Originally posted by biz-engineer Both images are underexposed a bit. And the difference between Canon and Pentax is a classic. Pentax is has always been more conservation to protect the highlights in terms of exposure. If you'd compensate for exposure on both cameras, Canon 5DII +0.3ev and Pentax K1 +0.7ev. That means noise will be even lower on the K1. As for the colors, there is not reason why they can't be the same because color test charts show very accurate color test points in both Canon 5DII and Pentax, so, it's only a matter of adjusting color saturation and hue during the raw conversion to match your taste. I agree, Canon have brighter images by default but more sensitive to blowing high lights in high DR scenes.
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I'm really surprised here. The 5DII AF in dim lighting is pretty bad, so fast yes but also out of focus... The K5II/K5IIs were already better than the 5DII at focusing in low lighting. The 5DII is known to have poor AF in low light situations, and that was a reason for a number of Canon shooter to upgrade to a 5DIII.
Yeah I'm surprised and disappointed as well. I've tested it in pretty low light and the 5Dii takes about 1/2 the time to acquire focus. I have both only using the center focus point and on AFS. Both using the same sigma 35mm lens as well.
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Originally posted by Gimbal I guess it's either different Lightroom presets, or one or both cameras iso 1600 isn't really iso1600, or the light used in the scene is flickering.
Again, cut and paste the presets. Everything is exactly the same.
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Originally posted by Imp Tony Northrup said that Pentax's ISO 100 is really ISO 50 on the K-1. He said that because the Nikon D810 iso 64 is same as the Pentax K-1 iso 100.
I saw that and thought it might be the issue. I guess it's a little off (from the canon anyways) all the way up? These were shot at iso 1600.
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Originally posted by Tesla Welcome to the forum! I would give the K-1 a chance.. use it awhile and you may end up liking it better than the 5DII.
Yeah not giving up quite yet, there are a lot of things about this camera I really like. It may just be a workflow issue.
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Originally posted by Alex645 In general I have found and seen that both Nikon and Pentax RAW images coming from the Sony sensor are always about 2/3 EV darker than Canon RAW images. I believe this helps to prevent blown out highlights as the Sony sensor has a distinct advantage in dynamic range over Canonʻs sensors. With correct adjustment of even your underexposed image samples, it should not look like the results you posted.
The assumption with anyone shooting RAW is that the photographer knows how to PP better than the cameraʻs jpeg processor.
Thanks, this is super helpful. The increased dynamic range is a big reason I bought this camera. Canon definitely lags there.
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Another random question re my switching, has anyone had experience with both the Sigma 85mm 1.4 and the Pentax 77mm 1.8?
That 85mm was a go to for me on the 5D, I ordered the 77mm that I know people love, just hoping it holds it's own.