On 3/14/2011 4:29 AM, Larry Colen wrote:
While I RTFM, I'll ask those who've gone before me for important highlights changing from a K20 to a K5. Button placement is mostly a case of teaching my fingers, but there are a lot of new features, and seemingly minor ones can prove to be very handy. Also some things worked so poorly on the K20 as to be useless, but are surprisingly helpful on the K5. What differences do I need to know about to get the most out of my new camera?
It took me a month to transit from K10D to K-7. So the only thing I recommend is patience. It took me significantly more to learn how to extract good technical quality from K-7's RAW files.
Also, while the sensor is amazing, there is a huge difference between ISO 100 and 6400 for something like landscape photography. What ISO ranges are suitable for what purposes? Could you use 200 almost any time that you'd use 100? What about 400?
I'd suggest you use ISO 80 whenever possible, as AFAIU it gives the widest DR. I am still learning this sensor so I cannot possibly tell more, although at ISO 1250 I think it is as good as K-7 was at ISO 400. I hope to get a chance to do some really low light shooting this week. Then I may be a bit wiser.
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