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K-5 Arrived

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Dave_Evanson
Posted 22/10/2010 - 17:44 Link
My K-5 arrived at about 11:30 this morning – thanks to Chris and everyone at SRS for getting them shipped out so quickly.

The weather was very poor today so not much opportunity for shooting, but I have checked out all the functions on the camera and everything is working as expected.

I’m impressed with the high ISO performance (main reason for the upgrade from the K-7) and as expected the focusing appears to be better than the K-7 although it’s a bit early to get a good feel for how much better.

It looks like ISO 3200 will give very acceptable results:-
No post processing – resized for the web.
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100% Crop
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Original DNG (around 26MB) link

Photoshop CS4 and Bridge CS4 will not open the new PEF files but have no problem with the DNGs.
Anvh
Posted 22/10/2010 - 17:53 Link
oh wow... i thought that was a shot at ISO800

The colours look slightly dull though but the noise is awesome.
Stefan
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K10D, K5
DA* 16-50, DA* 50-135, D-FA 100 Macro, DA 40 Ltd, DA 18-55
AF-540FGZ
Edited by Anvh: 22/10/2010 - 18:05
Dave_Evanson
Posted 22/10/2010 - 17:58 Link
With the K-7 I would normally try to keep to ISO 400 or less – I was expecting to be able to shoot at 800 or 1600 with the K-5 it looks like that isn’t going to be a problem.

Unfortunately it was a very gloomy/overcast day and I would have expected to do a little tweaking in Photoshop to improve the colour saturation anyway.
Edited by Dave_Evanson: 22/10/2010 - 18:05
ISO
Posted 22/10/2010 - 17:58 Link
Mods - We have two threads on same subject now: K5 Arrived and K-5 Arrived - could you merge them
Anvh
Posted 22/10/2010 - 18:06 Link
Dave_Evanson wrote:
Unfortunately it was a very gloomy/overcast day and I would have expected to do a little tweaking in Photoshop to improve the colour saturation anyway.

Played with your DNG and the white balance is slightly off (it needs a tiny bit more blue, it's too yellowish now) if corrected the colours look more vibrant, try it
I'm really liking what i see.
Stefan
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K10D, K5
DA* 16-50, DA* 50-135, D-FA 100 Macro, DA 40 Ltd, DA 18-55
AF-540FGZ
Edited by Anvh: 22/10/2010 - 18:08
Dave_Evanson
Posted 22/10/2010 - 18:15 Link
ISO wrote:
Mods - We have two threads on same subject now: K5 Arrived and K-5 Arrived - could you merge them

Sorry – I didn’t think to look in the General Chat, I agree it would be best for the Mods to combine them wherever they think is most appropriate.
Smeggypants
Posted 22/10/2010 - 21:24 Link
Thanks for posting Dave. Excellent noise ( or lack of it ) at 3200.

What's 6400 and 12800 like?
[i]Bodies: 1x K-5IIs, 2x K-5, Sony TX-5, Nokia 808
Lenses: Pentax DA 10-17mm ED(IF) Fish Eye, Pentax DA 14mm f/2.8, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8, Pentax-A 28mm f/2.8, Sigma 30mm F1.4 EX DC, Pentax-A 50mm f/1.2, Pentax-A 50mm f/1.4, Pentax-FA 50mm f/1.4, Pentax-A 50mm f/1.7, Pentax DA* 50-135mm f/2.8, Sigma 135-400mm APO DG, and more ..
Flash: AF-540FGZ, Vivitar 283
Pentaxophile
Posted 22/10/2010 - 21:33 Link
Looks like the K-7 at 800.... impressive!
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Smeggypants
Posted 23/10/2010 - 00:48 Link
Had a look at the dng. Very nice indeed!!!! Cheers again!!!
[i]Bodies: 1x K-5IIs, 2x K-5, Sony TX-5, Nokia 808
Lenses: Pentax DA 10-17mm ED(IF) Fish Eye, Pentax DA 14mm f/2.8, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8, Pentax-A 28mm f/2.8, Sigma 30mm F1.4 EX DC, Pentax-A 50mm f/1.2, Pentax-A 50mm f/1.4, Pentax-FA 50mm f/1.4, Pentax-A 50mm f/1.7, Pentax DA* 50-135mm f/2.8, Sigma 135-400mm APO DG, and more ..
Flash: AF-540FGZ, Vivitar 283
johnriley
Posted 23/10/2010 - 07:52 Link
The forum won't merge, so I'll lock this one and refer you to General Chat to continue.
Best regards, John