Digital Home Thoughts: Pentax K-5 Reviewed by PhotographyBLOG

"The Pentax K-5 is a new semi-professional DSLR camera, based around the same body design as the older K-7 and the same 16.3 megapixel image sensor as found in the Nikon D7000 and Sony A55 cameras. Key new features include a greatly expanded ISO range of 80-51200, Full HD 1080p video at 25fps, 7fps continuous shooting, upgraded 11-point SAFOX IX+ AF system with wider coverage and faster speed, improved High Dynamic Range mode, and a bigger range of in-built digital filter effects."

The Pentax K-5 is an upgrade over the K-7, and while the improvements seem small on paper, it is the new sensor that has been grabbing attention; DxOMark's sensor ranking places it as the best APS-C-sized sensor. Of course, such ratings can be meaningless in real-world use, but the review (and sample photos) here ranks the camera pretty well. Just ignore the ISO 50k setting.

For those considering a Pentax, don't forget to take a look at their Limited lenses, both the DA and FA versions. They are well-made lenses and for me are Pentax's main selling point, and will go very nicely with a K-5.