That K-5IIS is now listed as discontinued at B&H. They've been
premature before in announcing a model being discontinued but not by
much. That deal with the BG-4 grip and 64gb card is over probably never
to return. Well to B&H that is.
Adorama still has the K-5IIs at $496.95 body only which seems like a
steal, (same price at Amazon BTW). I expect that the K-5 series is now
truly at the end of it's marketing life.
It's still one of the best APS-C sensor still cameras according to
DXOMark*, but time marches on...
*I haven't looked at DXOMark's sensor ratings in a long time but two
things are remarkable, the K-5/K5II/K-5IIs has held up rather well
against much newer designs, (the K-5IIs is for all intents a 4 year old
design), and DXOMark hasn't gotten around to testing the 645z yet, I
wonder what they're waiting for, it to be discontinued?
On 12/3/2014 9:19 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote:
Thanks to all three of you - I'll forward the answers
ann
On 12/3/2014 17:33, Darren Addy wrote:
K-5 was the flagship model. K-50 is the midrange model.
If she is shopping for current models, the K-5iis is a great deal at
B&H. (64GB SDXC card, plus BG-4 grip for $525?) Get outta here!
On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 2:10 PM, Ann Sanfedele <ann...@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
Hi guys -
I'm sorry I aven't ahd much to say the last couple of weeks and you
really
don't want to hear all the annoying details - but the daughter
of my dear friend Barb, who some of you know about (Barb passed away
in 2010 - in the Chicago suburbs) is getting a new camera from her
hubby
for CHristmas this year - she may get a K-5 but she asked what the
difference is between it and the k-50 - I have no clue..
What I'd want to know were it me is what is the ISO range, how is the
auto focus behavior in low light and in general and are the differences
great enough to matter much to someone who plans mostly to use the
camera
for nature and wildlife shots - she lives in the boondocks up
in northern WI near the UP...
thanks much,
ann
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