Oops, they did it, again ... (Pentax K1ii second worst camera of the year)

Dear all

I am refering to this video article:

https://www.dpreview.com/videos/6852971667/dpreview-tv-best-and-worst-of-2018

If you look until the end you will find the Pentax K1 ii to be the second worst camera of the year. If you look at the worst camera of the year (a Yashica camera) this camera is almost not a camera. So if we look at the "real" cameras the K1 upgrade is the worst camera of year.

The reason for them was, that the upgrade is almost not visible - maybe even worse compared to the original K1. We know that we loose some details - but if we look at the contrast range there is the high ISO improvement we see at KP also at K1ii.

This is an improvement for RAW photographers. I did not make K1ii upgrade as I like my good old K1 and from what I saw regarding the results in the dpreview comparison tool I came to same conclusion as the guys rating the camera to be worse compared to K1ii. But I also know how important a smooth and noise-free RAW is for a good posprocessing and for this reason my view and also their view is missleading and wrong.

We have the discussion if one should buy K1 or K1ii as new in another thread here in our forum. Thus, this rating may give the discussion a little bit more "fire" - and maybe we find ways to compare both cameras in a way we see the improvements of K1ii over K1 - if there are any.

We don't need a battle of words without content - now, we need reliable facts and a clear prove that K1ii is better.

The other approach would be to ignore the discussion and wait for a better 2019 (that's what I may prefer ...).

I wish you all a peaceful Christmas time - with K1, K1 ii or anything else!

Best regards

Holger