K-5 IIs vs K-5 II - can you tell the difference?

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K-5 IIs vs K-5 II - can you tell the difference?
6 months ago

Having read numerous posts on this I decided to grab RAW files from each system to see how things looked in terms of final IQ. Keeping in mind that these files did not receive any adjustments beyond that of sharpening so as to keep the playing field as level as possible.

That being said, the objective here was to see just what(if any) advantages the K-5 IIs holds over its AA counterpart. And so to help show this I chose to develop both files in Raw Therapee with neutral settings(less adjustments), whereas the K-5 II received a deconvoluted sharpening of: 71/21 radius/strength. Though I'm thinking the K-5 II may have benefited from slightly less sharpening.

Having said all that, here are the results:

Pentax K-5 IIs

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Pentax K-5 II

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Enjoy

Edited 6 months ago by JohnBee
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