angerdan

The Sigma 50mm Art is not better but even bigger. Why should Pentax make the new Performer lens even more smaller than the Sigma?

Sigma Art is wether weather sealed than as good as the D FA*.

Silently removed from the article, same procedure as every time (645Z DxO, K-1 review...).

congratulations :)

Pentax did design the optical formula and the barrel, the pentax production line is in the same country like the label on the lens - so there is no proof for beeing an OEM lens like dpreview believes.

photomedium
"Maybe it is just possible that the lens sucks.
After all its a 50mm lens, not really state of the art type thing.
It falls short of a sigma art that performs better, costs less and...

Otus costs 3x, has no AF and no weather resistance.

@tassosDA
Pentax KP still waiting for an dpr review since february 2017...

@Rocky Mtn Old Boy
AFAIK PS CS5 isn't free. What's your source? Adobe even did change their minde about giving CS2 Suite for free afterwards.

@The Squire
What's your background to judge about...

Any objective comments here or users who'd use the K-1 (II) already?

The conclusions are made by dpreview, only objective opinions people can tell about is they prefer the more noisy K-1 images or the less noisy but a bit less sharp K-1 II images.
Why didn't...

Can Photoshop CS5 import Sony RAW?
I don't capture video with the K-1, don't even need an 4k TV.
Burst frame is fast enough. I use the camera as a tool, not as gadget to distract from skills.

Shame on DPReview and all the people believing everything they write without sticking to own thougs and objective criterias.
The K-1 II is at least as good as the K-1 and the additional features...

a7 III is ony the camera dpreview believes/states is the best.
With objective criteras it isn't, because the (now 3 year old) Pentax K-1 still equals the a7 III in image quality (nearly the same),...

There's already an additional 360° surround microphone available.
Integrated stereo would't increase the quality as much as the price.

The informations i'd find shows the opposite of yours:...

The optical design of the Tamron lenses are from Pentax.
So you have to see it the other way around....

"Editor's Note:
Pentax's DSLR-only lineup looking a little staid"
That's incorrect, since Pentax still offers the Q-system. A qucik check at any EU or global/JP website of Ricoh Imaging would have...

Finally the first FF DSLR from Pentax is available for less than $2k :)

Pentax can and does. Even the K10D from 2006 can save in DNG.
FF (K-1) and MF (645D & 645Z) too.