Amin
Active member
Following in the steps of Jono's K5 vs M9 comparison, I thought I'd share an informal comparison of K5 and GH2.
The size comparison is a bit unfair since the Leica is a 1:1 macro.
I purposely chose a high DR scene, but this is not a rigorously controlled comparison. I used manual exposure to try to get a similar exposure with both cameras at base ISO. K-5 had 70/2.4 mounted, and GH2 had 45/2.8 mounted. I tried for similar framing but still ended up framing the GH2 shot a bit wider than the K-5. Both were at f/7.1 (GH2 lens a bit more affected by diffraction at this f-stop). I did use a tripod, self-timer, and kept image stabilization off. Both files were processed from RAW in Lightroom 3 with default settings.
Resized images, Pentax first:
Full-res conversions, Pentax first:
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5304/5594762503_7fd3b3e6ef_o.jpg
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5149/5594761873_a21d28aacc_o.jpg
The size comparison is a bit unfair since the Leica is a 1:1 macro.
I purposely chose a high DR scene, but this is not a rigorously controlled comparison. I used manual exposure to try to get a similar exposure with both cameras at base ISO. K-5 had 70/2.4 mounted, and GH2 had 45/2.8 mounted. I tried for similar framing but still ended up framing the GH2 shot a bit wider than the K-5. Both were at f/7.1 (GH2 lens a bit more affected by diffraction at this f-stop). I did use a tripod, self-timer, and kept image stabilization off. Both files were processed from RAW in Lightroom 3 with default settings.
Resized images, Pentax first:
Full-res conversions, Pentax first:
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5304/5594762503_7fd3b3e6ef_o.jpg
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5149/5594761873_a21d28aacc_o.jpg