Pretty much my feeling too, Paul. Seems, at this point, certain "improvements" are to some extent theoretical and being left to some future real world testing. Many desirable features in the planning, but the IQ produced by my K20 may not be that seriously challenged by the K7.
Jack --- On Mon, 5/18/09, paul stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> wrote: > From: paul stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> > Subject: Re: K-7 - check ricehigh blog, folks... photos and specs... > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > Date: Monday, May 18, 2009, 4:18 PM > This camera sounds good, although I'm > disappointed with the flash synch speed. But if low light > autofocus and autofocus speed in general are much improved, > it's a major step up. The frame rate is also a big plus. But > I may wait to see what the K30D offers. That camera is > reportedly due later this year. I don't see the K7 as a game > changer over the K20D, so I wonder if it's meant to be the > flagship. In any case, I'll wait a bit, but if it seems that > it won't be surpassed by another release very soon, I'll buy > it and get rid of my K10D. > Paul > On May 18, 2009, at 6:53 PM, John Francis wrote: > > > On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 05:47:50PM -0400, Graydon > wrote: > >> On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 05:36:53PM -0400, John > Francis scripsit: > >>> On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 02:22:00PM -0300, Luiz > Felipe wrote: > >>>> http://www.ricehigh.blogspot.com > >>>> > >>>> Looks interesting indeed... :-) > >>>> > >>>> LF > >>> > >>> So - what are the perceived strengths & > weaknesses? > >>> > >>> Strengths, as I see them: > >>> o Metal body shell > >> > >> Why is this a strength? > >> > >> More expensive, not as strong, and conducts more > heat than the > >> polycarbonate. It might be a strength if you > expect a 20 year working > >> life and want something that won't become brittle > when it runs out of > >> elastomers, but that's not true of a digital > camera. > > > > Stiffness. > > I'm sure heat conduction isn't going to be an issue > (there's an > > outer skin of polycarbonate, after all, and the camera > is cold- > > weather certified). But unless they're building > the body out of > > carbon fibre it's not going to be as stiff as one with > a metal > > shell. The total lack of body flex is one of the > things that > > I noticed when I got to play with a high-end CaNikon. > > > > And I *do* expect close to a 20-year working life out > of this. > > My *ist-D still works just fine after 5.5 years; I > expect it > > to make it at least to 10. My old Canon > PowerShot G1 is still > > delivering images (albeit now in the hands of its > second owner), > > and that's over eight years old. > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
