Took these this weekend.
A note coming from 4/3rds-
- I think to me it's still easier to get colors using Olympus software/pipeline, but I am noticing a lot of that is processing the raw right. For now I am shooting RAW on the pentad, may switch to JPEG for some shots using the slide film simulation amongst the toy camera/grainy / cross processing.
- the pancakes have sometimes some noticeable chromatic aberrations, even in cases where they are "stopped down" - talking about F5.6/F8 here. It depends on how harsh the light is it seems.
- I am beginning to conclude this maybe be a result of the pancakes- which are nice but small and that takes a toll somewhere. The brief moment I checked the DA * 16-50 I don't recall being prone to CA's but I have to use it outside.
- Firmware 1.03 improved AF accuracy for daylight shots also
- Noticeable increase in DR over what I am used with 4/3rds. I could recover almost every single blown highlight, something I can't say of 4/3rds. Also the shadows are rich with deep blacks, lots of latitude if I have to bring them up.
I still think 4/3rds has it better if you can nail the exposure (if the subject allows) at low ISO for a faster workflow to get the colors right out of the bat, but the K-5 is proving to me to be far better for low light and shots that require DR.
- Raist
A note coming from 4/3rds-
- I think to me it's still easier to get colors using Olympus software/pipeline, but I am noticing a lot of that is processing the raw right. For now I am shooting RAW on the pentad, may switch to JPEG for some shots using the slide film simulation amongst the toy camera/grainy / cross processing.
- the pancakes have sometimes some noticeable chromatic aberrations, even in cases where they are "stopped down" - talking about F5.6/F8 here. It depends on how harsh the light is it seems.
- I am beginning to conclude this maybe be a result of the pancakes- which are nice but small and that takes a toll somewhere. The brief moment I checked the DA * 16-50 I don't recall being prone to CA's but I have to use it outside.
- Firmware 1.03 improved AF accuracy for daylight shots also
- Noticeable increase in DR over what I am used with 4/3rds. I could recover almost every single blown highlight, something I can't say of 4/3rds. Also the shadows are rich with deep blacks, lots of latitude if I have to bring them up.
I still think 4/3rds has it better if you can nail the exposure (if the subject allows) at low ISO for a faster workflow to get the colors right out of the bat, but the K-5 is proving to me to be far better for low light and shots that require DR.
- Raist