I doubt if the IQ will be much, if any, better than the K20D. But, equally, I doubt if a K30D coming later this year will offer noticeably better IQ than the K-7; doing that would be guaranteed to piss off people who pay 2x the price of a K30D.
If a K30D shows up I'd expect it to get the new AF & metering, plus the other in-camera processing stuff, and probably live view, all in a cheaper package (probably BG-2 compatible). I'm not sure it would get the new 4-channel sensor or the higher top shutter speed; there needs to be differentiation between the expensive model (the K-7) and the midrange, which is where I expect any K30D to be positioned. Waiting for a K30D in any expectation of it in some way surpassing the K-7 doesn't sound like a good plan to me. On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 07:30:32PM -0700, Jack Davis wrote: > > 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. -- 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.
