Don't have a K-30 and have never seen/used one, but I love the K-5 and the K-5IIs seems just a bit better. Regards, Bob S.
On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 10:00 AM, Walt <[email protected]> wrote: > So, I've scraped up a few pennies so far, and am wondering when to expect > the best price on a K-5 -- or whether I ought to go with a K-30. > > I've seen a couple of great pre-Christmas prices on both and just wonder how > much longer I should (or can) hold out. > > I haven't gone to prison for following any of the advice I've gotten here so > far, so I figured it's a good place to ask. > > -- Walt > > > > On 12/26/2012 2:45 AM, Larry Colen wrote: >> >> Marco came over to whiskymas for a while tonight, and brought his D600. I >> didn't get a lot of time to play with it but we did spend a few minutes >> doing some low light focus tests, and the K-5 definitely outperformed the >> D600. It was dim light, the K-5 was able to lock focus, albeit with a bit >> of hunt and seek, and the D600 simply wasn't able to lock focus. >> >> It may be time for Pentaxians to get rid of the chip on our shoulder about >> autofocus. Particularly without the assist light. Considering this was the >> K-5's weak spot and the K5-II is supposed to be much better, it would be >> really interesting to see how the K5-II stacks up against the D600 in low >> light focus. >> >> -- >> Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est >> >> >> >> >> > > > -- > 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.

