Tom, an excellent set and presentation. That tree sparrow would get a surprise if it sat down. You have a fine lens at your disposal and it cements the fact that for wildlife and certainly small birds, nothing beats long glass.

Barrie, another fine set from you where you have managed to show more of the scene (through no reason other than shorter glass). It works well in contrast to Tom's set and is complimentary.

Wonderful light in those images (hope I get the same at Whitby on NYE).

Tom's best image for me is his Greenfinch. It's really looking at your cannon!

Brian's best image for me is the second from last. Beautiful detail and bokeh.

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It was the low light side of it that seemed specific. The K5 gets a good review.

However, your K5 may be faulty. Back to the dealer?

The testing you have done should provide conclusive results, to you at least. No end of comments or input from members here will change your findings.

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It's all good stuff by the sound of it.

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I don't have a K5 but I do have the other two. Interesting that the Pentax JPEG engine is seen as the best, I only shoot JPEG and both my Nikons are tweaked to match the my Pentax JPEG's (colour wise).

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Was it like the antiques road show?

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Well done and deserved.

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A week to Xmas and maybe a time to reflect. The world is a hard place for some.

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Great idea.

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Welcome back Pete, sounds like you've found your ideal set up this time round.

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Congrats with the bike test. As above, the K5 would be the way to go. I still have and use my K10. I'm just not prepared to give up on CCD.

I would say it will be more than a big jump though.

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That in itself does not negate the rumour though does it.

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