Comparing Canon 5D tech from 2005 to Pentax K-5 tech from 2010 is interesting.
Pentax "Best" SDM is nothing like Canon USM or Nikon AF-S.
One day Pentax will offer faster autofocusing lenses.
Or maybe Hoya will instead concentrate their efforts on making more colored cameras and more non weather sealed Limited lenses with their slower 1980's screw drive autofocus.
I have first version 5D and its autofocus with USM glass is speedy fast, faster than my Pentax K20D and screw drive lenses though the frame rate is about the same.
Beyond the better specifications found in Pentax K-5, one should research the imaging systems available today.
Pentax needs Sigma and Tamron to add to their lens system while Canon and Nikon don't.
I have zero regrets buying into Canon three years ago. All Canon USM lenses I bought new re-sell for more than I paid new.
And Pentax K20D remains a really nice camera. I have zero regrets buying K20D too.
However, when I buy new lenses thesedays they are not from Hoya or Pentax or Sigma or Tamron.
Pentax offers no USM or AF-S lenses.......
Its 2011, not 1988. 23 years have passed and there's still no ring motor glass available from Pentax...
Originally posted by boosted03gti so i would really like to switch to a FF system just for the added DR and clean high iso. Im currently debating whether i should try out a canon 5d just to get my feet wet and save some money. they can be had for around 1000 bucks. i dont own any canon glass at the moment but have researched cost and have caculated what i would need to invest. primarly, i would use the camera mostly for portraits, candids (which is why i want fast autofocus.), some sports (nothing extreme, just some cars racing around and kids playing basketball etc.) and landscapes.
I know the 5d is old by comparison to the k5 and that the high iso quality at 3200 is probably not as good as the k5 but, for future upgrades, i feel that investing with canon would be better in the long run.
so onto my question, anyone use both the 5d and k5? how is the autofocus between the two?
tia
jorge