Originally posted by atomiccow To me it sounds like what Pentax decided to do was take the K-7 and fix all weaknesses fixable with buying a new sensor developed by someone else (Sony in this case) and putting it in the K-5. They haven't really listened to users by adding things that were NOT in the K-7 into the K-5.
Here's what we asked for from Pentax:
1. Manual video controls - not here
2. Video AF - not sure if its here but they didn't say it's here
3. A digital level that can be user calibrated - not here
4. 1/250 flash sync which is industry standard - not here
5. Better AF tracking - maybe but no mention of predictive AF so not keeping my hopes up
The K-5's designed to be a dSLR first, video camera distant second.
For your points above, I'm sure others would agree with me that:
1. Don't really care about
2. Couldn't care less about
3. What for?
4. Irrelevant and insignificant difference
5. Likely this has been addressed - cf. youtube video at start
Quote: Here's what Pentax fixed using Sony's sensor:
1. Sub-par high ISO performance - fixed with Sony's sensor
2. Sub-par dynamic range - fixed with Sony's sensor
3. Higher fps (not a K-7 weakness) - provided by Sony's sensor
4. 14 bit raw (12 bit is really fine) - provided by Sony's sensor
5. 1080p video at 24 fps - provided by Sony's sensor
And these improvements:
1. A welcome change
2. Another welcome change
3. Yet another welcome change (but needed more buffer to last longer than an 8 RAW burst)
4. Who knows what real-life difference this will make?
5. Don't care too much but good to tack onto the video capabilities already there
Quote: I dislike the K-5 because they're not pushing the bar with it like they did with the K-7. The K-7 was not the perfect camera minus a good sensor. It was a camera with a lot of useful nifty features minus a good sensor. Well it's a year later and the competition now have all these useful nifty features, good sensors, and even newer useful nifty features. We are getting now what should and could have been provided one year ago.
The K-7 wasn't exactly a breakthrough in high ISO performance or fps rate when it came out. The heart of the camera, the sensor, was barely an improvement from the K20D for still photography. Again, you and others are saying how uninspired you are with Pentax products but don't switch over to the brands that do impress you?