I've got a chance of shooting with the new K-5 IIs over the weekend at a tango festival. This means two things: low light and motion.
I am impressed! I haven't tried Nikon D800 or D4, but I would truly compare the experience to that I had with D700 in 2010 in a similar setting. Since it's been more than 1.5 years ago, I don't remember all the details, so, I am not sure if the AF performance was comparable or had more missed shots. One can say that D700 is more than 2 years old. It is quite possible that D800 (and quite likely D4) exceeds K-5 IIs in the capabilities, but those are in a different category price-wise and size/weight-wise. I haven't tried the original K-5, so, I cannot compare the AF performance. But, the AF is greatly improved compared to K-7. And the low light performance is definitely greatly improved over K-7. ISO-3200 is good (exceeds ISO-1600 and almost close to ISO-800 of K-7), ISO-6400 is usable, and even ISO-12800 is acceptable at the level which is probably better than ISO-3200 of K-7. Here is just one example at ISO-3200: http://42graphy.org/misc/tango_IR00058.jpg (slight LR processing, including very slight NR). Cheers, Igor -- 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.
