Originally posted by john5100 You photos are great,
I know this question, and others like it, are asked all of the time but do find that the K30 is missing anything with respect to wedding photography? Does the K5 or K5II have anything over the K30? I think the low light focus might be the only thing.
Thanks. I appreciate it.
I do miss few things but nothing vital.
One thing stands out above all though: AF - at the end of the day AF matters a lot.
I only have experience with Pentax cameras. K-x, K-5 and K-r (K-r was the worst performer) which I can relate with and I'd say the K-30 clearly performs well and better than the previous cameras I've had and tried. However, there are moments when it hesitates with AF and this mostly happens in low light.
I earlier wrote that I am lot into candid moment shots. This can mean something suddenly occurs and the camera might take 2-3 seconds to lock focus (I don't know exactly how long. Feels like an eternity while standing there) and I've missed many shots when this happens. It doesn't mean I often come home with lots and lots of missed shots. It's also possible I notice it extra much because that kind of shots are important to me.
If the K-5 II's new low light AF ensures a better success ratio in similar situations, then I *might* buy it for that reason alone, but I have to be convinced first.
The bigger and faster buffer, higher FPS rate and silent shutter are nice things - I'd love to have those but I'm not missing shots because of the lack of them.
A grip would be a plus too though.
The thing that bothers me the most about the K-30 is how the Info button behaves. I didn't like it when I first got the camera and I don't like it now after several thousand shots. I have to *look* and see what I'm doing whereas before, with the other cameras, I could just press on Info few times to toggle it on/off. I get the idea behind the new functionality, but as a wedding and event photographer it's in my way.
Other than that it's really mostly about the small details. Top LCD? I thought it would be cool but never got accustomed to it. I didn't have my K-5 for too long though. I liked the overall feeling of the K-5 better but the K-30 isn't bad. K-5 just felt more serious and robust. I shot for 16h straight at that particular wedding and I think my fingers started to become stiff after 14th hours or something like that - ergonomics are great.. for me at least - just, clip your nails from time to time though