Pentax K-5 hands on at Photokina 2010 - Which? first look

[1986Chaitanya]

all Pentax system needs is good silent focusing lenses. Lets hope that under new management they bring out some good glass.

[ralfyt1ger]

A few incorrect facts thrown in there. Check Dpreview for correct weight and top iso level...

[MrRobtography]

Love how they glued the SD Card Door shut ^^

[gchamp727]

I shoot with a Pentax K20D and considered upgrading to the K5 but for that much money, I am getting close enough to the Sony A850 to just go ahead and move up to full frame. I like Pentax but it is not better than the other available brands and it seems to be less competitive now than two years ago. .. feels like a dead end path to me.

[dbkfrogkaty1]

It appears to be a great little camera. I'm still using my several generation old Pentax K10D, but at some point this will be my next camera. The improvement from the K-7 ISO capability to the K-5 is the game breaker for me.

[biped19]

Great camera, but it is ~$250 over priced compared to the features and lens selection of the competition.

[greekpanther1]

wtf 750 grand? isnt that £750,000

[Kamis5050]

@greekpanther1 750 Grams, as in weight mate ;p

[greekpanther1]

@Kamis5050 haha oh right

[mitch0686]

My favourite camera. Definitely better than the mainstream competition of consumer crap. Thank god Pentax places quality over quantity.

[johnla25]

I dont have any other alternative than NIKON more easy to use and a lots of more features that Pentax........@AETraininDavid9­7 you said bud "used to be"

[johnla25]

Pentax SUckS!!!!

[JJtheJaxartosaurus]

@johnla25 I don't own a Pentax, but let me point out, not everybody can afford an expensive camera, and for those people, or those who just don't want to spend a lot. Pentax is a great alternative with a company that has been around for forever and has a lot of experience and knows what consumers want. Their cameras might not be as top notch, but they are a great alternative.

[couscousdelight]

@JJtheJaxartosaurus

Nop, in fact, their cameras are top notch !

The only point D7000(e.g) can beat the K-5, is the AF in video mode, that's all (but, a pro videographer use only manual focus). Even AF, is disturing with the D7000, it gives a lot of out-of-focus images.(google : D7000 + out of focus).

The K-5 is the king of APS-c systems.

[KRE8TVT]

@couscousdelight FANBOY!!! video capture only mpeg.....no good.

[couscousdelight]

@KRE8TVT

Wrong.

The only problem with MJPEG is the size of the video files. But, Mjpeg is more versatile than MP4/H264, it need less power to decode, and, it's still the format used in proffesionnal montage...

MJPEG is just a suite of jpeg images, each image is independant from others, when H264/MP4 is a interpoled format with keyframes. The only benefit of H264 is the small file size, that's all..

Search on google, "Mjpeg VS H264", and learn.

[AndrewTournayLive]

@johnla25 solid facts behind that statement there

[AETrainingDavid97]

@johnla25 Obviously you don't know Pentax used to be a standard brand for photojournalists.

[SpeedFreakNO]

You say ISO is 80 to 25600, but it's not, It's 100-12800, and expandable to 80-51200.

[AETrainingDavid97]

I may need this one... looks nice, bit pricey though.

[Dr23rippa]

£1,500 :O Recession.