I'm still carrying my K5 after has been since I bought it when it first came out. Wish I had a memory again...(?) Only difference is it's a back up in case?? Have used it a few times in both single frame and burst mode. Image quality still surprises me. J Sent from my iPhone
> On Jun 2, 2018, at 9:18 AM, jtainter <[email protected]> wrote: > > Bill wrote: > > "I'm not sure if they got everything fixed on the K5 during it's run, but in > addition to the AF issues, they had problems with spots of cement on the > sensor on early ones and buttons falling off. Apparently if you got a good > one, they were very good indeed. I wasn't so lucky." > > I guess I got lucky with my K-5. I did eventually part with in in favor of > the K-5II and IIs. I still use them when I travel. They (and the DA lenses) > are smaller and lighter than my K-1 and its lenses, and I am still very > pleased with the image quality. > > The K-5 was produced by Hoya, the II and IIs by Ricoh. The Hoya version was > notorious for cheapness. Ricoh, to their credit, fixed that. > > Joe > > > > -- > 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.

