Re: 5DmkIV sensor almost as good as K-1

2016-09-16 Thread Alan C
sumer lenses will just have to do. Each to his own. Alan C -Original Message- From: Igor PDML-StR Sent: Friday, September 16, 2016 6:36 PM To: PDML@pdml.net Subject: Re: 5DmkIV sensor almost as good as K-1 P.J., I understand and agree with your point that Paul proficienty and efficie

Re: 5DmkIV sensor almost as good as K-1

2016-09-16 Thread Igor PDML-StR
P.J., I understand and agree with your point that Paul proficienty and efficiently using the tools he has. And I assume all people on this list learned and developed some tricks to compensate for the shortcomings of the cameras we've been using. (I can say that about myself even if maybe not

Re: 5DmkIV sensor almost as good as K-1

2016-09-16 Thread P.J. Alling
On 9/16/2016 7:23 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: Paul via phone On Sep 16, 2016, at 1:10 AM, Larry Colen wrote: P.J. Alling wrote: To be fair, the Canon has a better autofocus system with more focus points spread over more of the frame, not to mention much better live view focusing, faster fra

Re: 5DmkIV sensor almost as good as K-1

2016-09-16 Thread John
Doesn't matter. If I was going to change brands now, it wouldn't be to Canon. On 9/15/2016 7:22 PM, Larry Colen wrote: And at $3500 it is less than twice the cost https://www.dxomark.com/Cameras/Compare/Side-by-side/Canon-EOS-5D-Mark-IV-versus-Pentax-K-1___1106_1075 -- Science - Questions

Re: 5DmkIV sensor almost as good as K-1

2016-09-16 Thread Paul Stenquist
Paul via phone > On Sep 16, 2016, at 1:10 AM, Larry Colen wrote: > > > > P.J. Alling wrote: >> To be fair, the Canon has a better autofocus system with more focus >> points spread over more of the frame, not to mention much better live >> view focusing, faster frame rate, bigger buffer, a to

Re: 5DmkIV sensor almost as good as K-1

2016-09-15 Thread Larry Colen
P.J. Alling wrote: To be fair, the Canon has a better autofocus system with more focus points spread over more of the frame, not to mention much better live view focusing, faster frame rate, bigger buffer, a touch screen, (which enables nose focus I would guess), and records video in 4K, all of

Re: 5DmkIV sensor almost as good as K-1

2016-09-15 Thread P.J. Alling
To be fair, the Canon has a better autofocus system with more focus points spread over more of the frame, not to mention much better live view focusing, faster frame rate, bigger buffer, a touch screen, (which enables nose focus I would guess), and records video in 4K, all of which are desirabl

Re: 5DmkIV sensor almost as good as K-1

2016-09-15 Thread Igor PDML-StR
It's probably unfair to compare sensor performance only. And we all know some glaring (I almost wrote "gloring") shortcomings in Pentax cameras. And there are some strengths of them as well. So, if I had three cameras of a comparable class (AFAIK, 5DmkIV is somewhat above K-1 in the class, isn

Re: 5DmkIV sensor almost as good as K-1

2016-09-15 Thread Larry Colen
Larry Colen wrote: And at $3500 it is less than twice the cost https://www.dxomark.com/Cameras/Compare/Side-by-side/Canon-EOS-5D-Mark-IV-versus-Pentax-K-1___1106_1075 When you add the D810 to the mix, it squeaks by on score for slightly better performance at ISO < 100. Admittedly, the Can

Re: 5DmkIV sensor almost as good as K-1

2016-09-15 Thread Mark Roberts
Larry Colen wrote: >And at $3500 it is less than twice the cost > >https://www.dxomark.com/Cameras/Compare/Side-by-side/Canon-EOS-5D-Mark-IV-versus-Pentax-K-1___1106_1075 Har! -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net ht

5DmkIV sensor almost as good as K-1

2016-09-15 Thread Larry Colen
And at $3500 it is less than twice the cost https://www.dxomark.com/Cameras/Compare/Side-by-side/Canon-EOS-5D-Mark-IV-versus-Pentax-K-1___1106_1075 -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est) http://red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailma