They should put it in the Olympics

It would save me having to spit at them all the time...
to see if I'm within spitting distance
Because people always ask me if I was

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I've posted this before. Comparison K-5 v K-5iiS

http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/review/longterm/20130426_597538.html
The two photos to look at are (both f/8 ) ...

K-5
http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/review/longterm/20130426_597538.html

K-5iiS
http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/img/dcw/docs/597/538/023.jpg

If you look at them full size (100% or 1:1 whatever) Looking at
the top of the photos about 1/3rd in from the left there is
some blue cladding.. then white cladding running vertically right
down to the trees. Next there is some sort of architectural
feature which has been destroyed and turned into MOIRE on the
K5iiS shot. This can't be recovered and wouldn't be acceptable
to the architect.

Also considering big prints might be required if you zoom to
400% the window cills on the K5iiS are very jagged

Just for the hell of it I produced the best sharpened shot I
could at 1280 pixels wide with slight tweaking of the colours
and they were identical. So between the K-5 and K-5iiS I would
chose the K-5 for architectural work.

The K5iiS might be better for focusing in low light
but it doesn't offer anything else over the K5.

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Basically they are both the same. At least one grid is required
which is always there with the sensor. Several lines or a single
line will produce jagged lines. Dots can also produce moire as
can mathematically produced shapes...
http://lspwww.epfl.ch//books/moire/kit.html

Lots of K-5iiS photos posted even on this site have shown unacceptable
aliasing. I wouldn't risk using the K-5iiS for important shots of
buildings. It can actually change features. The K-5 can also produce
moire but not as bad.

http://www.neocamera.com/article/moire_pentax_k5ii_k5iis

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I am shocked!!!


I'm sure nightclubs still turn up the heating to
make people drink more!

With me they didn't need to turn it up!

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Watney's Red Barrel was a great lunchtime drink!

To be fair it came out before draught lager and therefore only
had competition from 2-3% bitter most of which was horrible

I hate IPA, but oddly the best pint of beer I ever had was IPA from a
pub in Wigan about 1970. It was well known that the IPA at that pub
tasted better than it did from all other pubs in the same chain.
Must have had something to do with how the landlord managed his beer.

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Nice one!... exposure and colour spot on!

The K-5iiS isn't suitable for large prints of buildings due
to the jaggies (moire) it produces. The K-5 is fine.

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Very nice shots of some interesting architecture.

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You were never the man you are today Stan

You don't get companies looking after their employees like they
used to Pilkingtons always had at least one pub at the
entrance to their factories.... so their employees could top
up without having to go too far This one's still
there, link but up for sale.... look at the factory at the back....
that's PB's

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