I don't think there is anything really wrong with the k-5's design. I mean the biggest two issues were the mirror flop and the sensor stain issues. If anything, the problem was more with quality control than anything else. Shame about the lens release too. Adhesives fail. Sh*t happens. The D600 and D800 both had their share of issues as well. As production goes on, these problems are all slowly fixed. I bought my k-5 at the tail end of its production cycle. Actually production had already ceased. I don't have any problems with it whatsoever. I have some low light focusing issues with certain types of lighting, but big whoop. AF has always been a weaker area of pentax in comparison the canikon and honestly, I think the k-5 was a big improvement over the k-7 and the k-5 ii solved most of the low light issues for most people from what I read. Actually the k-7 was the proving ground for that body design and I would imagine that many of the components asides from the logic board and AF/meter sensors were reused from the k-7. The mirror, shutter, pentaprism, LCD, everything else was probably just recycled...if it ain't broke........
Oh I forgot about p-ttl being wonky with bounce. I typically use an autothyristor flash anyways, so p-ttl isn't even a consideration. I can adjust the flash output in EV steps. You can do the same with p-ttl too....I don't get what the big deal is really. From what I hear it is a consistent value that it is off. The built in flash has always worked ok for me when I am forced to use it. Kind of glad its there actually. Ok so the k-5 had some problems....a lemon? Not really. No camera or system is perfect. My pentax cameras have all been very reliable. I'm sure the gearing on my zx-7 will fail eventually, but who cares when you pay $15 for a body? I have a k1000 and spotmatic needing some TLC from Eric. Once those eventually get sent off I will be good on 35mm film bodies for as long as film sticks around. On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 11:49 PM, Bill <anotherdrunken...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 18/02/2013 10:29 PM, Christine Nielsen wrote: >> >> Here's an odd thing that happened to me today... >> >> <odd thing story snipped> >> >> >> So, what do you make of that? > > I think the K5 is a lemon, plain and simple. I'm of the opinion that Hoya > specced the camera way higher than the hardware could reliably deliver. I > believe they sourced all the electronic parts from the lowest bidder with > little regard for how variances would affect performance and reliability, > and they skipped doing any testing or quality control at all, going straight > from design to boxed units on the shelves with no steps in between. > There are lots of good ones, but there are way too many bad ones out there > to believe Hoya wasn't wringing every Yen possible out of the thing to make > the camera division look at least somewhat profitable. > From what I've read, the K5II and K5IIs, which are Ricoh era cameras, are > closer to what the K5 should have been. Hopefully they've fixed the lens > release button. > > bill > > > -- > 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.
