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« on: December 11, 2011, 10:54:49 PM »
Cheers all. After 35 years of Nikon Film use, I chosen as my first serious DSLR to be the Pentax K-5. I am very glad about it. Smiley
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« Reply #1 on: December 11, 2011, 11:02:44 PM »
Cool! Welcome to PentaxWorld. The K5 is an amazing machine. Feel free to show us some of your work with it.
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« Reply #2 on: December 11, 2011, 11:22:09 PM »
I, too, shot Nikons for decades, was a film hold-out and switched to Pentax digital a few years ago. I did it more for lenses comparable to Zeiss at less than half the price than for what the bodies could do, and I've been more pleased with my decision which each Limited or * lens I've purchased. Don't get me wrong, the bodies were more than adaquate for what I do, which includes commercial work. However, from what I've determined from using the K5 for a few months now, it may be the best DSLR on the market. I will be very interested in your observations and images.
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« Reply #3 on: December 11, 2011, 11:31:36 PM »
Well the WR was a big factor as well as in body image stabilization. But now the use of the K-5 has really grown on me. At present I have hardly explored more than just being able to "get to work on it". More to follow.
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« Reply #4 on: December 11, 2011, 11:55:02 PM »
While I'm not one who can do it, I can tell you that from what I've read, it's fairly easy to convert old Nikkor lenses to k-mount as the registry distance is compatible with the Pentax k-mount. I actually have a converted Nikkor 24mm lens which someone converted, it's fully manual but but it works fine and is quite sharp.
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« Reply #5 on: December 12, 2011, 12:38:42 AM »
Welcome to the Pentax 'family' ! You have bought a superb camera .... now looking forward to seeing your images. Any questions re. K5 I'm sure you'll find help here.

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« Reply #6 on: December 12, 2011, 01:35:14 AM »
Welcome to this forum and congratulations for your new camera. You will see pretty soon that the K-5 is a wonderful camera.

On a personal note, I am a Pentax and a Nikon user as well. For everyday's photography, I do use the K-5 but when attending sport events and needing a fast AF, I use the D3s. For high resolution work, I use the Pentax 645D.
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« Reply #7 on: December 12, 2011, 03:59:18 AM »



Nice to have you aboard Kshapero !
I hope you enjoy your new K5 (great platform to step onto in terms of getting acquainted with Pentax), and your time here on PentaxWorld.



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« Reply #8 on: December 12, 2011, 04:01:04 AM »
Dominique, that's kind'a like sayin' Sebastien Buemi drives a few different automobiles.  Cool

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« Reply #9 on: December 12, 2011, 04:06:17 AM »
Quote from: Pacerr on December 12, 2011, 04:01:04 AM
Dominique, that's kind'a like sayin' Sebastien Buemi drives a few different automobiles.  Cool

Right, but the K-5 remains my main camera. Both D3s and 645D do remain cameras for special use
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« Reply #10 on: December 12, 2011, 05:01:37 AM »
I was referring to the relative importance of the "operator" rather than the hardware, Dom.

The "nut that holds the steering wheel's" the critical element!
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« Reply #11 on: December 12, 2011, 09:48:44 AM »
Welcome to the forum and I'm sure you will enjoy your time here. I look forward to seeing some examples of your work.  Cool

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« Reply #12 on: December 12, 2011, 11:00:17 AM »
Hi!  Hope you stick around and post some shots.
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