| Latest Review Posted | Pentax K-50
I've been using this camera for almost 3 years now. When I got it, it offered a tremendous bang for the buck value. This replaced a Sony A200 DSLR that I had. I was able to get a lot of features that I would have had to pay at least $1,000 US for a Canon or Nikon. I have enjoyed using it for the most part. The image quality is great up to ISO 12800 if you're shooting RAW. It's great up to ISO 1600 if shooting jpegs. I can print a low ISO image up to a 30x45 size & have gotten some 24x36 prints out of ISO 6400 shots. All from RAW. So yeah. No gripes here with the image quality.
My only gripes are the AF performance & aperture motor failure. Unless you are outdoors in the bright sun, the AF sucks when trying to shoot in low light. Sometimes it can't lock focus or it tends to hunt & when it finally confirms lock, the picture still comes out blurry. I have to manually focus the lens myself quite often in low light. Want to catch a fast moving toddler? Forget about it. Better have great manual focusing skills here. I can get some really good shots out of it, but there are times that it requires a tremendous amount of effort & a ton of wasted shots just to get that one great shot.
The other issue is the aperture motor failure. This happened to my black K-50 at about 25,000 shots. I had to fix it myself. The total cost of purchasing a white OEM replacement solenoid & tools was about $60 in the end. Plus about 3 hours of my time & a slight burn to one of my ... |
