K5 here I come

ukwoody · 11-12-2011, 02:24 PM

My appologies to one and all, but I'm so excited! G/f has just agreed that I can now finally get a K5 with 18-55WR and a second hand 55-300. So on monday it's place the order, and I'll have it a day or two later. With the £90 cashback it's a great price now. Yeahhhh, 12 months of waiting is finally over

I've loved my Fuji s100fs and do realise the K5 is going to be one heck of a learning curve, but just cant wait.

Woody

**Dma110** · 11-12-2011, 02:28 PM

Congrats. You will be getting a great outfit. Enjoy

Dennis

bobdmac · 11-12-2011, 02:45 PM

Congratulations. I already had a K100 sd for a few years when I decided to plunk down the money for the K-5 this summer. My primary motivation was the extended ISO range. Although I had read a lot about the K-5 over the past year or so, I was still surprised how much fun it is to use. Make no mistake, it has so many features that there's a serious learning curve to appreciate some of the things it can do, but once you figure it out, it's fantastic how many picture-taking scenarios it accommodates. And the high-ISO is all it's cracked up to be.

elho_cid · 11-12-2011, 04:02 PM

I also made transition to Pentax from Fuji, but earlier. I had S9500 and exchanged it for K10D. The difference in speed and image quality was expected, but also the controls were so much better! I felt very frustrated by Fuji menu system and limited shooting modes. Pentax set me free to use any sensible setting in any mode.

Adam · 11-12-2011, 04:15 PM

Congrats!

ukwoody · 11-13-2011, 02:22 PM

Cheers all, will let you know as soon as I have my grubby mitts on it!

woody

ale78 · 11-13-2011, 11:15 PM

My wife just gave me the okay yesterday to get a K-5 also! Just missed the $1,099 Amazon deal but I will keep an eye out for the next sale. I started with the k100ds in 2005 and upgraded to the K-7 2 years ago. Can't wait to shoot some high ISO photos with the new camera.

Anybody else waiting for their significant others to let them get a K-5?

cees · 11-14-2011, 04:36 AM

Originally posted by ale78

My wife just gave me the okay yesterday to get a K-5 also! Just missed the $1,099 Amazon deal but I will keep an eye out for the next sale. I started with the k100ds in 2005 and upgraded to the K-7 2 years ago. Can't wait to shoot some high ISO photos with the new camera.

Anybody else waiting for their significant others to let them get a K-5?

Yes, my wife also has "a vote" in this, but she also voted Yes a couple of weeks ago.

ukwoody · 11-16-2011, 12:47 PM

What a palava. Finally ordered my K5 with 18-55 and the separate 55-300 lens today. It's taken two days to basically discover Pentax UK have a backlog of about 300 55-300mm lens orders. So in the end I've had to order the body with 18-55wr from one local independant dealer and the 55-300 from another to finally get delivery next week.

Ironically after speaking SRS here in the UK who said they weren't expecting the lenses in until next week, so I finally placed it with Welsh dealer, only to get an email seconds later saying actually they'd just had a delivery of them. Oh well, at least it will all arrive at roughly the same time now. I must pay thanks actually to Celtic Vision of Narberth (Ivan) who really has put himself out trying to get my kit and given me the cracking price of £759 for the body and 18-55wr with the £90 rebate on top.

Woody

borysr · 11-17-2011, 03:36 PM

Originally posted by cees

Yes, my wife also has "a vote" in this, but she also voted Yes a couple of weeks ago.

My wife also has "yes" vote on this

Well,actually, she does have a vote, but never says "no" to my tech gadget purchases ...

But this time she might kill me

>>
I was thinking for some time to step up from my Kx. Saw great deal online on Canon EOS 60D, decided to try it.
Took camera out of the box, made ~10 shots and ... packed it back.
Even though by all parameters 60D is superior to Kx, it didn't give me that great Pentax feeling so craigslist has it now.

Then ....I yelled "BANZAI!!!!" and pulled the trigger on K5 spending like ~$400 extra
.... getting it tomorrow ... so full of emotions now. - concerned about getting rid of Kx . .

excited

... aftraid

to be killed by my lovely wife ...

JohnBee · 11-17-2011, 03:36 PM

Originally posted by ukwoody

My appologies to one and all, but I'm so excited! G/f has just agreed that I can now finally get a K5 with 18-55WR and a second hand 55-300. So on monday it's place the order, and I'll have it a day or two later. With the £90 cashback it's a great price now. Yeahhhh, 12 months of waiting is finally over

I've loved my Fuji s100fs and do realise the K5 is going to be one heck of a learning curve, but just cant wait.

Woody

Congratulations!

psychdoc · 11-17-2011, 04:27 PM

Originally posted by borysr

aftraid to be killed by my lovely wife ...

At least you are being killed by someone lovely

Tell her she can shoot you at ISO 51,200

ukwoody · 11-18-2011, 03:04 AM

Originally posted by psychdoc

Tell her she can shoot you at ISO 51,200

haha good one.

It didnt go down too well though when i suggested we would have to upgrade in another 3 years to the lastest model... heehee

woody

Davidshutttersup · 11-18-2011, 03:36 AM

congrats.

Netsoft · 11-18-2011, 07:11 AM

Originally posted by ukwoody

haha good one.

It didnt go down too well though when i suggested we would have to upgrade in another 3 years to the lastest model... heehee

woody

Wow, I must be lucky to have a good GF then. Mine will pay half for every new body I purchase.

11-12-2011, 02:24 PM	#1
ukwoody Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Pembrokeshire, Wales,UK Posts: 152	K5 here I come My appologies to one and all, but I'm so excited! G/f has just agreed that I can now finally get a K5 with 18-55WR and a second hand 55-300. So on monday it's place the order, and I'll have it a day or two later. With the £90 cashback it's a great price now. Yeahhhh, 12 months of waiting is finally over I've loved my Fuji s100fs and do realise the K5 is going to be one heck of a learning curve, but just cant wait. Woody

11-12-2011, 04:15 PM	#5
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11-12-2011, 02:28 PM	#2
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11-12-2011, 02:45 PM	#3
bobdmac Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Berkeley CA Posts: 29	Congratulations. I already had a K100 sd for a few years when I decided to plunk down the money for the K-5 this summer. My primary motivation was the extended ISO range. Although I had read a lot about the K-5 over the past year or so, I was still surprised how much fun it is to use. Make no mistake, it has so many features that there's a serious learning curve to appreciate some of the things it can do, but once you figure it out, it's fantastic how many picture-taking scenarios it accommodates. And the high-ISO is all it's cracked up to be.

11-12-2011, 04:02 PM	#4
elho_cid Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Prague Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,199	I also made transition to Pentax from Fuji, but earlier. I had S9500 and exchanged it for K10D. The difference in speed and image quality was expected, but also the controls were so much better! I felt very frustrated by Fuji menu system and limited shooting modes. Pentax set me free to use any sensible setting in any mode.

11-13-2011, 02:22 PM	#6
ukwoody Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Pembrokeshire, Wales,UK Posts: 152 Original Poster	Cheers all, will let you know as soon as I have my grubby mitts on it! woody

11-13-2011, 11:15 PM	#7
ale78 New Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: TX Posts: 14	My wife just gave me the okay yesterday to get a K-5 also! Just missed the $1,099 Amazon deal but I will keep an eye out for the next sale. I started with the k100ds in 2005 and upgraded to the K-7 2 years ago. Can't wait to shoot some high ISO photos with the new camera. Anybody else waiting for their significant others to let them get a K-5?

11-14-2011, 04:36 AM	#8
cees New Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Breda Photos: Gallery Posts: 10	Originally posted by ale78 My wife just gave me the okay yesterday to get a K-5 also! Just missed the $1,099 Amazon deal but I will keep an eye out for the next sale. I started with the k100ds in 2005 and upgraded to the K-7 2 years ago. Can't wait to shoot some high ISO photos with the new camera. Anybody else waiting for their significant others to let them get a K-5? Yes, my wife also has "a vote" in this, but she also voted Yes a couple of weeks ago.

11-16-2011, 12:47 PM	#9
ukwoody Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Pembrokeshire, Wales,UK Posts: 152 Original Poster	What a palava. Finally ordered my K5 with 18-55 and the separate 55-300 lens today. It's taken two days to basically discover Pentax UK have a backlog of about 300 55-300mm lens orders. So in the end I've had to order the body with 18-55wr from one local independant dealer and the 55-300 from another to finally get delivery next week. Ironically after speaking SRS here in the UK who said they weren't expecting the lenses in until next week, so I finally placed it with Welsh dealer, only to get an email seconds later saying actually they'd just had a delivery of them. Oh well, at least it will all arrive at roughly the same time now. I must pay thanks actually to Celtic Vision of Narberth (Ivan) who really has put himself out trying to get my kit and given me the cracking price of £759 for the body and 18-55wr with the £90 rebate on top. Woody

11-17-2011, 03:36 PM	#10
borysr Closed Account Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Keller Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 81	Originally posted by cees Yes, my wife also has "a vote" in this, but she also voted Yes a couple of weeks ago. My wife also has "yes" vote on this Well,actually, she does have a vote, but never says "no" to my tech gadget purchases ... But this time she might kill me >> I was thinking for some time to step up from my Kx. Saw great deal online on Canon EOS 60D, decided to try it. Took camera out of the box, made ~10 shots and ... packed it back. Even though by all parameters 60D is superior to Kx, it didn't give me that great Pentax feeling so craigslist has it now. Then ....I yelled "BANZAI!!!!" and pulled the trigger on K5 spending like ~$400 extra .... getting it tomorrow ... so full of emotions now. - concerned about getting rid of Kx . . excited ... aftraid to be killed by my lovely wife ...

11-17-2011, 03:36 PM	#11
JohnBee Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Newrfoundland Photos: Albums Posts: 4,667	Originally posted by ukwoody My appologies to one and all, but I'm so excited! G/f has just agreed that I can now finally get a K5 with 18-55WR and a second hand 55-300. So on monday it's place the order, and I'll have it a day or two later. With the £90 cashback it's a great price now. Yeahhhh, 12 months of waiting is finally over I've loved my Fuji s100fs and do realise the K5 is going to be one heck of a learning curve, but just cant wait. Woody Congratulations!

11-17-2011, 04:27 PM	#12
psychdoc Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Bham Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 949	Originally posted by borysr aftraid to be killed by my lovely wife ... At least you are being killed by someone lovely Tell her she can shoot you at ISO 51,200

11-18-2011, 03:04 AM	#13
ukwoody Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Pembrokeshire, Wales,UK Posts: 152 Original Poster	Originally posted by psychdoc Tell her she can shoot you at ISO 51,200 haha good one. It didnt go down too well though when i suggested we would have to upgrade in another 3 years to the lastest model... heehee woody

11-18-2011, 03:36 AM	#14
Davidshutttersup Inactive Account Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: London Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 10	congrats.

11-18-2011, 07:11 AM	#15
Netsoft Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Malaysia Posts: 58	Originally posted by ukwoody haha good one. It didnt go down too well though when i suggested we would have to upgrade in another 3 years to the lastest model... heehee woody Wow, I must be lucky to have a good GF then. Mine will pay half for every new body I purchase.