Improvements in detail over the K5

Now I came through an acquaintance in the pleasure to test extensively K5 II and must say that I am very fond of her.

Because the K5 and K5 II optically same, nothing new has been added at the size and the weight has increased by only a few grams.
Therefore, the passage of my review to K5 remains also here:

Important: I do not want to enrich with knowledge and some formulas and figures or even equip with any pre-testing of various Internet forums this review.
Primarily it is to this, prospective, preferably amateur or advanced amateur photographer to give a quick look at the Pentax K5 II, to help you in making decisions.

Operation (copied from my review to K5):

The service works on very short settling quickly and perfectly without "scroll down" through endless menu rows, as in some other camera manufacturers. For me and my hands it is on the dimensions unfortunately a bit too small, but I knew that already when buying, so the optional battery grip was mandatory. Thus, the K5 / K5 II (for my needs) is of course better in the hand.

To change settings such as speed, aperture, ISO are easily and quickly by the two rotary wheel (ISO by pressing the top button and the ISO turning the rear wheel). This can also prove differently in your function at will. Other settings you can by pressing the Info button and the subsequently visible submenu fast change (RAW, JPG, SR, white balance, resolution etc.).

Let's talk about the benefits of the K5 K5 IIgegenüber:

- The autofocus is faster and far more precise than the K5 (SMC DA 16-50mm F tested with 2.8 and SMC DA * 55mm F1.4)
- The focus, in my opinion, the major shortcoming of the K5, sitting so far accurately in all photos and knackscharf without overstate (SMC DA 16-50mm F tested with 2.8 and SMC DA * 55mm F1.4).
A praise to Pentax, that they have taken apparently the customer complaints to heart and ironed out this shortcoming. Let's hope it stays that way.

- The white balance works more effectively and so far, even in automatic mode without color distortion (at my K5 there was from time to incorrect measurements or I was too stupid ... can indeed be).
- Maybe it's just a subjective impression, but I have a feeling that the mirror impact is quieter than the K5 and is very quiet.
- The color reproduction of the images is a shade better, that is fresher than in K5. For me, the photos look brighter. Skin tones (I photograph mostly people) are almost perfectly reproduced.
- The new monitor is bright, high-contrast and far better read than the monitor of the K5, especially in direct sunlight.
- In automatic mode (only used for testing purposes) is the K5 II accurate in all respects, setting, time, ISO, aperture, white balance when my former K5. My K5 had the green mode sometimes (actually very rare) had an incorrect calculation and thus distorted.
- ISO is simply amazing: ISO 6400 and I do not see anything from noise. When I write it that way, I do not mean the pixel peeper among the "photographers", because also find a noise at ISO 100. For the normal eye and a photo expression (unprocessed) in 20 x 30 cm is really nothing of noise to . see
- The SR is now operating silently (no more rustling as my K5) and working properly. Freehand 50mm F2.8 time 1/15 = no camera shake.

Now for the drawbacks of K5 II:

- Honest, so far I have not found.

All in all I can say after 1 week copious test (about 3000 photos), the K5 II some "quirks" of the K5 has ironed out and therefore is highly recommended. If run as the long-term tests to be seen. In my K5 the first deficiency symptoms came only after 10,000 trips to the fore.

The question whether it is worth buying a K5 II so far I can answer yes. It is in my opinion better than the K5 and if I had not turned back to the "Yellow" back (for purely pragmatic reasons), I would buy a K5 II. I think that the K5 "obsolete" has, although of course you can continue to make great photos with it and there are many thousands of satisfied users. But judged that the K5 II the "teething troubles" who has apparently K5 "successfully treated", I can K5 II highly recommended.

Following the motto: "The king is dead, long live the king".

If in the near future to change (whether positive or negative) result, I will adjust this review.

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