Originally posted by Fontan I really don't know about this.
Many K-5 owners complained about AF, and now that it is supposedly fixed to what it should have been originally, Pentax thinks that all those who complained will plunk down $1,300 to buy another one.
I really don't know about this.
Do your pictures really live and die based on improved AF accuracy? Really? Is that all that is wrong with your work?
This lack of low-pass filter thing I am not so sure. I doubt you guys will be able to tell the difference on your laptop screen, or on you iPad when shown side by side.
Is this like a bridge camera that shuts up all those AF complainers until they come out with FF?
Why not call this K-3? It is as if they are admitting that this isn't much of a step up . . .
I've had few autofocus problems with my old K-5, and I shoot theater without flash, usually at 3200 ISO, sometimes 6400. Maybe if you turn the focus assist lamp off your results are different. If the continuous tracking focus is appreciably improved, I might be interested, but with no more autofocus points and continuous focus not mentioned in the press release, well.... I just hope that there is something at Photokina to indicate that Pentax is thinking that only a minor fix will keep up with a rapidly advancing industry.
After seeing that a new Q is coming out, which seems as much a fashion accessory as a serious camera, and the dud of the K-01, I wonder if there's anybody, at the top, who has serious photographers in his thinking. Add in the fact that Pentax lenses are quickly increasing in price, much faster than inflation or the industry in general, and my enthusiasm for the company continues to go south.