Don't know if you've seen this already or not, but here is a comparison of a Japanese Yen note photographed with the same lens (FA 31mm f1.8 AL Limited) on a K-5 and then with a K-5iis
K-5 http://pentax.briefing-paper.com/1121 Posted in May K-5iis http://pentax.briefing-paper.com/1864 Posted today If you are like me, the first thing that will hit you is the color difference. At first I assumed that they were taken side-by-side on the same day, but the fact that they were taken 5 months apart makes me wonder about the light conditions (color) that each was taken under. The color of the K-5 is much more pleasing, to my eye. The K-5iis image is clearly sharper (read the text that wraps around the starburst in the upper right) but one might argue the K-5 is "sharp enough". The bottom photo on each page is with extra sharpness (in camera). I put the images side by side in a single photoshop image so I could do some comparing. The extra sharpness K-5 image beats the zero sharpness K-5iis (to my eye). The commentator on the page (Google Chrome translation) says the same thing in reverse: "With a sense of resolution (sharpness 0) normal state, there seems to be almost the same degree of proficiency and extra sharpness +1 in K-5." I leave it as an exercise for the reader to decide if that makes it worth the price of an upgrade from your K-5. I believe that most people will be putting more emphasis on its AF capabilities, as compared to the K-5, before deciding. But I think I'm going to remain happy with my K-5 for a long time to come. -- 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.
