On Nov 8, 2010, at 2:03 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: > Well, the only visible and major difference in spec is DR. May be what I > should do is simply ask Paul and Bob S and others who have K-5 shoot for me a > scene in bright daylight with assortment of shadows and send me the RAW file > (DNG). I then can load it into my LR and play with it to see if this DR > improvement is as valuable as it is said to be. > You won't find a huge improvement in bright light photography over K-7 with the K-5, unless you happen to overexpose or underexpose. Then the advantages become clear, as highlights are more easily recovered and shadows can be brought up without creating much noise. While the metering is at least as good as the K-7, like al meters it can be fooled. And like most photographers, I'm not constantly thinking, and sometimes fail to notice situations where I should have plussed or minused the exposure comp.
Of course the improved autofocus is an advantage in all light as well. It's a more significant leap than was that from the K20 to the K-7. Is it now the equal of the best Nikons or Canons? I doubt it, but I've never used those cameras. I do know that it is proving to be advantageous. Paul > On 11/8/2010 8:58 AM, Thibouille wrote: >> I understand pretty well your questioning Boris and this is just a >> little information which may help you understand why your way of >> shooting/post processing has not changed from K10 to K7 (as for DR >> etc.): >> >> http://www.dxomark.com/index.php/en/Camera-Sensor/Compare-sensors/(appareil1)/676|0/(appareil2)/615|0/(appareil3)/212|0/(onglet)/0/(brand)/Pentax/(brand2)/Pentax/(brand3)/Pentax >> >> (Sorry long URL). This shows one thing, as for DR/Iso response, both >> K10/K7 are extremely similar. >> K5 is a totally kettle of fish though. Will it help you or not, I >> can't answer for you of course. >> >> >> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > 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 [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
