It’s not exactly a leap in that i have yet to hear that anyone who bought the K-1 has been displeased. You have to spend close to $1000 more to get a DSLR that tops it in any significant way.
Paul > On Jan 9, 2017, at 10:25 AM, Gonz <[email protected]> wrote: > > Well, this is pretty much the situation I'm in right now. I guess I > could take a leap of faith and try the K-1. The worst that can happen > is that I am not happy and I sell it at a small loss. I'm so invested > in good Pentax glass that it would be a shame not to try .and. .give. > .them. .one. .more. .chance. > > On Sun, Jan 8, 2017 at 5:11 PM, Bill <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 1/8/2017 3:04 PM, Gonz wrote: >>> >>> Question: How is the K-1 autofocus, as compared to say, a K-5? I was >>> looking through a batch of pictures I took recently at a family >>> gathering and was appalled by the autofocus performance. Many of the >>> shots were off, lost forever. So bad that I started looking at other >>> systems like Nikon D500, etc, which reviewers say is on par with their >>> flagship D5. >>> >>> I just don't want to invest in a 2K camera if they haven't at least >>> made this essential (to my tired old eyes) part work much better. No >>> matter that I have $$$$ tied up in so many Pentax lenses. >>> >>> >> >> The AF in the K5 very nearly chased me away from Pentax. In fact, it was one >> of the reasons I invested rather heavily in Fuji. I was tired of cameras >> that plain and simply didn't work. The problem with the K5 was that Hoya was >> try9ng to eke every penny they could out of their unwanted camera division, >> and every component of the K5 was compromised. If you had a camera that >> worked, you were golden, but the problems with the K5 were legion, the AF >> being front and center. >> >> Ricoh, in their wisdom, corrected seemingly every problem that Hoya built >> into the Pentax line during their abysmal ownership. >> The K1 AF actually works, and works very well indeed. I don't know if it's >> up to Nikon D5 standards, but it is fast, and more to the point, when it >> says it has locked focus, it means it has locked onto the subject, not some >> point in space a few feet in front of or behind. >> >> >> -- >> 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. > > > > -- > -- Reduce your Government Footprint > > -- > 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.
