Both excellent shots Alan. I'm struggling to see much difference in quality on my monitor. If anything I'd vote for the K5.
David

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Best wishes.
David

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This last one, without the letters on the wrist band, is a cracker Alan. Well done on getting into the camera club awards.
David

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That's fine for the advanced amateur photographer doing general work but a full time pro covering top flight sport such as Premiership Football needs the heavy artillery. Compact isn't a factor he or she is going to consider.
Horses for courses then. Pentax is superb for most photographic situations but certain top class sporting events need specialist equipment costing £1000s, just as some scientific applications do.
It would be preposterous to expect an amateur photographer to buy expensive gear way beyond his requirements. And lets face it amateur photographers are not going to get close to the touchline at a Premiership match.
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I totally agree
David

Andrew I'm no expert in Photoshop techniques and tend to go for the easier and quicker means of post process but for me quite minor tweaks in levels can transform a dull image providing its not totally past redemption. I also tend to use the vibrance slider in Photoshop
quite a lot and that might help although I'm not entirely sure what it does.
Perhaps David Storm's suggestion for warming up the in-camera WB might help you with the K5 Andrew. You shoot RAW and get some amazing pictures so there can't be much wrong with your K5. I know your K10 shots, particularly the black and whites, are superb.
David
PS In my pioneer days with digital photography (I was late in coming from film to the new technology) I progressed from the Ist Ds to the then brand new K10 and was disappointed at the increased noise and duller colours it produced, until I got used to the K10 and changed my approach to PS processing.

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I was amazed to read this Andrew. I found my K5 images(and from my K30) superior to those from my K10 in almost every way. Also they need less PP work.
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The black and white image is very striking Barrie.
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Good stuff. I like the close in portrait approach.
David

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Looks like it was worth suffering for your art Alan. That's an impressive collection and I'm sure you've got many more. All the girls have wonderful eyes, particularly 1 + 2, and the steam punk has some amazing gear on his shoulder. I'll try and make it next time as I've now missed two Goth Festivals in a row and the last time I was there I pushed off early in search of steam on the North Yorks Moors Railway.
David

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