The high ISO is better on the K-5 IIs IMO. Jpegs out of the camera are decidedly cleaner. I don't regret my decision one bit at all.
On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 9:01 PM, Rob Studdert <distudio.p...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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. -- 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.
