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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II 11-21-2010, 08:39 AM  
Pentax K-5 Full-length Review by PentaxForums.com
Posted By Mark Taylor
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As a member who is new to Pentax and seriously considering buying a Pentax K-5 (albeit after Christmas when I expect prices to come down somewhat!) I'd like to say I think the review was great. Personally I don't think one should expect the same standard of detached objectivity and comparison to other brands from a review on a brand-specific website. For me the review struck the appropriate tone for this source and in fact the inclusion of features such as recommended accessories made it if anything more useful to me than it possibly could be otherwise.

The web will soon be flooded with 'professional reviews' from independent sites taking a more objective standpoint and comparing with other brands. Another such review from a pentax-specific source would not really be giving us anything we can't get elsewhere. Whilst the term 'review' does evoke certain expectations it is actually quite loosely defined and I think one must take the source into account. I don't think it was used inappropriately to refer to this article.

I'm making a point of posting my opinion because I think it would be a shame if future reviews on this site took the direction of objective evaluations and direct comparisons to other brands. Like I said, we can get that information from any number of other sources. A review on this site can't be expected to tell us what's on offer from Canon, Nikon or Sony and so ought to provide the information people need to know once they've already made the decision to choose the Pentax brand. I think it achieved that admirably.
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