I know a few wedding photographers who have bought two for the price and are very happy with them.

I have tried portrsits with the 160 led and didnt like the flesh tones it produced, for still life snd products shots they are fantastic.

I had 3 mki k-5 and had the same issue with all three of them. Maybe I was doing something wrong during the calibration process. I do know i hardly used my 50mm until i got the mkii and the k-01.

My da 35mm 2.4 however was fine and put it down to the extra depth of field making up for shortfalls in the mki focussng system,

Well it looks like the k-5 mkii will only have a 12 monthish life if an ff isn't forthcoming soon.

despite the problems with the d600 it still remains a very competant and cheap camera. The k-5 had its own share of sensor stain issues at launch.

I'm at a similar crossroads. As fletcher said with the new d610 due i can no longer ignore the ff. Most of my competitors in the pit are shooting 5d mkiii and their images are killing it and i just cannot compete in sharpness and detail with Pentax. So much so i have literally stioped shooting gigs altogether. Ive gone from shooting 50-100 ish a year to just 2 this year.

i have just ordered a macbook pro after being a windoze user if 20 years si if i need to i will swap systems. An ff Pentax will require me selling all my da glass any how.

To be fair the mki is getting on for over three years old now and was a significant improvement over previous models.

Yup for over a year i thought it was my lens until i got the mki even the k-01 is more consistent than the k-5 mki.

If its a mki k-5 i had the same problem with the same lens. I don't think anything can be done and its down to the focussing system. I and others have reported the mkii and mkiis is far more consistent with correct focus if fast lenses...

Final edition released today with profiles for

Q7
K-50
K-500

My metz 48 always over exposes particularly in pttl mode..