So - what are the perceived strengths & weaknesses?
Strengths, as I see them:
o Metal body shell
o 4-channel sensor readout (faster; lower noise)
o High-ISO performance (I've only got a K10D ..)
o 100% viewfinder (0.92X)
o 1/8000 top speed
o 5+ fps, 14-frame buffer (40 frame for JPEG)
o More dedicated controls
o 3" 640x480 rear screen
o Multi-Pattern metering (assuming the firmware is good)
o Faster, more accurate AF (ditto)
o Battery Grip can accept AAs.
Weakness:
o Only 1/180 flash sync? The Pz-1p managed 1/250.
o Doesn't (apparently) share batteries with the K10D
Don't care:
o Live View
o Low-temperature operation (how do the batteries do?)
o Movie mode (only 720p, though)
o In-camera image manipulation (including HDR)
I hate to say it, but *YAWN*... Just about every improvement to
this camera over the K20D that I can see is due to the 720p HD video
capability. Faster sensor readout, larger and higher resolution rear
screen, faster AF, better (possibly dual?) batteries, etc. I think still
cameras and video cameras have requirements different enough to have
different form factors, so it's a square-peg trying to fit into a round
hole.
... that said it'll probalby sell like hotcakes (seeing as how I
don't really give a sh*t). To each their own, but to me the best thing
about this camera is that it will cause the K20D prices (with roughly
identical IQ and operating qualities for the way I shoot) to drop.
-Cory
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* Cory Papenfuss, Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, PPSEL-IA *
* Research Associate, Vibrations and Acoustics Laboratory *
* Mechanical Engineering *
* Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University *
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