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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
02-24-2013, 01:04 AM
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Taken with the K-5 IIs and Sigma 70mm 2.8 macro lens.
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
03-02-2013, 06:38 AM
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To me it doesn't look like it. Looks like it's performing within standards. There's a chance it's a little soft, but this lens is never great at the extreme corners anyway. I think your copy sharpens up nicely. And I agree with a prior poster that f16 really isn't (or shouldn't be) the sharpest aperture for the lens. You're looking around f7.1-f8 for that.
Enjoy your vacation and your new lens!
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Forum: Photographic Industry and Professionals
02-15-2013, 04:57 PM
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The problem is that sure, historically Olympus has been competing with Panasonic, but both of them are competing for shares of the bigger pie from Nikon/Canon, and perhaps to a lesser degree Pentax (simply because Pentax has less users). With the OM-D they've gotten image quality up with the aps-c sensor class of cameras (though Pentax still seems to kill them all). I would say that while they are trying to be top dog in the mirrorless sector (and in Japan they are), they are also trying to pull peeps from CaNikon who are tired of lugging around all that gear, especially the non-pro sector who really don't need FF cams and massive lenses.
Re: Olympus still dedicated to dslr market... heh well who knows. In my humble opinion, that seems like a way to simply draw out the slow death of their 4/3 cameras just to keep the 4/3 shooters on the hook until they can release a more pro-oriented OM-D that has phase detect on-sensor so they can properly utilize their lenses. But I could be wrong.
I do think it's funny if you go to camerasize.com and do a comparison of the E-5 and the K-5 II, the size difference is ridiculous. And with the Oly using a smaller sensor it's almost a joke. I feel like Oly got confused (and confused people in general) when they released a large camera with a smaller sensor with lenses that cost more than Nikkor or Canon L.
I think that regardless of what happens with them releasing another dslr or not, they realize their future (whatever that may be) is entrenched in m43. And I don't think that's such a bad thing; the OM-D is an extremely capable camera, fun to use, and VERY easy to travel with (even with a bevy of lenses).
But as more and more companies make headway in the mirrorless realm, look out. How many people these days, I'm talking consumers who really don't know one camera from the next, are going to walk into a store that sells Canon, Nikon and Olympus mirrorless cameras, and opt for the Olympus?
I wish Oly all the best, I really do, but they've got an uphill battle. Who knows, it's driven them to be more creative in some ways--their IBIS is pretty incredible--so it could just mean they carve out a niche for themselves and keep on keepin' on.
Panasonic will stay alive as long as it keeps producing cameras that create better video than most video cameras, and perhaps that will in turn help keep m43 afloat. As bad as it seems financially for them both, they have a lot going for them.
At any rate, I'll shut up now.
Enjoying reading everyone's comments; I'm glad I'm a member here now, you all seem like a good group of people.
Cheers.
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