Originally posted by biz-engineer
Last but not least... we were reviewing a stream of photos taken with 5D IV, sorry but I was impressed by how many photos were out of focus... From reading Pentax forum, I was thinking that Pentax AF was junk compared to Canon. How did people come to this conclusion? In the future, I think I should be more careful when reading online opinions, it's much better to evaluation ourselves by trying real cameras in the real world. Am I missing something?
Maybe, you miss Canon long lenses. I had several Pentax cameras, two Canon, and a lot of lenses of all sorts for both systems. Including Tamron and Sigma lenses for both systems. Tamron and Sigma are making good, sharp lenses, especially with regard to the price, but they are more prone to miss focus than genuine Pentax or Canon lenses. Much more.
About ergonomics of Canon, you are right. It's a pain. But after a while, you get used to it. And if you had big hands, Canon fits better than Pentax. At least for me.
Construction is better at Pentax.
Finally, what realy matters, at least for me. The sensor. Sony sensor are better than Canon, in the first year of use, or so. After two years, I had to remember that Sony is a ''consumer electronic manufacturer''. At least in my last Pentax K5 IIs, the noise became huge, clearly visible, even at ISO 250, much worst than my 6 years old Canon 60D, which is clean at ISO 400. And when the noise appears, it is less disturbing in Canon, because is grainy, comparing with the speckled noise of Pentax.
Yes, I know, if you resize the picture, ... if, and maybe.... And yes, dynamic range. What is better, a very noisy camera with a better dynamic range, or the other way around?
So, I would love a Pentax camera with a Canon sensor inside. And with both stabilizing systems, IBIS for general lenses, and OS for long lenses. Would be a dream.
Last edited by JimmyDranox; 04-22-2017 at 10:20 PM.