| Review of: Pentax K-S2 by fb_penpho on Wed May 13, 2015 | Rating: 10 | View more reviews | |
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Not going to make this long, have not tried everything but most and liked them all. I upgraded from a K20, which I know it's weaknesses but loved it's handling. The build quality of the S2 is good, dials feel solid but easy to move. The mode dial is metal and turns easily. The SR is very fast to start up, nowhere near a slow to start up as the K20. Tried a 3rd party battery and got good battery life results with it. I have found that I a different hand grip works better for me. Instead I put the base of the camera in the palm near the thumb. More of a support grip than the usual side on.
My minor gripes are that the grip is just about OK for me, I would suggest a potential purchaser checks out this one area. Another gripe is the SR logo, it sticks out just where I do not want it too, touching the end of my fingers. With this one reservation in mind, I think the S2 has the potential to be a minor 'classic' in the Pentax range. There is a minor improvement that could be done and that is to allow the E-dials to manipulate ISO when the mode knob is set to M.
UPDATE 27/07/2015 Definitely glad i bought the K-S2, I have used nearly every feature. So here are some workarounds. There is no flash cable connector, just bought a cube that fits on the flash shoe and provides the socket. There is no plugin for the Bulb position, so how do you have long exposures. Easy, the IR remote control can be used as a toggle. Press once and exposure starts, then again sometime later to stop the exposure. As my confidence with the workings grew and I use manual quite a lot, I started using the K-S2 like an old film camera, that is with the screen turned inwards to keep it out the way and stop me greasing it up. Works a treat!
UPDATE 16/11/2015 The website IR did a review and put the AF into dispute. I did my own tests in a dark room, using my sekonic to get the light down to 0EV. That's as low as the sekonic can measure. The lens was f5.6 and the IR test is done at f2.8. So the test is effectively being done at -2EV. The AF did hunt a few times but did lock. I do not have the luxury of having another make of camera to make a comparison with. But -2EV is very dim and I dismissed the IR report. Doing this test prompted me to look at the specs of canikon models. If left me satisfied I had selected a very capable camera.
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