My K-5 has now recorded 16,000 frames and has never failed me. It's far better than my previous K-7 and its predecessors, most of which I owned.
In my work for a variety of Sunday-supplement style magazines, I frequently get packages of photos from their staff photographers. Some shoot with Nikons, some with Canons. A lot of them use the Canon 5D Mark II. I have yet to see any real world results that are the equal of what I can produce with the K-5 and DA* lenses in terms of shadow noise and detail rendering. I've always looked forward to new Pentax releases, in the hope that they would solve some things I saw as deficiencies. At this point, I'm not even thinking about it. I'm a happy camper. Don't pay any attention to the lunatic fringe. Paul On Sep 19, 2011, at 9:17 AM, Christine Nielsen wrote: > So... I've been thinking more & more about stepping up to the k-5 > recently. In the interests of research, I wandered over to Pentax > Forums, just to see if there was any buzz, any good gossip, that might > influence my decision, or at least, timing. > > Well, I think that was a mistake. > > Down the rabbit-hole I went, for more precious weekend hours than I > care to admit. I got totally sucked in to the hand-wringing & > rumor-mongering & back and forthing over k-5 "issues". And what about > the the k-5 vs d7000 vs d700? Will there ever be a ff pentax > offering? Will it be mirrorless? What will ricoh do? Is there a > roadmap? New products this fall? Maybe in Feb, then? How about fall > 2012? Should we wait? Should we buy? Should we sell it all & move > to nikon? Can I get Hello Kitty on my next camera???? > > I know this is nothing new, but it's really the first time I ever > waded in this far. I think I may have PFOD'd. And now, I can't get > rid of the anxiety. Tell me it's gonna be ok... > > :) > -c > (Thanks for listening.) > > -- > 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.
