I thought it was a reasonably well written article and a good read, although the result was to be expected and weighted in favour of the K-5.
Neither camera is perfect, both the 7D and the K-5 both have shortcomings that need to be considered when selecting "the best" of the two. Lack of tethered shooting, lack of SDM compatible TCs, lack of lenses over 300mm, woeful SDM reliability, lack of professional support and non existant rental market really stifle the K-5's ability to be taken seriously by the professional segment. That's not specific to the K-5, but the Pentax
system overall.
With the 7D, it's big, heavy, lack of compact lenses, lack of weather sealing on it's APS-C (EF-S) lenses, vertical banding in pushed shadows at ISO 100, lack of in-body IS mean that it's not suitable for a lot of reasons that Pentaxians have come to love.
On the dynamic range front, there is no denying that the Sony sensor has made a big impact on the camera market - it's a massive improvement and it's a great thing that will make all camera manufacturers sit up and listen. However, I'm a touch sceptical how much value it would add given that a lot of landscape photographers would still prefer to balance scenes out using neutral density filters thus allowing a larger dynamic range to be captured
anyway. I'd like to test "neutral density v's pushed shadows" one day.
You pick your weapons. Me? I use both systems
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Originally posted by jonny1986 the IQ of k5 is even better than 5d2 especially at low iso, losing just at very hiogh sensitivities.
canon inm my opinion, is simply far in sensor technology in every field....full fram, apsc, all the sensor produced by canon are far behind for dynamic range color depth, smoothness transiction higlight midtones shadow....they have still the best af, but competition is better now.
Whilst the new Sony sensor in the K-5 certainly is awesome, the sensor in the 5D Mk2 is four year old technology which is ice ages in the electronics world. You could say that the K-5 has
finally caught up with old technology which is all due for replacement. We'll get a taste for what the Mk3 will offer as the 1DS Mk4 is due out in the Autumn.