I moved to a K-5 from a K20 and the big difference - for me, huge - was the improved low-light performance. For someone like me who finds not plans pictures, and who hates flashes anyhow, it really is a big deal. -T
On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 9:08 AM, Bruce Walker <bruce.wal...@gmail.com> wrote: > In the "Something to think about." thread I opined that the D800E was > likely to be in my upward growth path for more useable resolution in > the type of studio shooting I'm doing lately. A few kind PDMLers > suggested that the K-5 might give me what I'm looking for and sent me > some RAW and high-rez JPEGs to compare against. Thank you very much, > Paul, Larry and Boris! > > I pulled all these images into Lightroom, made a gallery of them and > some of my best in-studio (untouched) raws, closely examined eyes and > eyebrows in full-body and head and shoulder portraits, and here's what > I concluded. > > - at ISO 80 (K-5) and 100 (K-5 & K20D), the noise (or complete lack > of) is indistinguishable between them. > > - in all cases, in full-body shots eyebrows are indistinct (read: > fairly blurry smudges). No diff between K-5 and K20D. > > - in head & shoulders portraits, eyes and brows are sharp and > well-resolved and it's very hard to say which is better, but I think > the K-5 may have a very slight edge over the K20D. > > - the lenses being used make more difference than the two bodies. (No > great surprise here.) And Boris's Sigma (whatever it is) is *sweet!* > > - I'll get more resolution improvement by simply using a tripod or > monopod to shoot with rather then upgrading to a K-5. > > > I also grabbed a few D800 head & shoulders portrait images from > DPreview and compared. It's pretty clear that there's a large > improvement in resolution, but it's also hard to see by how much. I'm > convinced that the D800 shots were all done with a tripod, whereas all > of mine and the loaners were hand-held. There is not an order of > magnitude difference in resolution. There were no full-body, f8 or > above, studio lighting D800 shots, so there was nothing for me to > compare there. > > Final conclusion: for my work, K-5 isn't going to help much, if at > all. Jury is still out on if D800E would really shake my world either. > I need to investigate further -- probably rent one. I do have an > acquaintance with one; maybe I can borrow that. > > The good news for me I don't feel so much disadvantaged by my > 2008-vintage kit as I was beginning to. I'm still in the ballgame. :-) > > -- > -bmw > > -- > 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.
