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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
01-12-2017, 04:00 AM
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I'm not a native English speaker so forgive my mistakes below.
5DMIV has its own advantages such as much better AF system, touch screen with Dual Pixel AF, better high ISO performance (say 12800 and above), slightly better OOC colors, cheaper good zoom lenses, and DR is really not very much behind. In fact DR at high ISO is slightly better than D810.
I've been using K1 for 1 week only now so cannot deeply comment on it, still here are my comments:
In body image stabilization works, just not as good as EM5II. It gives probably 3 stops advantage, 2-3 with 135mm. This is similar to what I get from A7RII with manual lenses.
AF (at least with DA 50mm f1.8 and DA 70mm f2.4 Limited) is mostly good, in fact I found single point AF as good as D810 but really behind 5DMIV. 5DMIV is really really quite better even compared to 5DMIII. Has better accuracy and faster.
K1's ergonomics is well thought (as you'd expect from high level Pentax cameras), and strangely it does not feel very heavy. I think this is due to ergonomics of the grip. I still prefer control layout and menus of Canon but Pentax is not very much behind.
WiFi and Android software for K1 is OK but transferring photos feels REALLY as if I'm using a 56K modem from 90s. Last night it took 26 seconds to transfer a JPEG file and 3 times more to download PEF file! I'M using firmware 1.4 by the way.
K1's screen does not shut itself off when I look through viewfinder so I need to do it manually which is bothering. Screen of K1 is interesting and sometimes really useful, still you cannot tilt it to the front (not for selfies of course but for tripod work). LED lights are useful, still I'd prefer D500/D5 type illuminated buttons at the back.
Usage of Function dial at the top is mostly intuitive, still I see some drawbacks. For instance when the screen is turned off I cannot see if I disabled SR or not because the LED screen on the top does not show that (because it's quite small).
Sometimes some options are grayed out in the menu and I cannot understand why. It'd be best if there was an explanation as to "why".
M 50mm f1.7 is good but you can see that it's old for 36MP FF sensor (which is not very unexpected anyway).
Manuel focus in live view is waaaay better than D810 and even 5DMIV thanks to focus peaking. Refresh rate of the screen is high enough and in the last week I haven't seen any serious slowing down of the screen. Also, AF in live view is reasonably fast even with DA 50mm f1.8 and DA 70mm f2.4.
The shutter sound is kind of silent, but not as silent as D810's and it makes a slight "metallic" sound. I wish there was a silent shutter option as well.
The Electronic shutter that came with v1.4 is useful, but it disables SR. I wish SR functioned at the same time. I think 5DMIV's shutter sounds better and silent shutter was more silent than K1's.
I wish Tamron released their excellent 24-70mm f2.8 for Pentax, but then Pentax would not be able to sell their copy :) I'm still debating if I should invest in Pentax more or go back to Canon as I have many Canon lenses. Now I am trying to survive with manuel lenses and 2 AF lenses (frankly these 2 AF lenses are designed for APSC but still not very bad on K1 if you don't look at sides much).
The best thing about K1 has been this: I sold my D810 and bought 7DMII AND K1 with that money :) There was a very good deal for K1 and I just jumped on it :) And then I sold my 5DMIV too. So this body is really very good deal.
If I got comfortable with K1's AF, then I'll probably keep it for a long time even though I also have A7RII. K1 feels good in my hands.
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
01-21-2017, 04:43 AM
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Ahaha :)
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That's due to decline in total sales, not due to cost/profit margin per product, I guess.
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Forum: Pentax Full Frame
01-14-2017, 02:40 PM
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Forum: Pentax Full Frame
01-16-2017, 01:51 PM
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So what is the purpose of this video? It's like comparing large format to K1. Pointless.
They should also try to compare 4K video qualities between these cameras. But oh wait...
GX8 and K1 are entirely different cameras for different target groups.
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
01-12-2017, 05:33 AM
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On the opposite, I think 5DMIV is really feature rich thanks to its touch screen and dual pixel AF. And unexpectedly from Canon, it even has GPS :) The sensor is way ahead of 5DMIII in terms of DR and color and detail in high ISO. So I see 5DM IV as a workhorse with a lot of bells and whistles (again, I was expecting less than Canon).
Still K1 looks more handsome :) and as I said in my previous post it's slightly easier to hold in hand.
And 5DMIV is expensive, as you said. That's why I sold it as soon as I received a good offer.
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