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Testing out a Pentax K5
- Thread starter jonoslack
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Hi Terry,
thank you for your comment.
I have had an idea - to print about one image a week at 20x30cm and put it in a large album as a memory. just to keep the best moment/image/feeling of the week in memory. (too many images are just staying on my harddrive without any attention) So this one has been the first image in this poster album.
jonoslack
Active member
HI Tom
I can't recommend Blurb enough for this - it gets you to really look at your images, think about selection, added to which it's great fun getting a book through the post, and then friends and relatives can have copies too.
I started doing them for wedding albums, but find myself doing more and more of them for friends or for fun. Here are a couple of general ones I've done:
Agios Stefanos
(this one was to say thank you for the loan of a cottage at the village
testing the M9
all the best
Hi Jono,
I really do like to color and tones from those images. The 35 turns out to be a real flexible lens with just the right compromise between size/speed/sharpness and nice bokeh. Originally I had intended to go for the 40DR but then this guy offered me his (used) 35da Macro so I tried it and liked it. Now I am really happy with the choice. Of the lenses I own now (15,21,35,70 and 50-135) its the one which seems to allways deliever fine IQ.
P
photogerald
Guest
I realize you are trying to make best use of your existing Nikon glass with this comparison, but for someone who is starting from scratch a better analogy to your D7000 kit would be the following:
K-5, DA17-70 (constant f4), DA55-300 (f4.0-5.6)
This will shave close to 400g off the weight of the K-5 kit that you listed above. If one really desires having 16mm, and can live without the overlap between the two lenses, then substitute the DA16-45/4 (which is an excellent lens for the money, btw) for the DA17-70.
P
photogerald
Guest
And what is amazing (to me at least) is that according to the EXIF it was shot at ISO3200.
jonoslack
Active member
You sound like a man who doesn't have a K5 yet!
the high ISO really is splendid, it's not so much the noise (or lack of it) but the colour, which seems to stay good right up to 6400 (I haven't tried 12800 because I really don't seem to need it :ROTFL
all the best
I agree.You sound like a man who doesn't have a K5 yet!
the high ISO really is splendid, it's not so much the noise (or lack of it) but the colour, which seems to stay good right up to 6400 (I haven't tried 12800 because I really don't seem to need it :ROTFL
all the best
I also switched NR to "0" when I converted this image from DNG to JPG in LR3
The image printed in DIN A4 size looks as good as on screen by the way-so not only when downsized for web.
jonoslack
Active member
Hi There RaistReading this thread is not healthy for me at all... right now...
I am mulling a system switch and it's pricey. Would have to dump a bunch of lenses. Still looking for what are the really good Pentax lenses for this system.
- Raist
How on earth are you?
Welcome to the monkey house.
The lens selection is not a simple one, but there do seem to be some decent lenses.
From whence are you contemplating the switch?
all the best
Jono
You know I swear I have seen you somewhere else... and even talked to you at some point... maybe fate wanted us to cross again
So, well... who else could it be Olympus 4/3rds
Basically the K-5 looks like the "pro spec e-410/420/620" that I wanted Olympus to do a long time ago. Ill have to admit being a JPEG shooter I will miss that Olympus JPEG engine but playing briefly with the K-5 showed me there's a lot of tweaks even with the "art" filters to play with on the Pentax and I can probably get something nice that I like.
In short I am looking for a camera with:
- higher class AF (e-3/e-5 class)- the e-620 / 420 combo made me mad recently when shooting my 5th wedding in nasty fluorescent somewhat low light.
- small
- pro specced
- quiet (what a pleasant surprise was to hear the K-5 shutter)
- excellent ergonomics (K-5 is great. I can see why people call it a successor to the E-1)
- with a modern sensor/"canvas"- I am very impressed the K-5 seems to have the Dynamic range in the class of the old Fuji S5 Pro SR!
Right now I am a bit split on a GH2 and this. The GH2 can use my Olympus lenses but not sure how fast it can AF them. But I know the GH2 can AF very very *very* fast with its own. Also the GH2 is even smaller, but not weather sealed and may look a bit toyish plus the battery life is not that good.
I would expect the GH2 to produce more detail than the Pentax given Panasonic history of weak AA filters on their sensors, but the Pentax sure will have better noise/DR.
- Raist
Update: as to how am I, I am doing good overall. Still love photography and I think I have improved quite a bit (oh and I am trying to be super humble when I say this! haha joking).
So, well... who else could it be
Olympus 4/3rds Basically the K-5 looks like the "pro spec e-410/420/620" that I wanted Olympus to do a long time ago. Ill have to admit being a JPEG shooter I will miss that Olympus JPEG engine but playing briefly with the K-5 showed me there's a lot of tweaks even with the "art" filters to play with on the Pentax and I can probably get something nice that I like.
In short I am looking for a camera with:
- higher class AF (e-3/e-5 class)- the e-620 / 420 combo made me mad recently when shooting my 5th wedding in nasty fluorescent somewhat low light.
- small
- pro specced
- quiet (what a pleasant surprise was to hear the K-5 shutter)
- excellent ergonomics (K-5 is great. I can see why people call it a successor to the E-1)
- with a modern sensor/"canvas"- I am very impressed the K-5 seems to have the Dynamic range in the class of the old Fuji S5 Pro SR!
Right now I am a bit split on a GH2 and this. The GH2 can use my Olympus lenses but not sure how fast it can AF them. But I know the GH2 can AF very very *very* fast with its own. Also the GH2 is even smaller, but not weather sealed and may look a bit toyish plus the battery life is not that good.
I would expect the GH2 to produce more detail than the Pentax given Panasonic history of weak AA filters on their sensors, but the Pentax sure will have better noise/DR.
- Raist
Update: as to how am I, I am doing good overall. Still love photography and I think I have improved quite a bit (oh and I am trying to be super humble when I say this! haha joking).
Oh I forgot: basically I have resigned myself to need a low end camera and a high end camera. The low end for my part of my real work which is street life and other things like that that I love so much carrying a camera with me 100% of the time. Right now this is being done with the LX5, and to some extent the Sigma DP2 (still love the Sigma but in lower light and overall focal lens versatility, the LX5 does better).
So if I can get a top tier camera that can work at least for many situations also as a street life camera (looks like the K-5 is it), that's even more bonus points.
- Raist
So if I can get a top tier camera that can work at least for many situations also as a street life camera (looks like the K-5 is it), that's even more bonus points.
- Raist
jonoslack
Active member
HI There Raist
I've PM'd you, Glad you've nearly forgotten me too:ROTFL:
I think it must have been dpreview in the good old Olympus forum?
anyway I'll happily send you some DNG files.
Just tell me what you'd like.
all the best
ptomsu
Workshop Member
Folks,
I am coming finally into the club
Ordered today a K5 with DA 18-55mm WR which was offered as kit at Amazon with €150.- rebate. So this gives the lens for free and I can test the K5.
Looking forward to receive delivery within the next 3-4 business days.
All the great discussions about the K5 and the rebate finally pulled the trigger for me. And as soon as I have the package I will see if I will buy other lenses and which ones - I am almost sure thsi will happen
I am coming finally into the club
Ordered today a K5 with DA 18-55mm WR which was offered as kit at Amazon with €150.- rebate. So this gives the lens for free and I can test the K5.
Looking forward to receive delivery within the next 3-4 business days.
All the great discussions about the K5 and the rebate finally pulled the trigger for me. And as soon as I have the package I will see if I will buy other lenses and which ones - I am almost sure thsi will happen
Any Ideas re the Stain on the Shroud Issues?
There are a few discussions on other websites about the stain on the center of the sensor. I wonder whether this is real or someone trying to create doubt about buying Pentax:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036&message=37101214
There are a few discussions on other websites about the stain on the center of the sensor. I wonder whether this is real or someone trying to create doubt about buying Pentax:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036&message=37101214
jonoslack
Active member
Re: Any Ideas re the Stain on the Shroud Issues?
I think it's real - checked mine, and there's a couple of dust bunnies (3), but no 'stain'.
What's less clear, is whether it's something which would show up on a real photograph.
However, those who've complained to Pentax seem to have gained 'satisfaction'.
Not many cameras which haven't had some kind of issue, and IMHO it's about whether the manufacturer actually deals with it promptly or not - it seems that Pentax are dealing with it.
HI There
I think it's real - checked mine, and there's a couple of dust bunnies (3), but no 'stain'.
What's less clear, is whether it's something which would show up on a real photograph.
However, those who've complained to Pentax seem to have gained 'satisfaction'.
Not many cameras which haven't had some kind of issue, and IMHO it's about whether the manufacturer actually deals with it promptly or not - it seems that Pentax are dealing with it.