On 12/09/2012 11:02 AM, Margus Männik wrote:
Well, ok. What level of improvement could we theoretically expect? I've tried out most of the new currently available camera bodies. Most of 'em are not much different from K-5 in terms of focusing. Cameras of the same price range are often even worse, especially in accuracy of focusing. I would say, that some C* models in particular are fast, but not very accurate. When people are talking about "superior AF of the other brands" they very often do compare apples to the oranges (as you say in English). Either they are not even touched latest Pentaxes or they compare 'em to much more expensive models. We all have to admit - C* and N* flagships do have very good AF modules, they REALLY do. I had an opportunity to play a bit with Nikon D4 - it's really stellar. Times ago I had D3x set for a month - and it was not very easy to go back to my K20D afterwards. But can we really expect the same kind of performance from whatever Pentax body with ~1000-1500 EUR/USD pricetag? Wouldn't it be the same as to expect the freshly announced SuperTele lens at no more than 2000 EUR/USD?
I compared the AF to Nikon's D7K and the EOS7D. Both are mid range cameras, and both run circles around the AF in the Pentax (which is on the slow side, and very unreliable in anything other than very good daylight conditions).
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