[Graham67]

It doesn't matter how good it is, it's seriously overpriced. It's a dead duck unless they can knock £400 off of the ask.

Eh?

£1199 list price, inc' 18-55wr seems reasonable, and it's likely to be below £1k within 6 months.

The possible price was my main issue, but I'm now very interested.

[cbaytan]

Is there a camera uses the same sensor with K-5?

[RBellavance]

Is there a camera uses the same sensor with K-5?

Nothing officially confirmed, naturally, but the Nikon D7000, as well as the Sony A55 and A580 seem to use a variant of the same sensor, if not the same sensor outright.

[cbaytan]

Nothing officially confirmed, naturally, but the Nikon D7000, as well as the Sony A55 and A580 seem to use a variant of the same sensor, if not the same sensor outright.

So let's hope K-5's IQ will be little better than this. :ugh:

Warning: below link is a 4.7MB Sony A55 photo:

http://www.letsgodigital.org/images/producten/2639/testrapport/sony-a55-photo.jpg

[Ash]

There seems to be a lot of bickering about the inconsistent spec reports.
Wouldn't Pentax's official website be a pretty decent source?
If so, it's clearly stated:

Sensitivity range:
Auto: ISO 100-12800 (1, 1/2, 1/3 steps), expandable to ISO 80-51200, Bulb mode up to ISO 1600

Drive mode:
Continuous FPS - Continuous Hi: 7.0 FPS (22 JPG, 8 RAW) - Continuous Lo: 2.0 FPS (unlimited JPG, 12 RAW)

Now as much as I'd not be as happy with a 15 RAW buffer at 7fps and a Lo speed of 3.3fps, this is not what Pentax are saying (8 frames at 7fps?!? Continuous shooting barely clearing 1 second?!?)

C'est la vie...
An impressive camera in every other way indeed.

[boyan]

So let's hope K-5's IQ will be little better than this. :ugh:

Warning: below link is a 4.7MB Sony A55 photo:

http://www.letsgodigital.org/images/producten/2639/testrapport/sony-a55-photo.jpg

I dont know what lens they used but i can asure you that my Canon 550D with 17-55 2.8 IS is a light year ahead from this Sony in terms of resolution and CA
and i dont know whats the hype about this new pentax lens, when Canon make similar wonderfull 15-85 which quality surpases many L lenses.

[DaveB]

There is no manual out yet on the K-5. I have found almost every spec except whether the K-5 will do more than 5 Auto Exposure Bracket shots. My K-7 does a max of five, and I use an old Nikon to do 7 or 9. Anyone know? Thanks...

[Urkeldaedalus]

There seems to be a lot of bickering about the inconsistent spec reports.
Wouldn't Pentax's official website be a pretty decent source?
If so, it's clearly stated:

Sensitivity range:
Auto: ISO 100-12800 (1, 1/2, 1/3 steps), expandable to ISO 80-51200, Bulb mode up to ISO 1600

Drive mode:
Continuous FPS - Continuous Hi: 7.0 FPS (22 JPG, 8 RAW) - Continuous Lo: 2.0 FPS (unlimited JPG, 12 RAW)

Now as much as I'd not be as happy with a 15 RAW buffer at 7fps and a Lo speed of 3.3fps, this is not what Pentax are saying (8 frames at 7fps?!? Continuous shooting barely clearing 1 second?!?)

C'est la vie...
An impressive camera in every other way indeed.

I wonder if the confusion on the buffer capacity is due to the difference from 14 bit versus 12 bit performance. Even if not, if the JPG engine is OK I can see using the 22 JPG option when I need it for sports photos and the RAW option for everything else.

[Urkeldaedalus]

and i dont know whats the hype about this new pentax lens, when Canon make similar wonderfull 15-85 which quality surpases many L lenses.

It probably has something to do with the fact that Pentax users can't use the Canon lens on their cameras. I'm sure the Canon 24-105L f/4 will still be better than this new Pentax zoom, too, but I'm still glad that Pentax users have this option now.

[brecklundin]

here is a question....has anyone found the user manul online? WHile my confidence is LOW it would be the file RTM manual, it might be the correct manual and have the real specs.

[dopeytree]

So this guy told me it won't have manual video controls.

Chat via: http://www.pentaxdslr.com/slr/K-5/ then clicked on product support then chat.

[macTak]

Continuous FPS - Continuous Hi: 7.0 FPS (22 JPG, 8 RAW) - Continuous Lo: 2.0 FPS (unlimited JPG, 12 RAW)

Now as much as I'd not be as happy with a 15 RAW buffer at 7fps and a Lo speed of 3.3fps, this is not what Pentax are saying (8 frames at 7fps?!? Continuous shooting barely clearing 1 second?!?)

I just don't understand how the camera can take 8 RAW shots in 1.15 seconds in HI, but in low can take 12 in 6 seconds. That means it takes 4.85 seconds to take the extra 4 RAW frames, yet that stills leads to filling the buffer.

Edit: Well, the K-7 didn't have many more frames in Low RAW than Hi RAW either, but the FPS difference wasn't so great. Also, the K-7 had a buffer fill rate of 1.4fps.

[KSB]

Sorry but I think they have over priced it!!! they may be driving people away.. BUT we shall see

[brecklundin]

There is no manual out yet on the K-5. I have found almost every spec except whether the K-5 will do more than 5 Auto Exposure Bracket shots. My K-7 does a max of five, and I use an old Nikon to do 7 or 9. Anyone know? Thanks...

D'oh!! I was typing while you were posting the same question...sorry about that, but a manual should address all the incomplete/accurate spec sheets. I blame the factory being moved to Vietnam...I mean people blame almost everything else on that so, hey WTF...

[Ash]

I just don't understand how the camera can take 8 RAW shots in 1.15 seconds in HI, but in low can take 12 in 6 seconds. That means it takes 4.85 seconds to take the extra 4 RAW frames, yet that stills leads to filling the buffer.

Edit: Well, the K-7 didn't have many more frames in Low RAW than Hi RAW either, but the FPS difference wasn't so great. Also, the K-7 had a buffer fill rate of 1.4fps.

This also intrigues me, but moreso regarding the difference between 14 and 12 bit RAWs, and what they mean in real life processing.