| Latest Review Posted | Pentax K-5
Got the K-5 as my first DSLR. I've been shooting film SLR's for 3 years prior to this purchase and, besides my old Pentax ME being my favorite, I chose the K-5 for the weather proofing and compatibility with my already owned lenses, features that I couldn't get with any other manufacturers.
After 15 months with this camera, I can't see myself switching to any other brands. I've shot other cameras from friends, but apart from very few advantages, it's still tough to beat the "bang-for-your-buck" Pentax offers.
The weather proofing and the in-body Image stabilization (the later allowing for any old K-mount manual lenses to be used without any hassle), work flawlessly. My first day with the camera outside it survived a quite decent amount of rain with it's kit lens, and it didn't take me more than 30 minutes out to learn all the little tricks the K-5 offers and switch to manual mode without second guessing myself.
The video quality is good, but I do miss manual video exposure. It can be done but needs some working around, and even then you can't really switch any settings after you start recording.
Image quality blew me off right away. The amount of dynamic range in the RAW files is extensive. To be fair, I never really shot any JPEG's to be able to compare to anything else, but even at that, the camera let's you customize the jpg output for sharpness, contrast, saturation, hue etc... quite easily (1 button to be exact).
Besides those, you get all of Pe... |
