Give it a workout in low light at ISO 6400 or so. That's where it blows away the older Pentax cameras.
Paul On Sep 12, 2013, at 11:51 PM, Brendan MacRae <bpmac...@gmail.com> wrote: > First new Pentax I've had since the K-20D arrived yesterday. Here are > the the things I liked immediately: > > - Locking Mode Dial > - ISO/compensation buttons and location > - LCD > -100% Finder > - Overall build quality > - low-light focusing is a big improvement > - price from Adorama was 995 with a $100 gift card (card was put > toward battery grip) > > Things I didn't like: > > - not sure if I want the fn button back or not > - a movie button would be nice but having it on the mode dial is fine > - the SD card door on the K-20 feels more solid than on the K-5IIs > - focus point select and four-way get in each others way > > I probably say this about every Pentax and I know it cuts across the > grain as far as their design principle goes but it's too small for me. > I bought the battery grip like I did with the K-10/20 so there's more > to hold and makes it bit heavier which I like in a camera. > > I shot some video today and was really pleased at the results. I will > put it up on the HD monitor tomorrow and see what it looks like there. > > Overall, I'm not disappointed. The slow low-light focusing of the > K-20D was a big issue for me, the new focusing system is much > improved. The new LCD is very sharp and I like the layout of the menus > - easy to navigate as always (I recently had the misfortune of trying > to navigate the menu on a N****D7100 - and no joke, it was a > nightmare). > > I'll really try to give it a workout over the weekend and maybe even > post a picture or two. > > -Brendan > > > > -- > "Photography's greatest handicap is the ease with which the medium as > such can be learned. As a result, too many budding neophytes learn to > speak the language too long before they have anything to say." - Will > Connell > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
