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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
01-12-2022, 07:05 AM
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Its simply the matter of what you value more. Two stops of light or ability to catch more in your frame without walking away from the subject? I only shoot full frame on film so it's a different approach but please, hear me out. Every time I take my film camera on an evening walk I take 50mm 1.7 lens as its the fastest lens I own. And there were many occasions when I wanted to fit more in a frame, but couldn't get far enough. With film it means taking 28mm 2.8 with me and pushing film or buying faster film. But with digital sensor and ability to push your exposure in post that problem disappears. But if you don't need versatility of a zoom and portraiture is your main thing then fast 50mm is your way.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
01-11-2022, 02:26 AM
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I think that discussion on whether K-5 or K-50 is better than the other is academic. If it were my money I wouldn't even considered the K-50. Maybe live view is better, although I think it's a very subjective issue. Focus peaking? Sure. Very useful and definitely a thing missing from my long running K-5ii, but I would never trade it for reliability of high end Pentax bodies. I'm a happy user of K-5ii since late 2014. I never had any issues with it, while K-50 solenoid problem is almost permanent guest here on Pentaxforums. I don't want to undermine K-50 as it was a great camera in its time and still is for those luckier users but we are considering used cameras here with no warranty. As far as KAF4 lenses are considered I don't think its a big deal here as well. There aren't many of them and apart from 55-300 they are kinda expensive. Micheal here is looking for a used camera, so I don't think ordering brand new 16-50 would be his first choice when searching for a lens. But I might be wrong and his camera bag might be full of brand new KAF4 lenses.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
08-25-2021, 01:31 AM
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I'm still using my K-5ii that I bought new few years back and I'm shooting film as well. It's a brilliant camera. I follow Pentax releases closely and only thought about updating when K-3iii has been released. It's a great body to work with and to learn with. The only thing that it is lacking is a good AF performance. I've never had any problems switching between film bodies and my K-5ii. It always feels natural as most of my cameras are Pentaxes. Being a flagship of its era it is very well built and tough. 8000 clicks is nothing for that body.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
10-01-2015, 04:58 AM
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That is as cool as it can be! Congrats :)
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Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
11-21-2014, 01:56 PM
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Hello,
I'm Simon and I'm from Poland. I have used several Pentax film SLR and now I became an owner of the K-5 II. I'm very happy to see Pentax community is that big :)
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