It's not bad overall. But compared to some of the best cameras it's not great n low light, and it has trouble locking on a moving object -- which would suggest it's a bit slow. It's better than any of the other Pentax DSLRs, save for the K-7, which seems to be about the same. It's good enough for me most of the time, but better would be nice.
Paul On Sep 11, 2012, at 9:20 PM, Ann Sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: > In what way is the K-5 deficient in auto-focus? > takes too long to get there, or doesnt get it right? > > cf the ist-d ? > > ann > > On 9/11/2012 20:25, Paul Stenquist wrote: >> >> On Sep 11, 2012, at 7:39 PM, Joseph McAllister <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Sep 10, 2012, at 20:03 , John Francis wrote: >>> >>>>> Agreed. These new cameras aren't going to tempt many people to upgrade >>>>> from a K-5. They're probably not intended to. >>>> >>>> The diiferences I spot on the K-5 II are: >>>> >>>> o Better auto-focus (this is the big one from where I'm sitting) >>> >>> But they never say how much better. If it isn't an "Industry Breakthrough" >>> it is probably about the same as the K-10 to K-7 "improvement". Just a >>> little bit. >>> >> >> Ir'a hard to quantify improvements in autofocus, but the K-5 is definitely >> deficient in that regard, so I expect a substantial improvement. Hope I'm >> right. >> Paul >> >> >>>> >>>> o Improved rear LCD (brighter & sharper, but same size & resolution) >>> >>> Retina Display? >>>> >>>> o SDXC memory card compatibility (or was that added in a K5 firware >>>> upgrade?) >>>> >>> Don't remember. Don't have any of the XC cards, nor do I need them. Yet. >>>> >>>> Everything else looks to be the same as the K-5. Am I forgetting anything? >>> >>> Nothing that hasn't already been moved back behind the green curtain. (OZ) >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. -- 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.
