7fps burst shooting; body integral anti-shake; weather sealed/protected chassis; high-resolution rear LCD with Live View, plus additional top-plate LCD
Rear LCD fixed; pricey compared with other options here; blocky design
As we always find with Pentax models, it's in the area of image quality that the K-5 really shines, with detail and colour being especially punchy and even exposures delivered with the minimum of fuss. This then is a very capable alternative to Canon and...
Rugged and chunky build, Large button, High 921k dot resolution backplate LCD plus additional top plate screen, Quick power up and response times, 7fps burst shooting
Odd auto focusing in Live View, LCD resolutely fixed to camera, Expensive trade up from a compact
Anyone with older Pentax lenses looking to switch to digital will find the K-5 a staunch ally. Not quite as good as the Canon and Nikon but a robust and reliable nonetheless. A solid choice but perhaps not the obvious one.
There’s no doubting that the K-5 is a formidable contender in this sector of the camera market, offering all of the latest technologies and superb handling Overall Our provides the latest photography news, reviews, previews, features and tecniques. A...
Outstanding image quality; strong performance at high-sensitivity settings; robust build quality; 1080p video capture
Expensive; mono-only microphone
The Pentax K-5 may be an expensive digital SLR, but it certainly packs in plenty of features for the price, and its performance is worth coughing up for....
Good build and allweather casing, Advanced custom settings (buttons and rings), Fast and responsive, even the onscreen viewfinder, Excellent picture quality (noise handled very well), Incredibly compact / mechanical stabilisation system
Focusing with onscreen viewfinder still not as good as in certain micro fourthirds cameras, Mono microphone (but stereo socket available for an external mic.), Grip handle placed a little to high for big hands
The K-5 isn't short of top-notch competitors but it's definitely up there with the best. It has several key advantages you'll be hard pushed to find elsewhere (full weatherproofing, mechanical stabilisation, custom controls) and offers excellent overal...
Superb image quality with bags of detail, great range of features, particularly Sensitivity priority and Shutter and Aperture Priority modes, body integral Anti-Shake, anti-dust system, build and environment protection, RAW (PEF or DNG) +JPEG mode, excell
Some features such as HDR shooting only available in JPEG shooting, slightly soft default images, does not accept SDXC cards, standard 18-55mm lens suffers from magenta and blue fringing
The Pentax K-5 is a comprehensively specified professional or semi-professional DSLR that is capable of superb results, it is also one of the best examples of such a camera we’ve had to tinker with; image quality, low noise and superbly useful features...
The Pentax K5 is a highly-specified and immensely enjoyable camera to use, and one which can easily withstand an array of photographic challenges. It is hard to imagine how its menu system and the controls round its body could be presented any better, ...
