So on Remembrance Day (south of the 49th parallel it's known as Veterans Day) I was lucky enough to get to shoot the local parade with a K100D as opposed to using my cell phone as my wife took our K-5 to visit family. Armed with only the kit 18-55 (should have opted for the 50-200 since it was available). I was quite happy how most of the shots turned out, I found the old K100D to be nice and light and easy to use.. honestly I found the AF in the decent lighting to be very comparable to my K-5 w/ 18-135.. I found that fairly disappointing honestly. You would think that 4-5 years of development gap could have done more. I was waiting for lots of hunting and OOF shots, they just didn't happen.
The menu system and such has developed nicely along I love my K-5's menu system and the old K100D showed the ground work had been going on for generations of the K-series. Not being familiar with the K100D prior this, and only having about 2 minutes before the parade started to get acquainted.. I was still able to find the things in the menu and adjust them to my liking fairly easily.. Basic menu systems are definitely a strong part of the Pentax user interface. So other than trying to figure out where to adjust the ISO using the D-pad on the back (had to ask for that one.. too used to 2 e-dials) I found everything fairly intuatively.
To think that the K-r is this light and at 12.4MP and good with low light shooting I can see why so many people love their K-x/r's. I love my K-5 and the weight doesn't bother me, but there are some instances where packing around a feather of a camera would be nice. I hope the K-r's successor gets the Sony sensor that's in the K-5 now.. other than cutting into the K-5's sales I see no reason they can't after they release the K-5's successor!
So I'm wondering what K-series some of you may have used and the biggest/best upgrades/features stuck out in your mind?
Last edited by Chex; 11-12-2011 at 07:13 PM.