Summary: Quiet operation. Built good. Much smaller than I had expected. About the size of a Canon Rebel. Also doesn't weight as much as cameras with similar sensor. Works well.
Summary: Hi I switched 2 months ago from a Canon 7D with a 24-105mm L lens and I have to say that I have no regrets, I wanted a lighter camera that was rugged and at the same time
Highly Recommanded, lots of fun to use, excellent build and photo quality !
oqpi2011, Ebay
20 October 2011
Summary: This is my first SLR, but not the first photo camera. After a thorough research including Nikon D7000 and Canon T2i, 60D, even Pentax K-x, K-r, I decided upon the Pentax...
Highly Recommanded, lots of fun to use, excellent build and photo quality !
oqpi2011, Ebay
20 October 2011
Summary: This is my first SLR, but not the first photo camera. After a thorough research including Nikon D7000 and Canon T2i, 60D, even Pentax K-x, K-r, I decided upon the Pentax...
"This is a durable camera. I dropped 3 times so far."
thekingwc, CNET
15 October 2011
Pros: I dropped it hard 3 times from my night stand to the tiled floor because the strap always gets closed in the drawer. It still works and on top of that no dents or scuf...
Cons: One thing that I don't like about the camera, and again I want to say I've never had a DSLR before to compare this one to, is the focus. It's 2 slow sometimes, especia...
Excerpt: Image quality is very good at low ISO, and still usable when going up to 6400 and above. I've experienced some problems with hot pixels when doing long exposures but I...
Pros: IQ, DR, Quite easy to work with, Build quality
Cons: Not customizable, Some things require menu-diving, small viewfinder
Summary: I saw all the rave reviews from both buyers and camera review sites on the K5 so I just had to have it. I recently sold my Nikon D90 and was in need of an upgrade.
Summary: My first SLR some 50+ years ago was a Pentax and we owe a lot to those cameras today. I've owned or shot with every brand that you can name and I'll take the K-5 over all...