Originally posted by Neville I'm getting close to the day when I pull the trigger and order my K5II and 18-135 lens combo!
But now I'm getting a little undecided...
Last night I had a look at the thread "Post Your K5IIS Pictures Here" and was highly impressed by the pictures posted there, and was wondering if I should rather get the K5IIS...
It's quite a big price difference, so is it worth it? Also, the Adorama site does not offer the K5IIS / 18-135 combo, so I would have to order it as a separate item, which further increases the price.
Decisions, decisions...
I upgraded from a K-5 to a K-5IIs. Some of the action photos I'm getting are the sharpest I've ever taken. What does that prove? Very little - it might be better technique on my part, or better auto-focus on both of the K-5II versions, or luck, rather than a sharper sensor on the "s" version..
But I don't care why! I just like my K-5IIs, and I'm happy knowing that it
may be significantly sharper, and almost certainly isn't worse, than the K-5II. I am less troubled by the thought that I might have wasted some money buying the "s" version than I would have been by the thought that I may have missed an opportunity to have a sharper camera had I bought the other version. (And I haven't been troubled by moire in over 51,000 shots, although I've spotted it in one of them).
(In fact, I probably wouldn't have upgraded from the K-5 to the K-5II (rather than the K-5IIs) because there apparently weren't enough differences. Then I would have missed out on the better auto-focus).