Originally posted by TOUGEFC Agreed, if the k7 does low iso better than the k5 i will be upgrading to k7. Low iso tests is what i care about.
I shoot with two K-7's right now, and I will likely pick up a K-5 for the better AF and high ISO. But I get the feeling that I'll still be reaching for the K-7 a lot when it's low ISO conditions.
There's a very obvious trend away from Pentax's older priorities of sharpness and color rendition. I think that their priorities were great, and I think the color and sharpness of k10 through K-7 beats anything out there that I've seen. I constantly get remarks on my images about them. But Pentax made a clear deviation from standard practices with the K-x, and in my opinion, it does great in High ISO, but it just shoots like a canon. Soft details, washed out colors, no contrast. They made a good stand, but when no matter what they do, people just bitch about the high ISO and how is not as good as blah blah canikon, while ignoring the trade-offs, that in my opinion are well worth it, they had to cave in eventually.