I have seen that vendor, and its sub-$700 price tag is a far sweeter
siren call than the improved auto-focus. Like you, most of my favorite
glass is manual focus.
I'm definitely leaning more toward the K-5, having grown accustomed to
the more pro-sumer features on the K20.
(This is where a presence in brick-and-mortar outlets would help in the
decision-making process, BTW. A lot of what I love about the K20 is
tactile.)
-- Walt
On 12/26/2012 10:51 AM, P. J. Alling wrote:
I w0uldn't hope to make an accurate prediction, but there seem to
plenty available as yet and one vendor is already selling it for less
than $700. (the after Christmas sales aren't even in full swing.) I
have a target price in mind when it gets within an acceptable range of
that price I'll be making a decision. The improved autofocus on K-5II
is a siren call, but then I realize 4 of my 7 most used lenses are
manual focus...
On 12/26/2012 11:00 AM, Walt 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
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