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Deciding between K1-ii and Panasonic S5 - (please no MILC vs DSLR)

Started Nov 11, 2021 | Questions thread
bob5050 Senior Member • Posts: 2,948
Re: Deciding between K1-ii and Panasonic S5 - (please no MILC vs DSLR)

Jhaakas wrote:

Have narrowed it down to the K1-ii and S5.

Weight and kit lens are in S5 favor..
Wondering what I would gain from K1ii

Primary use in priority

  • Compact, travel needs, has to be FF
  • DR, mostly do landscapes
  • IBIS
  • Occasional portraits indoors

If those are indeed in order, then S5. No one ever accused the K-1 of being high on the 'compactness' scale, and that's the first thing you mention.

If your gear list is accurate, then you only have one FA lens (the 100mm macro), and that's not going to cover you for landscape. The Pentax advantage there would only be being able to use whatever new lenses you buy on your current K-5. But plan on a new set of lenses either way. Lenses complicate/muddle the size and weight question, of course. Think about the whole system.

Why is IBIS a thing for you? I'd normally think of it-has-to-be-FF landscape shooting as more a tripod activity.

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