The K-5 exhibits greater dynamic range than the D7000 as well, also a
nit I suppose. The system you buy depends on your needs, expectations
and desires.
I'm sticking with Pentax because I have over the years collected quite a
few K mount lenses, mostly Pentax but a few Cult Classic Vivitar Series
1 lenses. (Also a few M42, T system, TX, [Vivitar's last
interchangeable mount not Canon related], system, and Leica S mount
etc.), None of the truly expensive rarefied glass such as the A*85mm or
A*135, but in K mount I have, pretty much the best I could afford from
17mm to 300mm in primes.
I'm a shooter not a collector, so all of my lenses have been used some
of them quite hard. If I were to switch to Canon or Nikon I couldn't
afford to duplicate what I have, and I certainly wouldn't get much
selling most of my prime glass, and yes the loss of the DEVICE WHO'S
NAME SHALL NOT BE SPOKEN annoys me no end. But you know the situation
with Nikon isn't really any better with older glass. Since the advent
of Digital I end up shooting mostly with the same three Zoom lenses and
the same 4 or 5 primes because metering is so much more convenient.
Even replacing my shooting kit with the Canon or Nikon equivalents would
be cost prohibitive.
So as long as Ricoh continues to make upgraded K mount DSLRs this is
where I pretty much have to stay.
On 7/3/2013 12:13 PM, Jack Davis wrote:
Tiny nit, Tom. The K-5 soundly out resolved the D7000 and, I was surprised to
learn, also the current well done D6.
Jack
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From: Tom C <[email protected]>
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Sent: Wednesday, July 3, 2013 7:33 AM
Subject: Re: Pentax is history
From: Bipin Gupta <[email protected]>
Tom you missed some facts and misquoted some. I read your article with
great relish and did find it enlightening though.
Hi Bipin,
I wasn't trying to write a corporate biography. I know that PENTAX
released the K-5 while being under HOYA's banner.
II believe (with little other than corporate sales figures and common
sense to make the statement) that the majority of buyers of a K-5 were
already PENTAX owners. It may have taken the PENTAX world by storm and
surprised some. Even then it was neck and neck IQ-wise with the Nikon
D7000 that essentially used the same sensor. Check the dpreview review
'Conclusions' page.
I'd have personally bought a K-5 but the timing was wrong. I acquired
a K20D not realizing it was less than a year before the K-7 was
released. Then I bought a K-7, and it was only a year before the K-5
was released. During that time I also purchased several $1000 of
Pentax and SIgma lenses in K-mount. Not knowing if I was staying with
PENTAX I couldn't rationalize a K-5, regardless of how good it was,
because it would be another step down a path I wasn't sure I wanted to
go down.
Tom
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