Leaving the Pentax fold

Just wanted to say a massive thanks to everyone on here, I must admit I have not contributed a great deal on here but I have learned so much from all you guys.
I love my K10D for many reasons but do have some issues with it and to be honest was really hoping Pentax would be reasing a FF camera soon so I've jumped ship to another brand that I wont mention on here

Anyway thanks to everyone for making this place the best forum out there.

Cheers Paul

You can mention it here, unless you're already ashamed of it that is

It's always good to know why somebody moves from one brand to another and which brands and models they are, so do tell, and let us know which of the K10D issues are overcome by your new camera.

Ha ha didnt know if the c word would offend, Mainly I found the AF system to be to slow especially when tracking, I also wanted something with better high iso performance, Also pentax ont do a FF camera

So I've got a Canon 5D , which to be honest i'm pretty much blown away by.
The main things i've noticed is the AF is alot better, The DOF is shallower when at the same f nunber , Even at iso 3200 noise is pretty much non existant.

Well done. I too have considered buying a CANON 5D as a supplementary system, they are good value now that its successor is available. I say considered because of the AF and low light frustrations I have experienced with my K20D recently.

I think (fingers crossed) I've fixed that now so I'll certainly be keeping my Pentax gear anyway.

I might just buy a 5D just to play with it. There was one on ebay last week with a 24-105 IS USM L lens. went for about £1300.00 I think. The lens alone is £800+ new.

Good luck and enjoy your new kit. Canon/Nikon LBA is a lot more costly that Pentax though .

They are a bargin way of buying into FF, I didnt have much Pentax glass so making the move was not to much of a difficult decision.

I've got the 24-105mm and it's a fantastic lens , Buying Canon glass is expensive though but there are some nice cheap lenses, I've got the 50mm f1.8 on the 5d and for a £90 lens its awesome.

good luck paul, i think more and more people will leve pentax if they dont impove the af speed soon, its the major downside of pentax.

Good luck with your Canon. Thanks for telling us why you chose it too.

The lack of AF speed is never a problem for me, but I know it is for many people.

I think you right, hopefully the K-5 will fix this problem, The 5D was to much of a bargin to wait around for the K-5 though.

Good luck with the 5D (tugs forelock deferentially)

I expect Stefan will be along soon to explain why you should have bought a Box Brownie.

You could always try MF, usually faster and more accurate IMO.

Must be nice to have eyes that still work.

See Pentax K5

See it where?

Is it faster?

How do we know?

My shooting buddy uses a Canon 5d. It's not a bad camera at all. He doesn't shoot any better pics than I do on my K20D/K10D to be honest. No worse and no better.

Still we are all different so have fun.

Is this the straight Canon 5D?

DxOMark rated it 1 point behind the Pentax K-x?

The Landscape DR of the K-x was 1.4 EV's better.

The sports low light ISO of the Canon was better by
probably 2/3 stop.

Hopefully the K-5 will do better.

Edit: This one includes the K-7. If you look at the SNR graph the 5D and K-x are almost identical. The K-7 lags behind both of them though.