| Review of: Pentax K-5 II by beaconschris on Sun September 17, 2023 | Rating: 8 | View more reviews | |
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Been 6 years since the last review of this camera yet there must be many happy shooters out there !
I like this camera very much and somehow prefer it over the K-3 II. The files are very nice and outright superb as long as you don`t crop much.
Handing is excellent due to the nice hand grip and the large optical viewfinder.
I`m using it with the Pentax eye cup magnifier as I almost exclusively shoot in manual focus and all Pentax AF lenses I`ve tried so far have an awful focussing sound (newer ones might be better) and an AF accuracy that`s a bit mixed.
I guess 16 MP cameras are out of fashion hence this camera is now a bargain at £200 -£250 in the UK.
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| Review of: Pentax K-70 by beaconschris on Thu July 19, 2018 | Rating: 9 | View more reviews | |
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used my refurbished K-70 for 5 weeks now and feel I`m qualified to do a little review here (-:
a quick note on my background : I`ve enjoyed photography , especially the actual taking of shots for 35 years and am known to change gear far too often. I rarely changed gear because it wasn`t good enough, but rather as I felt the need for a change (-:
So , I bought this K-70 after selling my Olympus Em-5 mark II because I did not like (I hated) the electronic viewfinder ! And I love the Pentax viewfinder, it is large (for crop sensor) and bright, wonderful !
Sensor image quality is very good, a tad better than Nikon D5500 and a tad less compared to Fuji X-T1, but all three are great in that respect.
I need the swivel screen for flower and insect shots and am happy with it`s implementation.
Also the body size, weight, grip etc is just about perfect for my smallish male hands. It feels solid, well made and robust.
Auto focus seems ok to me, depends a lot on the lens I reckon. I know Pentax has a bad reputation in that respect but it works ok for me (I don`t shoot sports or fast things).
Battery life could be better, but I have two spares and not needed more than one spare yet
I think this is about it, I like this camera and am happy to have bought it :)
a few weeks later I like to add :
The shutter/mirror sound is rather loud even for a DSLR which might be an issue in sensitive places and situations.
Regarding the "non professional" single SD card slot : I have never ever had any problems with any camera with "just" one slot (and I remove the card to put into my laptop or card reader) so, personally, I don`t see it as a problem (-:
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