Originally posted by Rupert Frogfish....I just don't think that is right. Most here I see with problems are legitimate K5 owners...with some sort of problem. Granted, the majority of users seem to have no problems...I don't....but I don't want to offend my fellow Pentaxians that have difficulty with their camera. Unless there is someone that is obviously trolling, I think we would be of better benefit to Pentax an ourselves to listen to their problems, sympathize , and offer suggestions for a solution, if possible.
It is sort of like coming home from a hard day at work and having the wife and kids throw cold water on you.......when we should be a family together. That's just my opinion, and you have yours, which is perfectly legitimate......but harmony beats divisiveness most every time.
Best Regards
You are quite right Rupert.
TBH I am just getting fed up of the very vocal minority
some of whom don't even own a K5 pointing at every thread on a K5 issue as a vindication of their ' problem riddled piece of crap' opinion, whereas in reality the % of people owning a K5 and having issues to those who don't is almost certainly within the 5% threshold that camera manufacturers target (as with most complicated pieces of electronic machinery) - I did see these figures mentioned somewhere just recently by someone in the trade (I should have clipped the article) - all the manufacturers are roughly the same when it comes to % of product returns to products sold.
If you go over to Nikon and Canon forums they are no different, with the Nikon D7000 especially eliciting multiple threads on a plethora of issues (including their own 'stain' problem).
What really got my back up was someone saying they went to Nikon because of this forum's comments on the K5. Didn't they bother to even check out the Nikon forums ? I have nothing against Nikon whatsoever, the D700 is my next camera (to add to the K5) when I find a used one I can afford, but the reality is advanced, complicated, electronic devices will always have a particular failure rate and from everything I have read the K5 is NOW (that the stain issue has been resolved and Firmware 1.03 issued) no worse or better than any other camera in that regard .... and this is coming from someone who's K5 did have a minor issue, resolved within 5 days (drop/off to pick/up time).
The K5 is a superb piece of kit, early adopters had a rough ride but, as of the date of this post, it competes very strongly with the 7D, D300s and D7000 (the 60D does lag behind but then is much cheaper), all of those models have pros and cons and situations where they are not at their best but those, mainly early, issues should not put-off potential buyers considering the K5, instead just compare the cameras on their strengths / weaknesses for your type of photography and choose the one that makes the most sense to you.