Interesting, I'm using both a K-5 and a K-7 for some jobs. When I need good low light focus, I always to with the K-5. In my case, it's much better than the K-7. Doesn't hunt at all and locks right on, even in light that requires f4, 1/30th and ISO 6400. No sensor smudges either. But I've always been lucky with equipment. (Working the Detroit auto show right now, but as a writer rather than a photographer, so I brought only a P&S.) Paul
On Jan 10, 2011, at 10:50 AM, SV Hovland wrote: > Congrats with a new camera. K-5 sure is a very fine model, but the problems > you are referring to are real for some users. I noticed myself the week I got > mine that indoor focusing was not up to the K-7 level. It has some pretty > heavy front focusing with _some_ lenses at low light level. I can understand > that this is not tolerated by a great part of the customers which have this > problem. It's no big deal for me as I can use liveview contrast focusing the > few times I need AF in low light indoors. In daylight it is as good as it can > get. > > But it also seems I have non-removable dust on my camera which is easily > visible on a 24" monitor without zooming in. It's a rather large cluster of > dust in the center of the image. Each dust particle is not easily visible, > but the cluster is. It is only visible at f/16 and smaller apertures so again > it doesn't bother me much. But I will have it fixed anyway as it does have an > influence on the second-hand value of my camera. > > FA*24/2: Are you interested in having a look at it this weekend? > > Stig Vidar Hovland > > -----Original Message----- > From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of DagT > Sent: Monday, January 10, 2011 2:56 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: K-3 > > > I sold my K20D today and will get the K-5 this week. > > The reason is that I found that K-5 has improvements in the areas I wanted, > such as size, frame rate, noise, AF etc. I suspect that most improvements > from now will be in areas that I´m not interested in, such as video, 3D, HDR, > picture modes etc. Just look at the negative comments to K-5 on dpreview, > most of them have nothing to do with using RAW format and taking pictures. > > So I found that K-5 is good enough, so I could get it and enjoy it, and wait > a couple of generations before updating again. I believe (hope) that camera > technology has matured now, at least when it comes to taking pictures. > > There was a thread about a DA*24 that was deleted last week from dpreview. If > true I think that would be a better way to spend money in the future... > > DagT > >> Looking at Pentax's apparent "schedule" for new models - based on past >> introductions ... >> >> Is is reasonable to expect the "K-3", or whatever they'll decide to >> call the K-5's successor, is probably going to show up sometime around >> Christmas 2011? >> >> I'm thinking in terms of advance planning for my next camera's budget >> timetable. >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > 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 > PDML@pdml.net > 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
