Originally posted by biz-engineer The way I see it is: 1) Pentaxians feel threatened as soon as we consider competitor brands and 2) constantly need to reassure themselves that they made the right choice to invest in k mount, so, any bit of marketing info (not even anything technically specific), and the dynamic range is already beyond competition whithout even having measured it.
That could be true for anyone being defensive using the system they choose, it's everywhere not just Pentaxians, when you see many people on DP review comments saying Canon or Nikon's colours are the best, Leica makes the best cameras etc etc then you know what the conversation is heading towards.... having used a few system made me to check out multiple forums, there is no surprise to see defensive fanboys and people who are not as well informed making comments on what they know or feel... I guess some people might be afraid to loose due to K-1's late coming into the full frame game and not being better means it seems to make the K-1 feel obsolete from the beginning, but we all know so far the K-1 is excellent. However, to be sure of something is worth investing is not a bad thing. And it is always good to late in game catches up, it is competition that drives innovation.
Originally posted by biz-engineer I see Canon do not make so much hype about their cameras, they rolls out models one after the other and for instance, the 5D series are really work horse, no fluff, no gimmick, it just has been working for years.
Agreed. I have used 2 5D series camera, the 5D2 and 5D3 and had experience with the original 5D, can't comment on that, but the 5D2 and 5D3 are certainly reliable and just keeps on going, that said Canon had ample of time, money and recourse to refine things. We do not know how the K-1 will be reliability wise, but so far looking how Pentax builds cameras, it seems it will be pretty good too.
Originally posted by biz-engineer Regarding sensors, why is this such a problem to use the same sensor as the D800? I don't see the problem, the D800 deliver excellent images, so why Pentax feels the need to claim a change on the sensor.
I don't too, it still is one of the best sensor out there, the 42 MP BSI Sony sensor might be slightly better, but doesn't means the 36MP sensor is bad, in fact it has plenty of IQ for most of us already especially the MP count, more doesn't mean it will be defiantly better. I also remember reading somewhere in the forum maybe it's one of Adam's post on CP+ the 36MP sensor probably save Ricoh lots of money not adopting the 42MP BSI Sony sensor.
Originally posted by biz-engineer Let Pentaxian believe that they'll have a better than 5Ds or better than D810 machine... anyway, it's not needed to dig very far to know that's not true, other cameras have more advanced AF anyway.
Better in what ways? IBIS= yes, features= yes( Astrotracer, LED lights, Tilting screen, Super rez, 3 dial control, GPS+ WIFI, Tilt shift and compensation correction...) MP count= 5DS wins against both D810 and K-1, Build and WR= Most likely K-1 wins, High ISO= We shall see,assume it is as good as D810 for now DR= we shall see, assume it's as good as D810 for now, Lens choice= Canon Nikon has more, and more 3rd party lens support, Pentax has it's own unique lenses. AF= we shall see, but looking at the AF system and tech in all 3, it seems like the K-1 is behind 5DS and D810 on paper, no one know for sure until the production model with final firmware comes.