I really like this one......very nice.some fun with 43mm limited on K-5
R
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I really like this one......very nice.some fun with 43mm limited on K-5
+1 What a cool image !I really like this one......very nice.
R
Hi there Tom,I am attempting to take one photo/day for one year to use for a series. The project forces me to pick up a camera, even if it's 8 at night. I started on December 11, 2011; interestingly, the camera and lens I have most often been using is the K-5 and a 50mm M f/1.4 Takumar. Wonderful to be able to hand hold at high ISO and get a useful image.Here's one from the series:
Tom
Roy, what a lovely series, almost spring-like I'd say.New Year's morning (8 AM) K5 with 100 macro.
Roy Benson...Happy New Year to all!
What a corker, what a magnificent bird ! And what an excellent shot, Roy. Well done :thumbs:Pentax K5 w/300FA* Subdued light where bird perched in tree...lens wide open.
Roy Benson
Malcolm, what a smashing view from your kitchen window, only too bad maximum size here is 1200 pixels.Sunrise(one of the best for ages)from my kitchen window looking towards the Malvern Hills on Christmas eve.
5 shot stitch minimal p/p.
Regards
Malcolm
Hi Roy,Bart: your horse and buggy duo in the Leica thread was excellent...was this part of a wedding? Thanks for your kind words re: the garden pics.
Roy Benson
The images are taken by the people that take them, not the K-5. My comment is stick with the wonderful camera you bought when you got away from the K-5 and focus on using it. You will be a better photographer that way.Each time I come here I really enjoy all those great images...and I do like the Pentax color.
Some months ago I had sold my K5 because I found the accurancy of the AF not reliable. (too often shots which are slightly front or backfocused)
Now I sometimes miss the camera...and wondered how the overall experience regarding AF. We are 1 or 2 firmware later now, and maybe I just had to bad samples of the camera?
Any comments? Thanks a lot. I might give it another try.
The images are taken by the people that take them, not the K-5. My comment is stick with the wonderful camera you bought when you got away from the K-5 and focus on using it. You will be a better photographer that way.
Truth is all these cameras are great. The K-5 has superb ergonomics/IQ/etc. and so does what you have - or you wouldn't have bought it. The AF has improved in low light vastly with the firmware upgrade that addressed it, but it's still "idiosyncratic." I wouldn't recommend a K-5 to those who absolutely want AF that is easy to understand.
The K-5 main issue here is the size of the AF sensor. At certain distances it focuses very fast. Once you go past a certain distance where the subject is smaller, the camera may start picking up detail around the subject in front of, or in the back of. There's a few times the K-5 AF has been spot on with moving real hard to shoot subjects, but this idiosyncrasy makes it seem unpredictable and that's not good.
If you aren't willing to try MF with a K-5, I would say don't get it. But either way, stick with the wonderful camera you have. What's wrong?
Just my 2 cents.
- Raist