Anyone gone from K-5 to K-5II?

Am thinking about taking up the SRS part exchange offer and trading in my K-5 for a K-5II but struggling to convince myself it is worth the extra outlay.

I suppose just the fact I am getting a brand new camera with free battery and 2 years warranty makes it worthwhile but I haven't read anything feature wise to get me really interested.(such as 7D af performance)

Following this thread with interest .

I might be tempted in a K5 11s, but am I right in thinking that without the anti alisaing filter it resolves better detail but can show more purple fringing ?

Cheers

Chris

Also tempted but is it worth it or is it just the green eyed monster

I picked up a K-5 II yesterday but have never owned a K-5. So not sure how useful my thoughts will be to an audience of K-5 owners but, for what they're worth, here goes:

I really can't imagine it would be worth you upgrading from the K-5. Unless being able to AF in near darkness is really, really important. Even then, doesn't the green assist lamp help out?

I had been intending to go for the K-5 classic until SRS's £100 px bonus made the II only £90 more, which I thought made choosing the II worthwhile for resale value if nothing else.

Incidentally, I couldn't bring myself to pay another £180 more on top of the II for the IIS, bearing in mind:
a) it's only £60 more in the US,
b) When I look at sample images I have to really pixel peep to see any differences,
c) I don't remember anyone complaining about the classic K-5 being soft before the filterless S was announced.

But I can see that going from a K-5 to K-5 IIS might just be an interesting proposition for someone itching for a new body.

However I can't see the worth in going from a K-5 to a straight II.

Buy it so that you can get £100 off a K-3 when you trade it in
Don't use it though it's worth more unused..

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I went from a K-5 to a K-5IIs and don’t regret it. The low light AF is much better – which in my case was, I think, reason enough to upgrade. I haven’t so far seen any big difference due to the missing AA filter (good or bad), but I think you would only really see a difference in a small percentage of photos anyway. My K-5 was a very early model and after asking SRS what the likely trade-in would be (this was at the end of October just before they first got the K-5II/IIs in stock) I decided to keep my K-5 as a backup.

Although it is hard to pin down (and it could just be wishful thinking) my K-5IIs seems to perform better than my old K-5 apart from the advertised improved low light AF etc. It makes me think like the unannounced firmware tweaks there may have been improvements in the mark II that they haven’t announced for whatever reason.

I mentioned the upgrade to the missus and she did not bat an eye.

Does that mean I got the go ahead?

I'm not in the slightest bit tempted to upgrade. The K5 is so good that I think it is better to skip a generation or three.

Sure does, your also allowed some new glass for it

.. so I'd do

I'm tempted, been offered a good amount for my k-5 which has no warranty.

Is e extra battery another pentax or OEM. Brand?

The thought of a new body with two year warranty makes it worth whilst for me to do...

It is always good to see a classic updated and improved and If I were looking to buy a new Pentax body I would go for the K5iis. However, personally I will be spending any spare cash I do have on glass and if the lens roadmap comes to fruition the DA AF RC 1.4 and the planned DA* zoom 20mm? - 80mm? will be first on my list. As for Pentax body, I think I will wait and see what Pentax pulls out of the hat later next year.

From what has been posted on the net, the K5iis image samples look impressive, but I would like to demo one before I parted with any money.

The K5 is currently meeting my needs, but I guess I may change my mind at some point.

I feel the same. I haven't seen any improvement in resolutino wirth worry about in the IIs even when pixel peeping on several comparison sites.

That leaves the better AF at low light.I can't justify the outlay just for that