My advice is that anyone on this list who doesn't have a K-5 should get one at this price. It is the flagship of the Pentax dSLR line and competes very well with comparable dSLRs costing much more.
Sent from my iPad Jeffery L. Smith New Orleans, Louisiana USA On Jul 20, 2012, at 13:46, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: > > On Jul 20, 2012, at 10:46 AM, Stan Halpin wrote: > >> >> On Jul 20, 2012, at 1:19 PM, Larry Colen wrote: >> >>> >> I went ahead with the purchase. Two big motivators were that I am going to >> Costa Rica for ten days (leaving in a few days), and the positive comments >> here. I am sure I will not regret owning the K-5 and am having trouble >> imagining what could be improved (except the eternal AF-speed issue.) And I >> am sure I would regret not having the K-5 the first time I tried to get >> decent low-light shots in the rain forest. And I'll only have 1-2 days for >> touristy stuff so will not want to miss the few photo-ops I hope to have. > > If you had mentioned the trip beforehand, I would have definitely said to get > the K-5 now. Even if you were to sell the K-5 used in six months to upgrade > to whatever else comes along, it would be worth it to have the extra low > light performance on your trip. > > While you are at it, invest in some 32GB 45MB/S SD cards. The files on the > K-5 can be a lot larger than on the K20. > > >> >> I am expecting two new cameras from Pentax, along the lines you've laid out >> Larry. One will be a minor feature upgrade to the K-5; that K-5s will remain >> as the top of the APS line with two control wheels, LCD display on top, >> water resistance, etc. The second will be the LX-D or MZ-D1 with K-5 >> controls and features but a 24x36 sensor. Resolution will obviously be >> higher, but noise will be an issue over ISO 800. > > Looking at what is coming out of 5Dmk3 and D800 bodies, I don't think noise > will be any worse than on the K-5. > >> The firmware will adapt/reduce the active sensor area to avoid vignetting on >> D-series lenses which do not cover the full frame. Most of us will lust >> after it but not many of us will "need" the extra resolution. >> >> stan >> -- >> 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. > > -- > Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est > > > > > > -- > 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.
