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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
10-09-2012, 01:54 PM
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Yes, the K-5 has good low light performance for a APS-C body, but it's easily surpassed in that regard by FF cameras; which is one reason why I would rather travel with a Canon 5DII....
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
10-09-2012, 01:46 PM
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Thom Hogan's analysis would be more persuasive if he explained why he's only considering Dx lenses and not including Nikon's Fx lenses, all of which work on Nikon Dx cameras (barring auto-focus on with some of them on their entry level Dx bodies). Notwithstanding that, I'm not sure how Nikon's predicament, if that's what it is, makes Pentax look better. Sure, Pentax has a few cute little prime lenses that are rather good, but overall the range of lenses currently made by Pentax has lots of gaps compared to Canon and Nikon (hardly any faster than f/2.8, hardly any competitive zooms), and few if any of them perform as well as Canon lenses do mechanically (I switched from Pentax to Canon six months ago and still haven't quite gotten used to how astonishingly fast and accurate focusing is on the Canon lenses I've bought and rented). Filling the gaps with third party manufacturers is all very well, but they often have performance issues too.
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
09-22-2012, 01:08 PM
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It looks a bit as though you think we owe something a bit more than respect. As for "moving on to other systems", well, why not? Last March I was wondering what all the fuss was about FF cameras and decided to rent one and find out for myself, rather hoping that any differences I noticed compared to my K-5 would be trivial. Being impatient and thus unwilling to wait to try the new Canon 5DIII or Nikon D800, I rented a Canon 5DII for a week along with a good Canon lens and, rather to my annoyance, was quite blown away by the superiority of the whole experience, not just the picture quality (the most obvious difference being low light photos) but also the astonishing speed and accuracy of the focusing of that particular lens/camera combination (ironically enough, in Canon forums people complain about the autofocus of the 5DII compared to more recent cameras). The day after I returned the camera I bought a 5DII and the same lens (along with other lenses since then), sold my Pentax equipment and haven't looked back. My only pangs came in departing with my older Pentax lenses and DA 40mm Ltd which, to these eyes, look nicer than anything made by Canon (who recently released their own 40mm pancake which, next to the Pentax, looks clumsy and cheap) - and, what's more, would have worked on a full-frame camera. But nostalgia, brand loyalty, the slight snob appeal from owning what's not part of a ubiquitous brand, etc., only get you so far; it's the results that matter, and I really don't see why someone who wants a FF camera should be made to feel bad about not patiently holding out like a grateful serf until Pentax is able to provide one. (Even if there were no such thing as a FF camera I would probably have switched: having a marvelous body such as the K-5 is all very well, but it would be nice if Pentax had an array of lenses of comparable quality to go with it.)
I doubt my experience is unique and, while I may of course be wrong, I suspect it's not so much "respect" that will make Pentax/Ricoh listen as the risk of losing customers to what strikes me as being superior systems.
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Forum: Photographic Industry and Professionals
04-01-2012, 07:09 AM
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Having given up waiting and bought a Canon 5DII three days ago, I'm wondering whether there's an emoticon that adequately expresses my relief that it's a joke!
Simon
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Forum: Sold Items
11-28-2011, 01:39 PM
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