I'm a Pentax user with a couple of camera bodies (K-x with so-so AF and too plasticky build, K20D with so-so AF and not so hot high ISO) and I'm lusting for an upgrade. Since I have some OKish lenses (incl. DA 15mm ltd, DA 40mm ltd, DA 70mm ltd, DFA 100mm WR, FA 50mm) and I'm very bad in selling old stuff, the K-5 would be the obvious choice. However, I've lost some faith in the brand for things like the recent problems with the K-5, the denial of the SDM focus motor problems that way too many people seem to experience and so on. Also, proper video capability would be nice since I don't have an HD video camera. So I'm considering other brands on the side or instead.
What has caught my eye is the new Panasonic GH2, which seems to be fantastic regarding video and probably good enough with stills too although probably nowhere near K-5. It's also somewhat smaller and a lot lighter and would make a very nice travel setup with the 14-140mm lens to be taken on holiday trips and so on. That would cost 1400€ incl. the lens while K-5 body goes for about 1150€ and 1750€ with the 18-135mm WR lens, though that zoom is still not readily available over here.
So I wonder how much better the K-5 really is in stills and how much better the GH2 in video? Also, there do not seem to be very many tests of the lenses, so how do they compare size-wise and quality-wise? Which would YOU choose?
What has caught my eye is the new Panasonic GH2, which seems to be fantastic regarding video and probably good enough with stills too although probably nowhere near K-5. It's also somewhat smaller and a lot lighter and would make a very nice travel setup with the 14-140mm lens to be taken on holiday trips and so on. That would cost 1400€ incl. the lens while K-5 body goes for about 1150€ and 1750€ with the 18-135mm WR lens, though that zoom is still not readily available over here.
So I wonder how much better the K-5 really is in stills and how much better the GH2 in video? Also, there do not seem to be very many tests of the lenses, so how do they compare size-wise and quality-wise? Which would YOU choose?