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Well one thing I'm pretty sure of is that you won't regret it. The K-5 is a beautiful camera and one that's always just felt right to me from the moment I first held one.
Comment by MarkTaylor posted on Ive finally made up my mind. at 12/11/2012 - 20:32
cabstar wrote:
[quote:3496ace15f="MarkTaylor"]Judging the price of the recently launched Q to K mount adaptor I don't think the da 1.4 x tc will be very cheap either....
Yup you can pretty much get an actual Q for the price of the adaptor...[quote:3496ace15f="MarkTaylor"]Judging the price of the recently launched Q to K mount adaptor I don't think the da 1.4 x tc will be very cheap either....
Comment by MarkTaylor posted on TC for Pentax - really no AF? at 11/11/2012 - 22:51
On a more serious note, when I was looking for a larger camera bag recently I had a look at some of the Billingham bags in a local camera shop. Nice, but exensive. Really expensive.
I ended up getting a Snapper Duo which seems very similar to the Billinghams and their ilk for a very small fraction of the price. It holds a mammoth amount of gear, too. Currently carring my K-5, 5 lenses, large Metz flash and tons of accessories (spare batteries, memory cards, cable release, P-TTL flash cable, wireless flash triggers, flash diffusers, gel kit, filters, Cleaning kit, etc. etc.)...
All that and I still have space left over for a second body, no problem. In addition to a second body I could also fit in a couple more small lenses, or alternatively swap out a couple of the smaller lenses I have for much larger ones. Oh yeah, and a smallish laptop as I don't even use the laptop pouch at the moment.
I ended up getting a Snapper Duo which seems very similar to the Billinghams and their ilk for a very small fraction of the price. It holds a mammoth amount of gear, too. Currently carring my K-5, 5 lenses, large Metz flash and tons of accessories (spare batteries, memory cards, cable release, P-TTL flash cable, wireless flash triggers, flash diffusers, gel kit, filters, Cleaning kit, etc. etc.)...
All that and I still have space left over for a second body, no problem. In addition to a second body I could also fit in a couple more small lenses, or alternatively swap out a couple of the smaller lenses I have for much larger ones. Oh yeah, and a smallish laptop as I don't even use the laptop pouch at the moment.
Comment by MarkTaylor posted on Billingham Hadley Large/Pro at 07/11/2012 - 22:53
Smeggypants wrote:
Billingham Hadley sounds like a Tory MP
Then Billingham Hadley Large must be an overweight Tory MPBillingham Hadley sounds like a Tory MP
...The less said about Billingham Hadley Pro the better.
Comment by MarkTaylor posted on Billingham Hadley Large/Pro at 07/11/2012 - 22:43
suzzypoo wrote:
Mark, I dont have £600+ a month just to spend on camera gear.
Yeah, sorry, I reread your post and edited mine accordingly, evidently not fast enough though. See new version.Mark, I dont have £600+ a month just to spend on camera gear.
suzzypoo wrote:
Dont think I have explained myself very well. We have been on a budget for a while (unemployed, have a disabled child in a wheelchair so unable to work myself) now (the past month) my partner has just become self employed as a DJ. We have secured a residency in a local pub as well as all their functions. I am setting up doing wedding photography and then we get the fantastic news that we will also be a further £600+ a month better off as well.
We have scrimped and struggled for the past year but financially we were surviving ( as in we werent getting in debt but werent having nice things in life). I dont have debts ( dont buy anything unless I can afford cash) so my partner has said that I can build up my lenses out of the extra money we will get a month. Thats not to say that I will spend £600 a month as it isnt always practical but it means if i see something I want I should be able to afford it.
Not too dissimilar to myself. Though I have full time job (on a salary that's not exactly fantastic) my wife is disabled and unable to work. Hence the budgetary constraints. I've built my current collection of camera gear up over 2 years.Dont think I have explained myself very well. We have been on a budget for a while (unemployed, have a disabled child in a wheelchair so unable to work myself) now (the past month) my partner has just become self employed as a DJ. We have secured a residency in a local pub as well as all their functions. I am setting up doing wedding photography and then we get the fantastic news that we will also be a further £600+ a month better off as well.
We have scrimped and struggled for the past year but financially we were surviving ( as in we werent getting in debt but werent having nice things in life). I dont have debts ( dont buy anything unless I can afford cash) so my partner has said that I can build up my lenses out of the extra money we will get a month. Thats not to say that I will spend £600 a month as it isnt always practical but it means if i see something I want I should be able to afford it.
Now I'm considering a second camera body in the near future because I've had the rare opportunity of a considerable amount of overtime at work, which has provided a handy one-off cash injection.
Comment by MarkTaylor posted on Why is the K30 cheaper ? at 07/11/2012 - 22:29
suzzypoo wrote:
Your using the K5 yet your recommending the K30 ? Can I ask if there is a reason for this ?
What Pentaxophile said...Your using the K5 yet your recommending the K30 ? Can I ask if there is a reason for this ?
Pentaxophile wrote:
The K30 looks like 95% of the camera that the K5 is, at half the cost.
If the K-30 had been around at the time I got my K-5 with a similar price difference between the two, it would have been extremely difficult to justify getting the K-5.The K30 looks like 95% of the camera that the K5 is, at half the cost.
Then again, I'm on a budget. I certainly don't have £600 to spare a month. I'm lucky to save £100 most months.
Comment by MarkTaylor posted on Why is the K30 cheaper ? at 07/11/2012 - 22:07
Blythman wrote:
Better Shake Reduction?
Apparently the shake reduction system in the K-30 is exactly the same as the K-5, however CIPA altered the standards of measurement sometime in 2012 meaning Pentax had to change the advertised figure when they introduced the K-30. There is a discussion of this somewhere over on 'that other forum'.Better Shake Reduction?
(I was considering a K-30 as a second body at one point myself and I tend to research these things to death before spending any cash.)
Comment by MarkTaylor posted on Why is the K30 cheaper ? at 07/11/2012 - 17:05
Other advantages of the K-5 over the K-30 include:
- Better battery life (800+ shots vs. 400+)
- Faster maximum shutter speed (1/8000s vs. 1/6000)
- Marginally better continuous shooting rate (7fps vs. 6fps)
- More flexible auto-bracketing (max 5 frames vs. 3)
- Slightly more powerful built-in flash (GN 13 vs. 12)
- External Mic jack for audio recording
On the other hand the K-30, being a newer generation, has a couple of advantages over the K-5
- Slightly better autofocus system
- Better video recording modes
I'm not convinced any of the K-5's advantages will make a difference for wedding photography, apart from the battery life which will probably mean you want to look at getting 3 or 4 spare batteries instead of 1 of 2.
- Better battery life (800+ shots vs. 400+)
- Faster maximum shutter speed (1/8000s vs. 1/6000)
- Marginally better continuous shooting rate (7fps vs. 6fps)
- More flexible auto-bracketing (max 5 frames vs. 3)
- Slightly more powerful built-in flash (GN 13 vs. 12)
- External Mic jack for audio recording
On the other hand the K-30, being a newer generation, has a couple of advantages over the K-5
- Slightly better autofocus system
- Better video recording modes
I'm not convinced any of the K-5's advantages will make a difference for wedding photography, apart from the battery life which will probably mean you want to look at getting 3 or 4 spare batteries instead of 1 of 2.
Comment by MarkTaylor posted on Why is the K30 cheaper ? at 07/11/2012 - 16:53
What might be slightly more helpful to point out is that Pentax have a planned 1.4x AF teleconverter on their K-mount lens roadmap for (possibly) sometime in 2013... or later. Okay it's a bit vague but I think that's as much as anybody outside of Pentax knows right now.
Comment by MarkTaylor posted on TC for Pentax - really no AF? at 07/11/2012 - 16:26
If the K-5's image quality is any better than the K-30's than it's extremely marginal. What the 14-bit vs. 12-bit RAW means, however, is that you're more likely to be able to rescue an incorrectly exposed shot in Post Production.
Comment by MarkTaylor posted on Why is the K30 cheaper ? at 07/11/2012 - 16:20
