Nice shot. The k7 autofocus was comparable to that of the K5, so it sounds like your k5 II is considerably better then either. The engineering emphasis was reportedly on low light focusing, so your experience is in sync with that. Looking forward to your take on daylight autofocus.
Paul On Dec 3, 2012, at 9:32 PM, Igor Roshchin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I've got a chance of shooting with the new K-5 IIs over the weekend > at a tango festival. This means two things: low light and motion. > > I am impressed! > I haven't tried Nikon D800 or D4, but I would truly compare the > experience to that I had with D700 in 2010 in a similar setting. > Since it's been more than 1.5 years ago, I don't remember all the > details, so, I am not sure if the AF performance was comparable > or had more missed shots. > > One can say that D700 is more than 2 years old. > It is quite possible that D800 (and quite likely D4) exceeds K-5 IIs > in the capabilities, but those are in a different category price-wise > and size/weight-wise. > > I haven't tried the original K-5, so, I cannot compare the AF > performance. But, the AF is greatly improved compared to K-7. > And the low light performance is definitely greatly improved over K-7. > ISO-3200 is good (exceeds ISO-1600 and almost close to ISO-800 of K-7), > ISO-6400 is usable, and even ISO-12800 is acceptable at the level > which is probably better than ISO-3200 of K-7. > > Here is just one example at ISO-3200: > http://42graphy.org/misc/tango_IR00058.jpg > (slight LR processing, including very slight NR). > > Cheers, > > Igor > > > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
