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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
08-25-2014, 04:27 PM
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It's helpful to hear from someone who had exact camera as mine, thanks. I will not miss AA batteries at all although I got used into it. Actually, they are not so bad if it's eneloop. And the idea to change charger is good as well. Bigger viewfinder will be a plus as well. It seems that review button is more comfortable on the top as well.
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
08-24-2014, 08:31 AM
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Thanks. It seems that for manual lenses I will be pretty happy with any K-5-s in low light conditions. Time to start saving money for it :)
I checked K-5IIs group. Holy cow! Maybe, I switch to Pentax completely :)
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
08-23-2014, 08:23 PM
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It seems that K-5, or k-5iis is better version of K200D. I just don't see what the principal difference between all K-5 variations.
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
08-23-2014, 07:47 PM
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Focus peaking will not work for me with hand held shooting. I use live view very seldom, only with the camera on tripod, and I need reading glasses to see live view focusing. Old eyes. :) So, viewfinder with eyepiece magnifier is much comfortable for focusing for me.
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K5 looks more seriously, and k50 looks "plastic" on pictures. Unfortunately, there is no way to compare any Pentax cameras at store. I would not even open this thread if it would be possible to find Pentax nearby.
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Yes, K200D has the green button, focus confirmation, DOF preview, top screen (I got used into it, nice to have). All that I would like to have plus low light performance. It also seems to me that crop factor somehow makes manual lenses "darker" than they should be.
Pretty much I'd like to have all K200D with good ISO. :)
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
08-23-2014, 04:39 PM
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I love my K200D, but it suffers badly with ISO more than 400. CCD sensor is wonderful for bright day only, and I'm going to keep K200D for it.
It's great for K mount lenses, but I noticed that M42 lenses produce slightly sharper images with my Canon. Actually, all my 3 super takumars seems sharper with Canon.
however, I don't like to use Canon for manual focus lenses, Pentax is more comfortable. Plus, I already built a little collection of K mount lenses.
So, I'm thinking about buying another Pentax body in the end of this year. In-camera stabilization and focus confirmation are very attractive features.
What's is the best performer for old manual lenses from newer models? I think to spend about $400-600 either on new, or used camera.
Someone who moved from K200D without regrets, what would you recommend? The "solid" feel of 200 must have :), can not give that up.
I'm thinking about K-5 or similar.
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