also, if you are new to photography, read your manual from front to back and understand everything you can about your camera. Don't just set it on auto and shoot. Experiment with different settings etc.
Thanks so much Dale! This isn't my first camera but it is my first real DSLR. I shot with a Canon AE-1 from 1980, then a point and shoot and Canon SX30 and always shot in manual so have a decent understanding of how DSLR's work. I held the K-3 in my hands yesterday and loved how it felt. I also looked at the Olympus OM-D EM-1 . . . I like both a lot. I'll be shooting mostly birds in the wildlife category. Tough decision for me as when I buy something I tend to hang on to it for a very long time. Thanks for the recom. on the zoom over primes!
I'm using a Pentax K7 and it was my first camera I've ever had. I wanted to have a great cam without paying as much as for the Canon 7D. I have been bying some additional gear and then I was pretty dissapointed as all other gear was lower quality as C/N and it was more expensive too (lower markerd share means higher prices). Now I really want to by a well improvement of the cam so a K-3 might be the choice. However if I compare the Nikon D7100 body for less then EUR 1.000,- to the K3 for EUR 1.300,- I don't understand the point of bying a similar cam for a higher price knowing that the other stuff is m0re expenive too... and pentax is always coming later with their improvements as all others... that is for me the real reason why pentax will never beat C/N... I think I will sell my stuff and will save more by bying Nikon and after all I'll have at least the same or even higher quality gear... sorry Pentax, that way you lose your market in Europe...
Well, the D7100 is not entirely comparable with the K-3. Build quality is inferior, and its buffer is only a fraction of that in the K-3, which could be a big thing. And it doesn't feature an AA filter simulator. OTOH it does have a 51 point AF system.
I am curious what you mean by all other gear being of lower quality and more expensive though.
Er, same curiosity here. Happen to be a K-7 user, too (cf. gear list). Not a high-ISO demon that camera, never was, but if you shoot in RAW, pretty capable nonetheless, still.
I guess "the other stuff", then, refers to lenses? accessories? Well, the lenses, while there may be those "roller-coaster" price hikes in the US, strike me as fairly reasonably priced over here in Germany. You also have to consider what you get for your money - e.g. it does make a difference if a lens is weather-sealed (DA*-AW, WR) or has a beautifully crafted aluminium barrel (Limiteds, DFA 100mm Macro WR). With Canon lenses, you often have to pay extra if you want a frickin' lens hood! As for accessories, all major brands know how to realize sweet profit margins there.
Maybe I'm just lucky, but I really use my gear and haven't had any quality issues, neither with my Pentax lenses nor system accessories, ever.
"... and pentax is always coming later with their improvements as all others..."
The Pentax was the first camera to incorporate a pentaprism viewfinder and a reflex mirror system.
Pentax MZ-d (2000) - abandoned prototype of fullframe.
Pentax k10d (2006) built-in shake reduction, full weather sealed body.
Pentax 645d (2010) medium format.
mechanical AA-filter, multi-segment WB, gps sensor shift astro tracking.
This maybe a stupid question, but aside from button clicks to set the camera vs. mouse clicks to set panel attributes, wouldn't post processing a non-camera anti-aliased image be preferable? Of course, that assumes you have photo editing software, so I guess my question is to photogs and graphic designers with Photoshop. Given the multitude of different blur filters, de-speckle, etc in PShop, wouldn't you have more ultimate control to just leave anti aliasing off on the camera, and adjust as needed (if needed) in Photoshop?
This isn't a stupid question. Using photoshop to correct for moire can be preferable depending on the situation. There are exceptions though.
First is the big one - video. Though I have no idea if Pentax's method of correcting for it works in video anyway, so this might be a moot point here.
Second, anything that lets me spend less time in PP I'll take in a heartbeat if it doesn't degrade image quality.
The other point is for someone more knowledgeable than me to explain. But essentially when you use photoshop, lightroom, etc to correct for this, the software is essentally just guessing based on an algorithm what the photo should actually look like. Where the small amount of blur caused by an AA filter actually corrects for it. Correcting for it afterwards might end up making the photo more blurry than it would have been otherwise.
"wouldn't post processing a non-camera anti-aliased image be preferable"
Theoretically, no. "proper" anti-aliasing must be carried out before you sample the signal to be effective. Think of a political poll. If the selection of participants is biased, you have a flawed dataset. You can do all kinds of advanced statistics on the dataset, but the proper solution is to gather the data correctly in the first place.
Practically, there might be software solutions that works "well enough" for real-world images/sensors/lenses/humans and (like you say) add flexibility. I am aware of none.
K5II/IIs are more than enough for 16x20. This fellow wanted a more compact system than his 5DII and switched to K5 and K5II for DSLR: http://www.boxedlight.com/K5IIS/ - he shoots two systems now I believe. Most Pentax watchers are pretty interested in the new K3. Stay tuned.
K5II/IIs are more than enough for 16x20. This fellow wanted a more compact system than his 5DII and switched to K5 and K5II for DSLR: http://www.boxedlight.com/K5IIS/, he shoots two systems now I believe. Most Pentax watchers are pretty interested in the new K3. Stay tuned.
As a long time Pentax user, the specs look great! The comment that the AF wasn't as good as hoped caught my eye in the first impression review. Continuous tracking AF has been a weak point compared to other semi-pro DSLRs. It'd be nice if the K3 at least matched the performance of the aged D300s. We'll see.
At any rate, I've completely stopped investing in Pentax and not because of FF. As a system Pentax is limited by both an antique flash system and lenses. Venturing to incur fanboy wrath, I'm not impressed by a DA limited lens refresh with HD coatings for a 20% price increase. Nor am I confident how their old lens designs will fare with a 24mp sensor. There is a lot of lost ground to cover and hopefully Ricoh can churn out these much needed updates in short order.
I'm curious about this comment by JKeller re AF speed, in a pre-production version no less. Perhaps this really won't be more clearly seen until at least 1 or 2 FW updates, as Pentax will surely fine tune the camera. I'm anticipating that Pentax will get to this finetuning right away rather than later though.
If Pentax is now trying to match the performance of the old D300s hmm... this would be a real proove of inadequacy... They would better focus to be compared with the C 70D or N D7100... In fact they should be half year better. And according the spec they are just compareble. The next step, its finetuning, what might be the K3-II, will first come in about one year. By then the N D7200 will be on the marked for about 3/4 of a year and pentax is again behind with their brand new cam and seemingly innovations (the only real innovation is the AA-sensor)
I don't mean to badmouth pentax or anything of the sort, but with new FF mirrorless models being introduced by Sony, and others to follow... although a good idea, the selectable olpf sounds like the sort of innovation I'd fall for when I was younger, but which seems moot, when you consider that more of us have started to ponder graduating to FF and have been eagerly waiting to see what develops in FF.
At end of 2013, I'm definitely not willing to pay entry-level FF prices for an APSC, no matter what bells and whistles they throw into it.
"I'm definitely not willing to pay entry-level FF prices for an APSC, no matter what bells and whistles they throw into it."
I can't see any logics in your statement.
Which FF has such specs for that price?
Cheap(and made in a hurry) FFs from K/N start 2K$(with obviously inferiour characteristics)
people are so crazy about FF size. I'm pleased with aps-c and if I need bigger sensor, I'll to go medium format.
I take issue with the "more of us have started to ponder graduating to FF and have been eagerly waiting to see what develops in FF."
I couldn't care less about FF. All FF will do for me is shorten my lenses, and that's a negative. I very rarely care about high ISO. And I'm not at all interested in a larger, heavier camera.
Pah ! You are only pondering to graduating to a toy-like FF, I'm using MF and thinking of graduating to a room-sized pinhole, because we all know that what counts and makes you a great photographer is the sensitive area of your hardware !
Looking to replace my Canon 5D Mark ll and getting more and more confused as to what newer model I want to venture to next.
I mostly like landscape, macro, and the occasional portraits and candids.
I would like to be able to blow up my images to at least a 16x20 minimum.
I was considering a fujifilm x pro1 or a sony a99 both have good and bad, as there is no perfect camera.
But wondering if a full frame is really what I need. What I really just want is just clear vibrant photos i don't care about video in any way, I want a camera that is dedicated just to photos, are there any still out there??!!????
Im in the same boat, need a new toy,after trying the D7100, i fell in love with the viewfinder, lot clearer than my 5DII.
Might consider a Nikon, Fuji, or Pentax
I'm hoping Fujifilm comes out with a XPro2 fairly soon, if not, they'll lose my sale. I don't want another camera that has autofocus issues.
K5II/IIs are more than enough for 16x20. This fellow wanted a more compact system than his 5DII and switched to K5 and K5II for DSLR: http://www.boxedlight.com/K5IIS/, he shoots two systems now I believe. Most Pentax watchers are pretty interested in the new K3. Stay tuned.
Pentax, nowadays, present a Brillant bunch of DSLRs for every pocket. Lets see what happend to 645D and of course 135mmm. Personaly I´m not interest in FF, but I would like to jump in to a distant future to 645D format.
Yes, they have alot of dslrs except an FF. I have the K5 and am very satisfied already. My mind says, the only real upgrade would be to FF.
If I was shopping for an aps-c dslr, I'd choose the k-3 over either Canon or Nikon aps-c offerings.
Now Pentax just needs some fast f1.4 glass.
An f1.2 wouldn't hurt either.
Go for the K-3, and go for the Pentax FA 31mm f/1.8. It's not 1.4, but man that's a fantastic lens!
Pentax do have a couple of F1.4 lenses, namely the FA-50mm F1.4 and the DA*55mm F1.4. The latter being fully sealed and the former a rather nice tiny AF lens. If you want F1.2, they did do a 50mm F1.2 albeit manual, and you can find them second hand. But the jewels are the three FA Limiteds. 31mm F1.8, 43mm F1.9 and 77mm F1.8. There is another jewel as well, the 50mm F1.7. Possibly the sweetest prime of the lot and superb on digital. Oh don't forget any M42 Takumar with an adapter will be a dream, as will any Pentax Prime. :-)
don't get too hung up on pentax glass... its never really been world class in my opinion but there are other options. THat said i have never used some of the older limited lenses esp the 85mm1.4
I pretty much only shoot with Zeiss glass now on my K5 . totally addicted to Zeiss... yes they stopped producing them but there are plenty of them around and for good money unless you want the 21mm which just doesn't exist for love nor money or the 18mm which is rarer than hens teeth and goes for over a grand when it does show up...
i also have a tamron 90mm f2.8 macro which looks crap but is insanely sharp
my quandary now is to try and negotiate a k3 with the missus or just buy the zeiss 85mm 1.4 instead for the K5...... thoughts?
Does this mean that if you shoot with flash you will get moire? Most flashes are quicker than 1/1000.
Only if you point the camera towards your kilt ... In all other instances, there'll be no moire.
I also thought that d7100 has the same sensor that d3200.
But the d7100 has a Toshiba sensor and d3200 has a Sony sensor. The Pentax has the Sony sensor of d3200 not the d7100 sensor
D3200 sensor size 15.4 x 23.2 D7100 sensor size 15.6 x 23.5
D7100 6036 x 4020 pixels.
D3200 6080 x 4012 pixels
D7100 Pixel pitch (µm) 3.9
D3200 Pixel pitch (µm) 3.8
D7100 Sensor photo detectors (Mpix) 24.26
D3200 Sensor photo detectors (Mpix) 24.39
D7100 bits per pixel 14
D3200 Bits per pixel 12
The Sony 24Mp sensor was first used in the SLT A77 and SLT A65 but high ISO low light performance not quite as that found on D3200. The Nikon D5200 and D7100 use the Toshiba sensor. As you'd probably already know previous/current Pentax models use the Sony 16Mp sensor and also previous Pentax 12Mp cameras used a Sony sensor.
The K-3 looks to be a potentially good camera with the 24Mp Sony sensor and if the AF is good on this camera all is good.
Pentax K-3 uses Sony 24MP sensor, but it's a new model with new architecture. and it's 14 bits.
D7100 uses Sony, D3200 uses Nikon sensor, D5200 Toshiba.
D5200, seems to have better High ISO performance.
K-3 battery Life (CIPA) 560? On K-5 its 740. That doesn't sound good for video recording. My old K200D can take near 1000 raw pictures with lithium AA.
I would not shoot without battery grip anyway. But got your point. Thanks that batteries and off grips are dirt cheap.
@Valojuova - if it helps, the CIPA figure for the K200D with Lithium batteries was 550 shots, which should make the K-3 comparable.
(The CIPA testing doesn't necessarily give you an idea of how many shots the camera takes, it tells you how it compares to other cameras)
Hello Dpreview team
Please hurry up with Pentax K3 complete product review. ;-)
This DSLR is promising to be really a shake in the APC DLSR market.
Smart new technical solutions, excellent promised performance, Ricoh giant's technology and actual investments involved...
Enthusiast photoghaphers are waiting to undertand if Pentax is really back!
Surely Ricoh-Pentax will never be able to develop in the future the same turnover of Canon and Nikon but this brand wants back its lost position among the four brands that really count in the DSLR market.
Let's see...
Excellent job, Pentax!
My friends and I have enjoyed
the successful K5 results on facebook.
In manual mode,
it is great for modeling, fashion, food
and luxury real estate photography.
Whether full frame, APS-C, medium frame, and etc,
like my photography and drawing teachers use to say;
"It's not the pencil
that makes beautiful drawings,
it's the artist behind the pencil." ;)
K3 looks great, but I still consider my K5 nearly perfect, so unless K3 shows marked improvement in IQ, autofocus, or overall "joy of usage", I'll stay with my K5.
Pentax always wins my heart .. with their beautiful, highly functional, rigid camera bodies .. and excellent IQ .. one after other .. K7, K5 and now K3!
However a few features are still missing .. and can't switch my boat without these, now a days:
- Continuous AF performance in movie and live view, preferably with touch screen!
- A Wifi remote control with live view streaming
- Better quality lenses (no doubt they are good, but there is a competition out there with top-end m43 and FF Canikons), you need to work out on some higher end kit-lenses and show some more options!!
- I would also add electronic shutter to my wish list here!
Rest it's great!!!
All pictures made by m4/3 i've seen to date look like a little unsharp to me. Why do you consider them as superior towards to Pentax lenses? Maybe just because you know too little in this point. Plus it's incorrect to compare FF lens with APC-S ones at all.
I use both Pentax (K10d) and Olympus (EPL2) cameras. I shoot in raw and use darktable and the gimp under Linux. The reults are very similar even at pixel-peeping magnifications, seeming to be limited by 10Mp and 12Mp respectively. The exceptions are when I use primes like the Pentax 50mm f:4 or Tamron 90mm f:2.5 macros on the Pentax.
I have Oly's kit short zoom, but it seems a bit sharper than Pentax's equivalent on the K10d.s
So far, it seems to me sharpness is very dependent on lenses, with the best ones resolving higher than (so far) the best sensors, regardless of the sensor size.
There are many very sharp m43 primes, and quite a few mediocre lenses with Pentax mounting. But the kit lens for my Oly ranks in sharpness with the famous 50mm f:1.4 Pentax-M when used on the same test subject, processed by my preferred software at each lens's best aperture.
Nice to see my ideas in use...
Brilliant, you should be working for these guys. so what do you predict next?
If I understand correctly, the K-3 would have no anti-aliasing available at all for shutter speeds faster than 1/1000, and there seems to be some uncertainty about how well it would work faster than 1/500.
So if you're the type of user who would have chosen the K-5 II over the K-5 IIs because you'd prefer to just avoid the possibility of moire and accept the tiny AA blurring, the K-3 is effectively max shutter speed 1/1000, or possibly max 1/500 for best effect.
Is that correct?
Where did you read there is uncertainty "how well it works above 1/500". The uncertainty is above 1/1000 and it still works partially (the question being how well)
Of course such new tech application needs to be tested anyway to see if it even meets company claims but that applies to anything to anyone.
@Rais3d - Not sure now where I read about it, but if I understand the point correctly:
-- To simulate the AA filter blurring, it needs to blur 1 photosite wide and 1 photosite tall.
-- To do so, it moves in a circle with a diameter of 1 photosite.
-- It completes one such revolution every 1/500 second.
-- So at shutter speeds faster than 1/500 second, it does not have time to make one complete revolution. Therefore incomplete blurring.
-- At 1/1000 shutter speed, it has time to move through half the circle, which is 1 photosite wide in one direction but only half a photosite wide in the other direction.
-- At shutter speeds faster than 1/1000, it doesn't have time to move 1 photosite wide in any direction.
-- At faster and faster shutter speeds it has less and less time to move, and so makes less and less movement during the exposure. At the K-3's max shutter speed of 1/8000, that isn't much movement. 1/16 of a revolution. Like a clock moving from 12:00 to not quite 12:04.
Well Pentax says it's 1/1000. Where did you read the revolution for the AA simulation is every 1/500? Did Pentax reveal that? It's also quite possible that it doesn't need one full revolution to to the proper AA simulation, meaning perhaps 1/500 becomes 2x (half a revolution) providing for what is needed.
It was already said up to 1/1000, after that it's said only partially. What you mentioned at the end was already considered.
> Where did you read the revolution for the AA simulation is every 1/500? <
I found it again; it was the Imaging Resource preview:
Scroll down to the section with the header "A Geek's Guide to On-Demand Low-Pass Filtering". Most of the stuff about 500 Hz is toward the end of that section.
Why wouldn't this cam be interesting for others ? Its a brand new flagship ASP-C cam. The D610 is a means for Nikon to cancel any negative repercussions on the problems facing the older D610.
I'm waiting till the year 2020 when all this present commentary is meaningless. Google Glass will probably be taking Medium Format images with 200 megapixels, 30 fps, zoom from 5-2000mm and after a hard day of gathering images I will jump into my flying car and wonder what advances will be made in 2021 LOL LOL LOL!
Proofreading alert: "gains a the multi-area white balance geature"
In the days of film Pentax was my camera of choice. I had a Pentax ME that I really liked. Pentax was known for high quality compact cameras and lenses. Compact is not Pentax's forte today. They are leaving that to Sony. Pentax cameras are big and bulky. The older Pentax film lenses I now use on a Sony Nex camera. However, using a 35mm film lens on an APS camera must result in lower resolution than would be obtained on full frame. The lines per mm may be the same, but the number of mms is less. If I could afford it, I would be more interested in the upcoming Sony FF Nex for my older Pentax lenses than anything Pentax offers. If Pentax came out with an FF k-01 with view finder I would be very interested.
A question for those in the know: if moiré can be controlled by shaking the sensor, can it be equally controlled by post processing software simulating shaking the sensor? If so why add the extra complexity to the camera and why not use such software on any camera?
Are you talking about compact cameras, or about compact systems? There is nothing compact about Sony Nex camera and a zoom lens on it. On the other hand, in DSLR terms, Pentax is still very compact system, and has many compact lenses for DSLRs.
But then again, chasing ultimate compactness often defies common sense, as it cripples usability and emotional confidence of a photographer holding a reliable tool in hands (which are not infant's hands in size).
"Pentax cameras are big and bulky." Actually, they are among the least bulky DSLRs (notwithstanding the slightly smaller Canon SL1, but that doesn't compete with full-featured K-3).
"Can [moiré] be equally controlled by post processing software simulating shaking the sensor?" No, the anti-aliasing has to be done before entering the color filter. On the Bayer pattern color filter is that there are two green pixels for every red and blue, and therefore the green, red, and blue color arrays have different spatial frequencies. Certain high frequency patterns of light on the pixels will fool the Bayer conversion algorithm into creating artifacts (oddly colored rainbows). The only way to overcome that is to physically blur the light before going into the pixels. Otherwise you have to resort to case-by-case application of anti-aliasing software, e.g. make an entire pattern monochrome because you, the human being looking at the photo, know it's not suppose to have a green rainbow in it.
@Zvonmir - Thats not true. Sure NEX lenses are pretty large as compared to m43 lenses but they are still smaller than DSLR lenses.
Some lenses can actually show lesser resolution on a FF body. Say you have 24mpx FF and 24mpx APS-C and a lens with superb central sharpness but weak edges. On FF, you wil have full resolution at the pixel level only in center, but on APS-C, the resolution will be more balanced between those areas. Plus if the lens have enough resolution to feed the 24mpx APS-C, than you will have even better picture than you will get on FF.
The Pentax line-up (DSLR) is the least bulky compared to Canikon except for that SL1 which is not really that smaller compared to a K-x, my K5II with grip looked tiny compared to a fellow photographer I met with a 7D w/ grip
Never seen or probably never used a Pentax Limited before.
Thanks for the explanation, that's very interesting and informative.
A while back I measured total length for several NEX lenses and K equivalents on K. I found that NEX was only significantly shorter at super wide angle, like the 16mm. Other focal lengths, comparing apples to apples, were very similar lengths or somewhat shorter for K.
It's been a while since I made that comparison and there are more NEX lenses since then. But for medium and long focal lengths, my understanding is that the absence of the mirror box just means the lens has to be that much longer.
Can you provide apples-to-apples examples of lenses of medium or long focal lengths that are significantly shorter combined total length on NEX than on K?
Take a couple nex-5/7 bodies, 3 or 4 prime lenses,and throw them in a bag; do the same with 2 7d's and tell me if you see a difference --size or weight...
Cool camera, but I'm still holding out for a digital back for my Pentax LX.
Unfortunately I can't find 35mm film anymore, so I can't take pictures. I expect that digital back to appear soon!
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Lets see whether the sales figures also have a similar ratio ! Seriously whats the whole point of your comment ? The D610 has the most minor of upgrades over its predecessor while the K3 is a proper and worthy upgrade to the K5.
Point is - Nikon people much outnumbered Pentax one. It means not only for Pentaxians this cam is interesting.
If you discount the posts moaning about Nikon and the posts moaning about posts moaning about Nikon I suspect the numbers are closer ;)
Why wouldn't this cam be interesting for others ? Its a brand new flagship ASP-C cam. The D610 is a means for Nikon to cancel any negative repercussions on the problems facing the older D610.
Don't mind the GearShop at all. But why is camera after camera GearShop recommended, available for order before it is even in user's hands. The idea was these were cameras that DPReview know to be good cameras and thus recommended.
I was waiting for the K3 as an upgrade for my Kr, did the sensible thing and bought a K5II a few months ago when it was just at US$800 body only. I could just not afford a K3, then, now and after a year.
Maybe I will earn more with my photography and have the money to get a K3II?
They are not that bad. General tendency is slower and they are average in resolution, but the are quite good in rendering , color, contrast, CA - ghosting... You can still get new Schneider's Angulons, Voigtlaender and Zeiss even they are not in production anymore...and of course new fast Sigmas.
LOL! Because we all know that the only true measure of a lens is how it's handles 2 dimensional test charts.
That info trash provider shoots with them... I can also say it straight. All system has a trash lenses, but I got myself great ones.
Been a dedicated nikon shooter for about 10 years but in 2013 i sold all my Nikon gear for a Fuji XE1 with zero regrets. However, i have been watching pentax and if i ever decide to reinvest in a DSLR i suspect Pentax will be it. I like what they are doing and also think the body design is superior.
I sold all my Canon kit when I wound down my pro activities and bought into Fuji X but I also bought a Pentax K-30 to use with my Mamiya 645 lenses. The K-3 looks very desirable.
Yep. The Pentax has a superior body design. All of my Pentax DSLR are all tough. The rubber grippings doesn't warp and the body is tough, the shutter is silent, and the weather sealing is the real deal.
What lenses would you use with the Pentax for wildlife and landscape?
Definitely the Sigma 500mm F/4.5 for wildlife. It's sharper than the Pentax 300mm F/4. Wide open it has a deeper depth of field than the 300. (Maybe not in tests but in the field you would see it from your results.)
The Pentax 16-50mm F/2.8 is very sharp for a zoom lens but I wish it could be a little wider. Once they come out with a FF camera, I will probably use it with it but I will have to crop out some of the edges because it isn't FF compatible. I've never tried any Sigma wide angle lenses.
Congratulations to the Ricoh-Pentax! Gladly I plan to replace my Pentax k-5ii with this powerful Pentax k-3. Insha Allah!
This is awesome. Pentax really builds a solid system with APS-C collecting unhappy former Olympus E and Nikon D300x user...The "true E7 and D400" :-) Well done!
I'm not a Pentax enthusiast but this does look rather nice. Good luck to it.
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Spicy Horse games now live on Armor Games, Aeria Games
American McGee's Shanghai-based studio Spicy Horse has announced its presence on two new gaming portals – Crazy Fairies is live on Armor Games and Big Head Bash has joined Aeria Games' catalogue. Two more places to play the free, browser-based titles is particularly interesting as Spicy Horse's infrastructure means all players on all portals can join multiplayer matches together – even if they're on mobile devices or Facebook.
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On a regular basis I forget to add && shutdown -h now
to a long-running process. Is there any way to add a shutdown -h now
command after the first command was invoked? It is not intended to interrupt the ongoing process. Maybe it is possible to watch the PID?
There's no need to repeatedly run ps to list all processes and grep through the output. Background the process with ctrl-Z, then run
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You could do something like this, which will check whether the process is running every 5 seconds and take appropriate action:
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If You know the pid you can run this:
To run without echo from ps do this:
And finally to run it in the background without any output:
Scott's solution is a good one but this removes the need to | ||||
I do this all the time.
Alternatively, you can poll as suggested in other answers like this:
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Have felt daunted about how to write about it – especially as the writing has not
been so flowing lately. Although on one level it feels so clear to me, I felt there
was no way I could explain.
Then opened the computer to find this from Alan! Clearly and wonderfully explained.
Perfect. Thank you Hathors. Please consider this essential reading for… anyone who
would like the maximum from their lives.
Extracts from Tom Kenyon channeling of the Hathors:
"Your perception of reality is fundamentally a personal creation. It is
influenced by the collective perception of your culture, time, place and
circumstance, but fundamentally your perception of what is real and
not real is a creation—your creation."
"During collective transition states of consciousness it is helpful to
remember that each person is the creator of his or her own reality,
and in the midst of chaos people will make different choices and
enter different personal realities."
"When a person passes through the transition state of consciousness
you call death there are several options. If you are in a spiritual tradition
the central figure of which is a guru, avatar or savior, you can follow the
path of this being into the vibratory realm of his/her consciousness. In
some religions this is known as heaven."
"If you follow the path of a guru, avatar or savior understand that you
are entering into his/her heaven, her/his vibratory attainment, and by
necessity you enter also into his/her limitations in consciousness."
"In summation, due to the intensifying phases of the Chaotic Node many
of you will find yourselves in transitional states of consciousness.
Regardless of what level you find yourself engaged in, whether it be
your personal life, the collective experience, or the transition state you
call death, know that you are the creator of your reality."
Simple little sentences – vast significance. Vast. Your mind has absolutely no
idea how vast, and does not have the facility to mentally comprehend.
Everything we think we see and experience is a result of the (restricted)
information we have absorbed. Everything. We assume how we see things
is the way they are – for everybody. Not so.
I do hope the following makes this very clear for you – enough for you to
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The HSBC API is less than ideal, we've had a lot of experience dealing with inadequate APIs on Payment Gateways in our time.
Pre-auth as mentioned above is an older technology which unforuntately did leave a shadow on the card with the appearance of multiple transaction. The more recent technology is Authenticate and Authorise, which does a similar thing to Pre-auth but without the consequences of the old pre-auth.
Unfortauntely HSBCs API is a bit out of date and fairly limited compared to more flexible systems such as SagePay direct.
The advent of PCI compliance has also meant authorising banks have tightened up on security and declines are more common. AVS, CV2 and 3D Auth security checks on registered UK maestro and mastercards mean you will undoubtably see an increase in declines. Not necessarily, it has to be said, because the card is fraudulent or that the card can't take the hit, but normally because the invoice address isn't quite right.
However, these are hard times for many people, so I guess you do also have to expect that people will be trying to pay for items online on already stretched credit.
I would also recommend looking into taking payment post-order but pre-dispatch to ensure the funds are taken before delivering items. It will save a lot of headaches. This doesn't necessarily mean that you have to take payment on order.
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Shelach - Rishon
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Do It If You Want To
Until this point, life in the wilderness had its ups and downs. The revelation at Sinai? Up. The golden calf? Down. The manna? Up. The quail? Down. And so on and so forth. In this parsha, things take a horrible turn for the worse.
G-d told Moshe to send twelve prominent representatives, one per Tribe, to scout out the land of Israel. (If this were an episode of Star Trek, the 12 spies would be the "away team." It's the same basic idea: a mission of reconnaissance.) The spies' names are given; among them is the familiar Hoshea the son of Nun, better known to us as Yehoshua (Joshua).
Moshe charged the spies with checking out the land and its inhabitants so that the Jews might have an idea of what to expect. They were to gather both military intelligence and agricultural information, bringing back samples of the indigenous produce.
It should be noted that G-d's directive to send spies was in response to the people's request to do so. The parsha begins, "Shlach l'cha anashim" - "send representatives for yourselves." G-d didn't "set the Jews up" with this command, he was acquiescing to their request. They ended up hoisting themselves with their own petard. (See Talmud Sotah 34b and Rashi here on 13:2. That the request came from the people is stated explicitly in parshas Devarim, Deut. 1:22, where the people say to Moshe, "Let us send men ahead…")


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AMD today announced revenue for the first quarter of 2012 of $1.59 billion, net loss of $590 million, or $0.80 per share, and operating loss of $580 million. The company reported non-GAAP net income of $92 million, or $0.12 per share, and non-GAAP operating income of $138 million. First quarter non-GAAP net income excludes: the previously disclosed charge of $703 million for a limited waiver of exclusivity of certain 28 nanometer (nm) APU products from GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc. (GF) related to the 2012 Amendment to the Wafer Supply Agreement; amortization of acquired intangible assets of $1 million; a restructuring charge of $8 million; SeaMicro, Inc. (SeaMicro) acquisition costs of $6 million, and a tax benefit related to the SeaMicro acquisition of $36 million. "AMD delivered solid results in the first quarter as we remain focused on improving our execution, delivering innovative products, and building a company around a strategy to deliver strong cash flow and earnings growth," said Rory Read, AMD president and CEO. "A complete top-to-bottom introduction of new APU offerings, combined with ample product supply resulting from continued progress with our manufacturing partners, positions us to win and grow." Quarterly Summary - Gross margin was 2 percent due to the previously disclosed charge of $703 million for a limited waiver of exclusivity for certain 28nm APU products from GF. - Non-GAAP gross margin was 46 percent, flat sequentially. - Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities balance, including long-term marketable securities, was $1.71 billion at the end of the quarter. ● Cash payments in the quarter included $281 million related to the SeaMicro acquisition and $150 million related to the limited waiver of exclusivity of certain 28 nm APU products from GF. - AMD's first quarter of 2011 had 14 weeks of business compared to 13 weeks for the first quarter of 2012. - Computing Solutions segment revenue decreased eight percent sequentially and was flat year-over-year. The sequential decrease was driven by seasonally lower sales in the Client business. ● Operating income was $124 million, compared with $165 million in Q411 and $100 million in Q111. ● Microprocessor ASP decreased sequentially and was flat year-over-year. ● AMD announced and began shipping the follow-on to its essential notebook platform "Brazos," its bestselling platform ever. The new essential notebook platform, codenamed "Brazos 2.0," delivers improved performance, extended battery life and many new features. Systems based on "Brazos 2.0" are expected to be available in the second quarter. ● AMD ramped volume production of its second generation A-Series APU, codenamed "Trinity," in anticipation of global notebook availability from leading OEMs in the second quarter. "Trinity" delivers twice the performance-per-watt compared with AMD's current generation A-Series APU. Systems powered by "Trinity" will enable outstanding entertainment and gaming performance with superior battery life. ● Dell, Tyan, MSI and Fujitsu are among the partners that introduced systems based on AMD Opteron 3200 processors targeting hosting customers who require enterprise-class reliability at desktop-class price points. The new server platform delivers price-performance and power-per-core advantages compared to competitive offerings. ● Telus, a leading Canadian Telecommunications provider, selected the AMD Opteron 6200 Series processors to power its latest offering, the TELUS AgilIT Virtual Private Cloud. ● AMD announced two new heterogeneous computing milestones, both with the objective of enhancing the user experience and nurturing future software development. AMD announced an investment through AMD Ventures in Nuvixa, Inc., a developer of gesture-based video communication and presentation solutions, and the first AMD Fusion Center of Innovation was established at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. - Graphics segment revenue was flat sequentially and decreased 7 percent year-over-year. GPU revenue was up in a seasonally down quarter, due to higher improved desktop GPU ASP in the channel, offset by seasonally lower game console royalty revenue. The year-over-year decrease was primarily driven by lower demand for desktop and mobile graphics. ● Operating income was $34 million, compared with $27 million in Q411 and $19 million in Q111. ● GPU ASP was flat sequentially and increased year-over-year. ● AMD reached a major milestone with worldwide availability of its full line of next generation 28 nm AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series desktop GPUs in less than three months. In addition to the AMD Radeon HD 7950 Series GPU, AMD introduced the first graphics card to break the 1 GHz barrier, the AMD Radeon HD 7770 GPU. AMD also launched the AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series GPU featuring 2 GB of GDDR5 memory for serious gamers. - Corporate ● AMD announced an amended Wafer Supply Agreement with GF that established a negotiated wafer pricing based on a take or pay arrangement in 2012 and established a framework for wafer pricing in 2013. AMD transferred its remaining ownership interest in GF to GF and GF waived the exclusivity arrangement for AMD to manufacture certain 28 nm APU products at GF for a specified period. ● AMD acquired SeaMicro, Inc., a pioneer in energy-efficient, high-bandwidth microservers. The acquisition accelerates the company's strategy to deliver disruptive server technology and positions AMD to expand its current server offerings to provide customers and partners with low-power, low-cost, high-bandwidth server solutions. Current Outlook AMD's outlook statements are based on current expectations. The following statements are forward-looking, and actual results could differ materially depending on market conditions and the factors set forth under "Cautionary Statement" below. AMD expects revenue to increase 3 percent, plus or minus 3 percent, sequentially for the second quarter of 2012. For additional detail regarding AMD's results and outlook please see the CFO commentary posted at quarterlyearnings.amd.com.
AMD needs to ditch their CPU department because it is slowly killing ATI. And I said ATI for a reason there, because I will never let ATI be killed by those morons.
Doubt it, AMD's current line up of CPUs are selling well enough. AMD's problem isnt their product, its the management, they are leaking money internally. In essence their business model needs evaluating. Looking from the outside, their net income is fantastic which shows their products sell, but it's negated by the loss i.e. overspending.
AMD is doing better than a year ago. That's the good news. The bad news- they still aren't making anywhere near what Nvidia or Intel makes.
They do know this. It's basic profit and loss. Whenever you have loss its because one of two reasons. They are not making enough or they are spending too much. We can see from the net income that they are making enough, so it leaves the expenditures. Without a breakdown of their expenditures it makes it difficult to establish where the waste is. It could be due to too many staff, manufacturing cost, export costs, research and development costs, paying too much for adverts, cost of running offices, managers stealing and committing internal fraud. It could be anything Yes, they've got new CEOs but only recently, it could take years to realign a failing multinational corporation to the ideologies of new management. james888, thats the other reason. CEOs need time to implement change. If they keep changing all the good internal policies and structures set up will get undone by the replacement CEO. Also the staff start to lose respect for the company and moral runs low, thus they stop working as hard to make the company a success.
They change their CEOs faster than I change my pants, that's the problem. Not letting anyone stay long enough to implement whatever which is in their mind before getting ousted by investors who only care about the short term.
^What he said. Sometimes a business plan needs to account for the long term rather than maxing profits for short-sighted investors. A good ceo would be disposed of in 6 months... Despite having a solid, practical plan for the company.
James888 you ever work in a corporation before, The Big Boss Has to get a daily briefing every morning or when he comes in, plus kept informed of everything going on every second pretty much.
They're spending money before its made..... with their upcoming console contracts..... they're buying things left and right. Some are potential beneficial but Unfortunately all it takes is one stumble and it Gmd or Google Graphics Company or something.
Once AMD gets there head our of there aris, they'll do just fine. Piledriver based Trinity and Desktop CPU's once released full force, along with ATI's upcoming HD 8000 series , things will begin to look much better for AMD. They just need to excecute them properly with no delays.
Wow. It's like people in this thread dont even listen. I just spent the entire thread explaining that AMD's issue is not their product but their mis-management and overspending. A new CPU range alone will not help.
Im not sure if its necessary to jump all over everyone about it. Even though they are spending a shit ton of money producing a CPU range that isn't even selling all that well? A new range of CPUs that sell will help.
yeah that ship has sailed a long time. every since the name on the cards got changed from "ATI" to "AMD"
Maybe if they made a semi decent CPU. There marketing department should be fired. Calling the new CPU's FX devalues the FX branding. Years ago the Athlon 64 came out it was an intel killer. Amd needs another CPU that can preform better or the same as an intel CPU at a less price. I wonder if AMD's CPU deparment will go the way of Via only making small neich CPU's?
Hmmm, one of the first things listed; "the previously disclosed charge of $703 million for a limited waiver of exclusivity for certain 28nm APU products from GF." Then towards the bottom; "GF waived the exclusivity arrangement for AMD to manufacture certain 28 nm APU products at GF for a specified period." AMD is probably doing fine, but they could definitely use more revenue while simultaneously cutting costs. Acquiring tons of companies is a risky move, because all it takes is one really weak quarter and they are a stones throw from bankruptcy.
What are you talking about? Their current CPU range is selling fine It will help, but will not solve the issue. What is the point increasing sales 2x if you are spending 3x what you earn? What has this got to do with anything????? Everyone that is blaming their product or performance doesnt understand basic business. Back when Intel didn't have "semi decent" CPUs - Intel still made profit. Why because they had good management and marketing.


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The Critique Award Welcome fellow Smeargle-goers! Critique is one of the best things an artist can ever get. It encourages them and helps them improve with an outside perspective and constructive advice. However, excellent critique hasn't really had a way to be specifically rewarded, and the Critique Award hopes to remedy that. This award will be given to users giving helpful advice to the many artists in our Studio hopefully every one to two weeks. Their names will be recorded here in this thread, and winning the award will definitely be taken into account when choosing users for Community Contributor — for example, our Community Contributor Bummer was partially nominated for his excellent critique with posts such as this. You might be thinking right now, fine, but what makes good critique? Here are some handy hints on how to help improve your advice. • Look at examples of good critique. Looking at critique by our Community Contributors and other respected artists/contributors can give you a great idea on how to structure your critique. There are many great role models to follow in critique with many great posts; Bummer's post linked previously is a great example, as is this helpful critique from ium in the Smeargle Card Project. • Critique where you are knowledgeable. While looking at the critique of artists is helpful to improve your own, if you're not as experienced then DON'T feel you have to match their level of detail or give advice on how to improve. In fact it'd probably be better to stay away from these things, but this doesn't mean you have nothing to say. Anyone can tell what they dislike in a piece or feel is badly done. In the words of lovely smod Zracknel, "you don't need to be a chef to know the steak is burnt." Critique in your comfort zone. • Don't be afraid to critique other critique. Critique works best as a discussion. If you disagree with a point somebody else made, then feel free to respond saying that! This is just as helpful for an artist, to see the opinions of what people like in their work, and often these discussions will resolve with a single piece of improved advice, rather than two pieces of advice offered separately, which can be confusing. A great example of this is Zracknel's post in Art for Articles. If you combine all of this with a friendly nature you'll be a great critic in no time! So get out there and get posting :) Happy critiquing~!
I hope this is not out of place but I kind of have a question. You touched on this a bit when critiquing a piece when it's not in your experience field of how to improve it. Would this kind of be the same as having somebody not necessarily be an artist, giving a critique? What I mean is how would a critique be taken from somebody like me who isn't consider as an artist? That might then translate as a disregard for a critique given. This type of post seems like a kind where it's mostly for artist to critique even though non-artistically gifted can still give a decent critique. Could you elaborate more please.
No artist talent whatsoever is required if someone wants to make a few pointers against the work of an artist. It IS true that artists themselves can feel more adequate to offer advice since they're more aware of the effort and process behind the final product, along with offering suggestions on how to improve it. But not once did Ritter mention that you need art skills to offer critique, which is because anyone with a good knowledge about what makes an image 'good' can offer their thoughts about it, as reflected by Zracknel's quote. Sometimes, critique doesn't necessarily require one to find the faults withing the images the artists has already made public, but to also suggest what other areas they can improve on or what they should experiment with in their next creations. Not all critique results into changes being made to the picture, but if your words help artists to either re-evaluate their work or make them aware of what their audience like or dislike, it broadens their horizons and may affect their judgement for the better.
After looking through the great critiques in Smeargle's Studio these past few weeks, we have decided on excellent user ium as the first winner of the Critique Award. Congratulations :) He has maintained a high level of activity with many great critiques, such as these ones. Juicy Fruit was also a great contributor, running a close second, with posts like these two. I can't list everyone who posted critiques but here are some of the many. With users paintseagull and Snowpeashooters both critiquing well, it's obvious to see that both established artists and new, aspiring users can both contribute! Also, don't feel you can only critique art threads; feel free to critique art in projects like the Card Project or even banners and sprites in the General thread, like Homeslice did here. So no matter who you are, if you've never critiqued before or just missed out this time, get critiquing and help artists improve their works! We'll see you in a week or two with our next winner, and once again, big congratulations to ium :)