Girlfriend, get the K5!!! I'm working towards getting a 2nd one for back-up.
1) The other day I was shooting long with the K-7 & wide with the K-5 for action stuff, and I couldn't believe the difference. Auto focus on the K-5 is way better. I didn't really notice the difference before for general photography, but with the action stuff I did. I was surprised. I didn't think there was that much difference, but there is. 2) The high ISO, to my mind is important because it allows to you to go light with camera gear--don't have to lug a flash around, which keeps you nicely mobile and doesn't strain the back. Also, I do a lot of indoor family snap shots. I used to bring the flash along, but with the K-5, it's not as necessary. This past Saturday night I met up with some old high school friends at a dark pizza place. After dinner everyone wanted to do a group shot, so folks got out their point'n shoots and turned their flashes on and shot until we were blinded and seeing yellow spots. I shot last--at ISO 5000 with the 40mm pancake. Shot came out great--just a tiny hint of noise, which went away using noise reduction in Lightroom 3. Everyone loves the shot. 3) I love how the K-5 fits in my hands. I don't have a battery grip. At one point I thought that I would get one, but I haven't really felt the need. I'm so happy with the size. I think the K20D is a great camera, but it's so much heavier. 4) I love, love, love my Pentax lenses; I'd buy more if I could afford too, but it's not urgent. I've got nice range coverage with the ones I have. 5) It's gonna be ok. Cheers, Christine/Chicago On Sep 19, 2011, at 8:17 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.
