Originally posted by Edvinas Why do they handicap their otherwise excellent cameras?
I remember that they already had one entry level camera whith extremely small buffer. Every reviewer was pointing to this.
Now K-5. It's almost useless for action. Burst for one second only. And only 4 frames in higher ISOs. Give me a break. Why did they bother with those high frame rates and new AF modes at all. They are not going to be useful with this small crippled buffer.
Now we again have the situation where Pentax entry level camera outperforms their flagship model...
I still use a K10D, which can shoot at maximum burst (3FPS) until you finally run out of room on the memory card. Every time I read how the "newer" cameras can only shoot for 2-3 second bursts before the buffer gets filled I can't help but wonder what the hell they did to the buffer on the newer cameras. It's not like the new cameras are shooting 24MP files, for crying out loud.