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Question: Please tell me how happy you are after using your K-5iis for some time now. Do you wish you had paid more and gotten (or waited for) the K-3? Or do you wish you had bought the K-50 and saved some money? Thanks in advance for your time!
Document: I have owned many film cameras and equally many DSLRs starting from a 6MP. This K-5IIs replaced a 3+ year old 16MP K-5. I waited a year before buying because of the huge drop in price at the end of Dec. I was seriously considering a K-3 but the price for a K-5IIs was too good to pass up. Even though it is still a 16 MP camera, removing the AA filter has significantly increased the sharpness, resolution and the general overall image quality.
If you doubt then get a K-5 II (non-s) for $685.89  -- it is a steal, smart spent money.Good luck and happy shooting.
With Pentax, I am really using many features, which I am enjoying greatly, and I can see the results in the pictures I take.I bought the K5 IIs at the end of Feb-14 and waited to write this review until the end of April, after we went East for spring break. We are positively impressed with the pictures we took. My wife took a picture of the cables at the Brooklyn bridge in NY with no visible moire, nor in any other picture.
So after I read all of the positive reviews comparing Pentax to these other powerhouses, and considering the weather sealing properties, it tipped the scales for me.I went with the pentax K-5iis over the 50 because it is a higher quality camera. Also, once I added up the cost of the two cameras with the lenses that I wanted, there was just a $200 price difference.
The K-3 is supposed to come in 2013 and I believe these two cameras combined will shake up the DSLR world in a way few cameras ever have!If you want an AWESOME DSLR, buy the K-5IIs and don't look back. You'll be glad you did.
Lenses that used to require quite a bit of AF-FA (such as Tamron 17-50) no longer need any. Since it replaced a nearly identical but older K-5, there is no learning curve at all.Jan 18 2014 updateI have been using the new K-5 IIs for about 2 weeks. I am truly amazed by the clarity and sharpness compared to the K-5. AF is significantly improved over the K-5.
Of course, you have to invest in the Pentax weather resistant lens to have the full effect.Why Canon? My 35mm was a Canon as well as my little Powershot point and shoot camera. They have a huge selection of lenses and a great reputation.All of the reviews I read comparing the Canon T3i and the Pentax K-50, had the Pentax winning out every time, especially in image quality.
The K20D was taken along as a backup. was completely unused and is slated to be sold soon.The K-5IIs has indeed met all my expectations as an upgrade to my older DSLR --* Superior ergonomics with very few caveats. Very small (took some time to get used to) and very solid. Direct access to almost all the important functions. Button on the PASM is a bit annoying. Function button on front got accidently pressed from time to time.
This is my second DSLR camera, My first being a canon T2i. I am not a professional but done some research since I had bought my first DSLR and figured it was time to jumped off the Fanon Wagon. I have sold a few of my canon accessories here on amazon after going back and forth between a Mark II and the Pentax K-IIs as my upgrade options; since the price is now almost the same.
I first looked at Olympus, but something about the 4/3 system sort of turned me off. Pentax was offering the K5 which came weather sealed and was packed with useful features according to the Specs and had a normal sized sensor.I said to myself that one day I would own that camera maybe as a back up. Well the time was right as the K-5 IIs was selling at bargain basement prices, so I finally purchased one.
Answer: I own K-30 and K-5 IIs. I had a Sony a35 and Nikon 5100 - these two were sold. I'm happy I tried Pentax, K-30 is already very good camera, but K-5 IIs is a blessing. The auto focus works so nice and precise that I couldn't believe while first days using it. It takes perfect focus even when my eyes can't see the details. In four months since I bought my K-5IIs I saw it using the focus light only once. The shutter is smooth and low noise, ultrasound sensor cleaner, perfect layout of controls, menus -- everything is intuitive and human friendly. The embedded flash is intelligent and absolutely useable. When I shown my X-mas party pictures to one of my mates, those were all taken with 18-135 lens using the embedded flash, he couldn't believe. He told me that his Nikon D800 is great camera, but its embedded flash would never let him do anything close to my shots in such a situation, he says that all Nikon embedded flashes are next to useless. He was looking at the picture of bottle rows which I took in the barman corner and couldn't believe there was flash used. The guy even opened that image in Photoshop to inspect the histograms :) .  This camera delivers tremendous dynamic range, which always gives me last chance in case if there is under- or over-exposed shot or too dark or too bright part of image which I want to recover. I can hardly imagine what else would I want to expect from a DSLR camera.  I'm checking K-3 sample photos on the net and thinking that I wouldn't exchange my K-5IIs for K-3. The sensor of K-5II is a kind of 16Mp technology apogee. Look, FujiFilm, Olympus and Panasonic stick to 16Mp in their new mirrorless cameras. 16Mp is enough to print a 6ft poster. The 16Mp RAW files are easier and faster to post-process on your PC. I think I'll keep/use my K-5IIs for years to come.