Originally posted by JRMax I can't show an apples to apples comparisons because with my K-7 I shot in RAW and did PP in Lightroom 3. Unfortunately LR3 doesn't support the RAW files from the K-5 IIs so I'm shooting in jpeg right now.
You could use the Pentax software to process files from both K-5IIs and K-7 with similar settings.
Originally posted by JRMax I recognize that the lighting is slightly different in each shot, I'm just trying to support my opinion that the K-5 IIs is giving me crisper shots.
Lighting is different and colors came out differently too. Could it be that on the K-5IIs you are getting a curve applied on the image? That would impact the perception of sharpness too. Could also be that Lightroom is not as good on K-7 files as the Pentax software is.
Also, the K-7 shooting info is stripped - can you add it? For the K-5IIs I see: 100mm f/5.6 ISO 400 1/3.
BTW, are you shooting this on a tripod or handheld? If you're shooting this handheld (I imagine that is why you bumped the ISO), then maybe you are just seeing a difference of SR performance/handholding.
Here are some of my shots with a similar setup/scene. I used the K-7 with the Sigma 105 macro to shoot some of my film cameras. I used a tripod in these shots, so ISO is set to 100.
@f/4:
@f/5.6: