On Sep 17, 2011, at 4:31 PM, Mark C wrote: > Lately I've been thinking along these same lines myself. I have the money > set aside for a K5 but keep hesitating because I'm not sure that the > incremental improvement over the K7 will be worth it.
IMO, the K-5 is a huge improvement over the K-7. I'd rate it as the biggest jump in performance for any Pentax DSLR over the previous model. The big gains are in noise, high ISO performance and autofocus. It was a sea change for me. I couldn't characterize it as incremental. Paul > I do a lot of travel these days and many of the images I've like in the last > year were taken with my Nikon Coolpix P6000. That's a somewhat flawed > camera, burdened by a lot of poorly implemented 'features', a slow lens, and > really slow buffer write times - but it still manages to cough up some nice > images. So part of me thinks to upgrade to a better compact. But I'm not > seeing any compacts that seem to be worth upgrading to either.... > > MCC > > On 9/15/2011 7:55 AM, Steven Desjardins wrote: >> Our recent discussion of the Pentax Q got me thinking, which is >> always dangerous. One big problem with list discussions is that so >> much of photography is personal. On an email list like the PDML, >> folks are typing quickly and often don’t make clear when they know >> they are giving an opinion and when they think they are expressing a >> fact. For example, I like small cameras because I am likely to grab >> one as I walk out the door. That was one of the attractive features >> of Pentax and it’s a very attractive feature of the current generation >> of mu43 cameras like the E-P2. I am convinced the image quality of >> the smaller four thirds sensors is not as good as APS-C. Of course, I >> have a K7 and the difference is less obvious that it would be with a >> K5. I could have gotten a K5 if I had sold the K7 and not bought my >> more recent mu43 purchases. I didn’t and I still wouldn’t. >> >> I am an amateur and my photography is there to let me play artist >> and contribute to the family scrapbook. The latter is always good >> enough with any of these cameras. My wife uses an Optio I-10 and >> (annoyingly) seems to do as well as me. Noise just doesn’t bother me >> very much so my high iso performance is more than adequate. The >> biggest challenge for me is the limited dynamic range and I enjoy that >> challenge. When I am taking pictures to please myself, I don’t mind >> the limitations of the camera. Sure, I can delight in a new lens but >> usually it’s a prime. My SOP is to go off with one prime and work >> around it. I’ve recently realized that I’m a better adapter than a >> chooser. I actually dislike having to pick from too many choices. I >> find it much more satisfying to take a small camera and one prime and >> try to make it work. I completely understand that a pro can’t do this >> and when I’m asked to do weddings I show up with the K7, the flash and >> the FA135, the DA 18-55, etc. Lately however, that stuff just sits in >> the bag. I honestly think that if I had the money I would get a Q and >> a few lenses rather than a K5. The Q system would be inferior for >> every technical reason and it would get a lot more use. >> Sorry for the manifesto but better here than going off topic in class. ;-) >> >> > > > -- > 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.
