Have you actually tried using a K-5 instead of just reading the specifications?
On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 11:21 PM, John Sessoms <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Larry Colen > > >> On Nov 1, 2012, at 11:25 AM, John Sessoms wrote: >> >> >>>> What, specifically, are you looking for in a DSLR? Other than that >>>> it costs less than $800? In bright light it's pretty hard to see any >>>> effective difference in image quality of just about any DSLR this >>>> side of the K100. >>> >>> >>> What I want is to buy a camera (if/when one ever comes along) that >>> offers me sufficient improvement over what I have now to be worth the >>> price - whatever that price might be. I hope that camera will be offered >>> by Pentax. >>> >>> K-5 ain't it. >> >> >> I am rather puzzled by this. I can't think of a single category in >> which the K-5 isn't overall a huge improvement over the K20, unless >> you happen to prefer the way the larger K20 fits in your hand. What >> improvements are you looking for? How much are you willing to pay? I >> just find it hard to believe that anyone who has used both a K-5 and >> a K20 doesn't think that it's a huge improvement. >> >> Though seriously, if your primary concern is amount of improvement >> for your dollar, pick up a used K-r. The only major advantages that >> the K20 has over it are weather sealing and user interface features >> (two dial wheels etc.), in just about every aspect of performance, >> the K-r vastly outperforms the K20. The K-x does as well, but the >> K-r has better performance, better features and can be picked up >> almost as cheaply. >> >> If you aren't in the market for a camera, there is no crime in that. >> I was responding to someone's message (at this point I don't remember >> who, my reply in this thread was to Colin) who had the tone that they >> wanted a new camera, but that the K-5 isn't good enough, when to my >> mind, the K-5 is the first DSLR Pentax has made that has been "good >> enough", that although I want improvements, I don't feel the *need* >> for better performance. > > > I have a camera that I manage to use to meet my photographic needs. I > have to work a little harder sometimes to do what I want, but so far > nothing I have wanted to do has proved impossible with the K20D. > > If Pentax were to offer a new model that was ENOUGH of an improvement > over my K20D, I would probably buy one even at a $1200 - $1500 dollar > price. If it was a REALLY BIG improvement in terms of giving me > something I found valuable, I might be willing to pay more than that. > > I just thought of an automotive analogy for you. > > I've had my car for about three and a half years now & I only have 5 > payments left. It get 28 mpg. > > The dealer I bought it from wants me to trade it in now for a new car > that gets 29 mpg, but would obligate me to another 60 months of car > payments. > > For me, buying a K-5 is taking on another 60 months of car payments to > get only a 1 mpg improvement in my gas mileage. > > > -- > 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. -- David Parsons Photography http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com Aloha Photographer Photoblog http://alohaphotog.blogspot.com/ -- 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.
