the difference it MUCH starker than the lenses. .. and still very apparent even on legacy glass like the A50 1.7
... After comparing RAW and Jpeg on the computer and not just the cameras ... I think it's down to the LCD screens on the back of the camera.
They are calibrated to the same brightness/color levels ... but the iis screen is MUCH more colorful (closer to my computer monitor, but still more hyped).
the original K-5 screen by comparison is almost muted. never really noticed it before, but comparing the two side by side is it very much apparent.
Did anything change other than the plastic vs. glass display between these models?
For comparison here's two snap shots I was testing with ::
Shot 1 :
https://i.imgsafe.org/f76af521b9.jpg
Shot 2 :
https://i.imgsafe.org/f77026dc54.jpg
Same Mode "portrait" .. the K5 original has 2 ticks of sharpening added. the K5iis has no additional sharpening ... other than that ALL settings are the same.
There is absolutely more detail and texture in the iis (look at the side of the typewriter).
but the red of the hat is really blown out from the way high contrast/saturation ..
The color in the K5 seems more natural and real .. the purple in the binder looks natural, the red (while too much) doesn't totally fall apart.
The color on the iis shot seem to be hyper saturated ... the purple glows a bit too much, and the red is totally blown out
But the two cameras are still much closer when viewing on a retina display than viewing on the LCD's of the cameras. I think this was my biggest hurdle .... does anyone know what exactly changed in the viewing set-up between these two models?