The K-30 is not really even close to the K-5, specs-wise. K-5 is 14-bits per pixel K-30 is 12-bits per pixel That's not just a number, that translates to a 1.1EV improvement in dynamic range for the K-5 over the K-30 (which is significant).
K-5's pixel pitch is 4.81 K-30's pixel pitch is 3.18 That has to mean more noise at equiv. ISOs Comparing the K-5 with the K-5iis, here is a guy who argues against the removal of the anti-alias filter. I think his car/brakes analogy is a very bad one, but not so sure about the point he's making otherwise: http://www.martin-doppelbauer.de/foto/tippstricks/aliasfilter/index.html His conclusion is that: "Digital cameras without aliasing filters are cameras with a built-in design flaw" and driven my marketing only. Other than that, the purported AF improvement is so marginal that I really can't see anybody saying with a straight face that the K-5IIS body is worth $450 more than the K-5 body. -- 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.
