Thanks Jack, I was surprised by the 2nd shot. I was using Paul's method of focusing on the near eye. I was surprised to find the AF had picked dust on his glasses to focus on. And at ISO800. Regards, Bob S.
On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 5:27 PM, Jack Davis <[email protected]> wrote: > That's what most all owners will tell themselves. Both before and after > receiving. > Each new image will be examined to judge what detail would not have been so > defined with the K-5. > Enjoy! Seriously. > > Jack > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Bob Sullivan <[email protected]> > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > Cc: > Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2013 3:06 PM > Subject: Re: K-5IIs review and comparison > > PJ, > Here's a review of the K-5IIs just for you. > Handling and form factor are identical to the K-5. > Autofocus seems a bit better, both faster and more accurate, > especially with the DA55/1.4...but also the FA31mm Limited. > The 3rd party battery grip I've brought along from the K-7 (& K-5) works fine. > It's just a little bit of an upgrade, but it beats my K-5. > See images below > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16767373 > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16767377 > Regards, Bob S. > > On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 3:24 PM, P. J. Alling > <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 1/10/2013 4:02 PM, Tom C wrote: >>> >>> PJ wrote: >>> >>>> I just finished reading this damned review, and while I can nit pick with >>>> the best of them, but >>>> could these pissants be any more annoying? Well at least they did a >>>> review, DPReview will ignore >>>> these cameras until they are superseded. >>> >>> What upsets you about it? The end result is that Pentax released two new >>> camera models in an attempt to get their loyal adherents to upgrade to an >>> expensive new camera for a difference in quality that is very small and >>> unlikely to be realized or noticed by most users. >>> >>> Considering there was not an earth-shaking difference between the 3 models >>> is that surprising? >>> >>> Pentax was already discounting the K-5 by a huge margin. Now because they >>> can do hardly anything else they want to sell what are essentially K-5's at >>> a higher margin. >>> >>> Tom C. >> >> What bothers me is that it's a useless waste of electrons that didn't really >> give me any more information than I had before. It was a waste of 20 minutes >> that I'll never get back but I kept reading just in case there was some >> nugget of knowledge hidden in it that I couldn't have figured out ahead of >> time without ever handling the camera. It bothers me that the author didn't >> seem to know that it was a stopgap until the K-3, (or whatever it will be >> called), with either a 24mp APS-C or FF sensor is announced and seemed >> surprised that the imaging train hadn't changed except for the lack of the >> afore mentioned filter. I sincerely hope that it was a volunteer effort as >> it would offend me even more if the author had been paid for producing it. >> >> -- >> Buy a Leica to get the full “Leica Experience”, (a quick reduction of funds >> in the bank account). >> >> >> >> -- >> 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. > > > -- > 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.
