I just bought a K5IIs to replace my remaining K5 as the second camera in my kit, it's more than adequate for my needs and better than the K3 in some respects. The K5 will now be my remote camera, triggered via wireless sync to one of my main cameras.
Buying L-lenses certainly doesn't mean buying best in class, a very limited investigation will now confirm that. On 12 July 2014 09:19, Bipin Gupta <bip...@gmail.com> wrote: > We have a small group in India called ipen...@googlegroups.com. Most > of us have the K-30, K-50, K-5 / K-5 II / K-5 IIs and a few K-3. > I have the later Ricoh model of the K-5 bought from Henry's Toronto > with the 18-135 as a kit. > > The K-5 II and K-5 IIs are definitely better manufactured with tighter > Quality Assurance than the K-5. Also Auto Focus is much faster in > low light than the K-5. There are other claims for superiority, but I > am not convinced as a Techie and a Master Mechanic. > > The K-5 II is absolutely identical to the K-5 IIs except that it does > not have the Low Pass Filter and hence produces sharper photos. > > I would not give Moire much prominence as it also appears on certain > dresses or patterned clothing even with my K-5 - easily removed in PP. > So I would go for the K-5 IIs because of the rare instances of Moire > that you "might encounter" - note might. > > Every camera generation is an improvement just like new generation of > human beings. > > You will be mighty pleased with the K-5 IIs. And if you have the > moolah, jump on the K-3. > > Now a Pro friend of mine says - Lenses are more important than camera > bodies - she buys only "L" lenses for her Canon 5D Mark III. > > Regards. > Bipin. > camp: Thornhill, Ontario. > > -- > 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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.
