When the K5 first appear I was not interested. My K100, K10 & K20 still running very well. I invested in new lenses - 14mm, 16-50mm, 10-17mm, 50-200mm & a Tamron 90mm macro. After clocking 9K pics on my K20 in May I decided to get a new body. I bought the K5 with 18-135mm 2 weeks ago. Since I couldn't get the vertical grip locally, I got it online from Amazon 3 weeks ago.
The K5 handles very well - focus fast & accurate even in low light using the AF lamp assist. One day after buying I used it at a charity event. Took 300 shots in Manual mode - 1/125 F8 with Elinchrome studio lighting using wireless trigger. Only one pic blurred because the subject - a 5 year old girl started crying & moved about. The rest are perfectly sharp. I was using the 18-135 & 14mm lenses.
Been shooting at other events this 2 weeks. I loved this camera - the best Pentax camera since the first Spotmatic I used in the late 70s' Stop using my K10 & K20 - put them in the dry cabinet. Gave away my K100 to my friend.
The only complaint is that the battery wears off after shooting 300 shots instead of the 500 shots as advertised. Fortunately I have the vertical grip with the spare battery. Another complaint is that when using the vertical grip, must press the AF button & shutter button at the same time. I don't have to do that for K10 & K20. Have to get used to that. Other than that it's a damned good camera.
The K5 handles very well - focus fast & accurate even in low light using the AF lamp assist. One day after buying I used it at a charity event. Took 300 shots in Manual mode - 1/125 F8 with Elinchrome studio lighting using wireless trigger. Only one pic blurred because the subject - a 5 year old girl started crying & moved about. The rest are perfectly sharp. I was using the 18-135 & 14mm lenses.
Been shooting at other events this 2 weeks. I loved this camera - the best Pentax camera since the first Spotmatic I used in the late 70s' Stop using my K10 & K20 - put them in the dry cabinet. Gave away my K100 to my friend.
The only complaint is that the battery wears off after shooting 300 shots instead of the 500 shots as advertised. Fortunately I have the vertical grip with the spare battery. Another complaint is that when using the vertical grip, must press the AF button & shutter button at the same time. I don't have to do that for K10 & K20. Have to get used to that. Other than that it's a damned good camera.