It is what Mike Johnston, and I seldom agree with Mike Johnston, would
call a camera at the point of "sufficiency". Which is one of the
things that are killing the Photo equipment manufacturing industry.
It's got more resolution than most people need, more dynamic range than
most people understand, decent though not spectacular auto focus and a
solid build that feels good in the hand. The biggest competitor to a
manufactures new camera is that manufactures product from two too three
generations back, and with digital gear the price drop is nothing short
of stupefying over a couple of generations. Oh, and a really decent
viewfinder.
On 3/15/2021 4:01 AM, Larry Colen wrote:
On Mar 15, 2021, at 12:28 AM, David Mann <dmann...@gmail.com> wrote:
It's been a long time since I bought anything photographic but I recently found
a used K5ii at a reasonable price, and it arrived today. This is a big upgrade
from my K10D.
yes, the K-5 was the first Pentax body that I owned which I felt the sensor
performance was over the threshold of “good enough that I would only *want*
rather than *need* to upgrade.
I went outside and took a couple of photos just after my daughter went to bed
but the light was getting a bit low. No problem, I can crank up the ISO :)
This was taken with the FA*200mm f/2.8 at 6400ISO, 1/125 at f/5.0 handheld,
very much reliant on shake reduction.
http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1096/#peso
Very nice photo.
I'll check whether it's on the latest firmware soon. To their credit, Ricoh's
website made the manual and firmware very easy to find.
Cheers,
Dave
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