Hello all - I used my K5 to photograph an event that took place at Spotify HQ in Stockholm over the weekend.
I had several questions during as to "why Pentax" from Canikon users, and lots of positive feedback afterwards when they saw the results! It was interesting to discover that not many people knew of Pentax's great backwards compatibility for lenses, as well as the great dynamic range and noise performance of the K5.
I used a DA 70 2.4 to get in close, as well as an M 50 1.7, and a Sigma 10-20 3.5 for the wider shots. I messed up focus a couple of times on the M (user error!)... The other lenses performed brilliantly - I'd had issues with the Sigma hunting for focus a bit in the past, but although the light wasn't the greatest, it coped well. Giving it a manual focussing 'hint' seemed to help a couple of times.
I had several questions during as to "why Pentax" from Canikon users, and lots of positive feedback afterwards when they saw the results! It was interesting to discover that not many people knew of Pentax's great backwards compatibility for lenses, as well as the great dynamic range and noise performance of the K5.
I used a DA 70 2.4 to get in close, as well as an M 50 1.7, and a Sigma 10-20 3.5 for the wider shots. I messed up focus a couple of times on the M (user error!)... The other lenses performed brilliantly - I'd had issues with the Sigma hunting for focus a bit in the past, but although the light wasn't the greatest, it coped well. Giving it a manual focussing 'hint' seemed to help a couple of times.
Flickr set here