On Dec 7, 2010, at 9:31 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: > On 12/7/2010 4:27 PM, P N Stenquist wrote: >> Low light autofocus is much improved in the K-5, but mainly with the >> SDM lenses. In regard to the sensor blobs, this shouldn't be a >> problem a month or two down the road, as Pentax (and/or Sony) will >> undoubtedly take steps to resolve the problem, and once the current >> stock is off the shelves, it should be a safe bet. Paul > > Paul's right. Whoever wanted to buy K-5 /right here right now/ is better hold > their horses. This is what I plan on doing. > > It seems to me that most if not all manufacturers rush their products to the > market and the earliest adopters play certain gamble here. No offense to you, > Paul or anyone else here who /already/ bought K-5's. I was like this with K-7 > and got reasonably lucky. So, indeed, if one can wait, one would be better > off both from resolved issues and relaxed price points of view. > > IMHO.
I agree Boris. it's alway better to wait. However, I don't like to wait to sell my oldest body, because once the new camera is released, it becomes a generation older and loses value. And with a big job on my schedule, I needed a backup, so I dove right in on the K-5. Fortunately, I got lucky and can find no evidence of sensor contamination. However, my own testing suggests some people may be imagining problems. On one of several tests I conducted, I noticed that a speck of black dust on a piece of white paper can show up as a blob when the paper is shot out of focus at f22. The testing has to be performed very carefully and should be repeated with an alternate target. Paul > > Boris > > -- > 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.
