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So, I bought a K-3iii. Tried it. I was impressed, but in too many ways it was too different from my other Pentax bodies (K-1 and 645Z). I could not readily switch from one to the other because the layout and functionality and content of the buttons and menus was just too much for me to adapt to. Compounded by the addition of a touch-screen to manage many functions. I have sold the K-3iii. I realized that the features of the K-3iii APS-C that I found useful are also present in the K-3ii which is functionally a contemporary to the K-1 and 645Z. So I bought a used K-3ii from KEH. I have bought many camera bodies and lenses from KEH over the years. My worst ever experience was buying an LX body from them. It came carefully nestled in amongst plastic/styrofoam “peanuts” as packing material. As they has not bothered to put a body cap on the camera, and as they had not bothered to put the camera in a plastic bag, those peanuts were also inside the camera body. That package was quickly retuned to them, they sent a replacement LX. But still, how careless can you get! Fast forward to today. I received the K-3. A generous wrapping of bubble wrap around the interior package. And what a package! The camera body (in its own plastic bag) along with the charger, charger electrical cord and battery each in their own plastic bags and then bundled together, all of this inside a padded zippered case. I am totally amazed! (And the camera seems to live up to their EX rating.) Two snappies of the packaging… https://lightroom.adobe.com/shares/ff002790deb84d54991cafcc30bdb57c Stan

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That's impressive.  Glad you got something more compatible with your other kit. -p On 8/29/2021 12:04 PM, Stanley Halpin wrote: > So, I bought a K-3iii. Tried it. I was impressed, but in too many ways it was too different from my other Pentax bodies (K-1 and 645Z). I could not readily switch from one to the other because the layout and functionality and content of the buttons and menus was just too much for me to adapt to. Compounded by the addition of a touch-screen to manage many functions. I have sold the K-3iii. > > I realized that the features of the K-3iii APS-C that I found useful are also present in the K-3ii which is functionally a contemporary to the K-1 and 645Z. So I bought a used K-3ii from KEH. > > I have bought many camera bodies and lenses from KEH over the years. My worst ever experience was buying an LX body from them. It came carefully nestled in amongst plastic/styrofoam “peanuts” as packing material. As they has not bothered to put a body cap on the camera, and as they had not bothered to put the camera in a plastic bag, those peanuts were also inside the camera body. That package was quickly retuned to them, they sent a replacement LX. But still, how careless can you get! > > Fast forward to today. I received the K-3. A generous wrapping of bubble wrap around the interior package. And what a package! The camera body (in its own plastic bag) along with the charger, charger electrical cord and battery each in their own plastic bags and then bundled together, all of this inside a padded zippered case. I am totally amazed! > > (And the camera seems to live up to their EX rating.) > > Two snappies of the packaging… > > https://lightroom.adobe.com/shares/ff002790deb84d54991cafcc30bdb57c > > Stan > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Paul Sorenson Studio1941 Sooner or later "different" scares people.