I spend a lot of time around shooters with top end Canon and Nikon cameras, and I compete with them for space in newspapers and magazines. The K-5 holds its own. More than holds its own.
Paul On Aug 31, 2013, at 10:35 PM, Rob Studdert <[email protected]> wrote: > Honestly if you are constantly around shooters with the top end Canon > and Nikon bodies it's not difficult to realise the shortcomings of the > Pentax system currently, and I'm including the 645D as I'm also around > new Blads. There's nothing stopping you from enjoying your K5, it's a > great camera for a huge number of owners I'm sure but it certainly > does have limitations for those of us who want a more capable body to > support their lenses and enable them to explore more demanding > subjects and photographic situations. Unfortunately as has been seen > here and on other Pentax related forums many such photographers have > migrated to other systems as their finances allowed, me I just have to > wait until Pentax raises their own bar. > > The dust removal is on the K5 is ultrasonic not the old ram the sensor > into a stop method. My issue is with a significant amount of noise > being generated by the body whenever the sensor is supposed to be > effectively locked in place such as during long exposures or whilst in > sensor clean mode. > > > On 27 August 2013 14:54, Bipin Gupta <[email protected]> wrote: >> I am told dust removal on the K-5 is based on ultrasonics. >> Hence one can't hear any perceptible noise not even a gentle purr >> like on my K20D. >> I have put the body to my ears a number of times. I can't even feel a >> vibration as with my K20D. >> At first this worried me, as I was not sure if the dust removal menu >> was working at all. >> I bought my K-5 with the 18-135 WR Lens in late January 2013 from >> Henrys of Toronto for CAD 1108. I have checked that it was the Ricoh >> manufactured model with a shutter count of (1) from the first photo I took. >> My K-5 is awesome, as the combo takes great photos - almost two times >> the sharpness, color and contrast of the AL II Kit Lens. >> Hope we now have some happy K-5 Users out there or do I need to be >> unhappy? >> Regards. >> Bipin. >> >> -- >> 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. > > > > -- > Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) > Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours > Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio > > -- > 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.
