Hi list,
Sorry for opening a new K-7 thread... I just tought to share my thoughts
with you...
So... K-7. When I first saw the pictures it was a beauty for me. The
first thing that crossed my mind is "I MUST HAVE ONE" (yeah with
all-caps :D). The K-7 is a very nice and very stylish camera and it
brings back the old style when engineers designed machines with ruler
and bows. Personally I dislike the now trendy 'everything is rounded'
style that rules the designs nowadays (cars, computers, phones etc).
But, oh-well, Nikon has quite similar design with D3 and D700, so it's
not that unique, yet Pentax made it much more stylish than Nikon (IMHO).
Then as the first set of so-called-specifications came the K-7 was still
a promising camera. 1/250 Synch and 1/8000 Shutter, Better AF, HD-Video,
AF Assist light, etc. All in all the K-7 was the nice big red balloon
that everyone wants :)
But as time passed by the specifications turned to be false or
not-that-nice. 1/250 went back to 1/180, Better AF -like the sensor- is
just an Improved (but same) SAFOX VII, HD-Video is "only" 720 lines and
motion JPEG...
And now the test shots on the official page... Terrible. First the
girl... totally lacks sharpness for me and well the dynamic range of the
photo seems to me not that awesome. Then same applies to almost all
shots. And in the end the last shot made with the 12-24. Terrible CA.
One of the new features is the CA correction and this how they market it?
So all in all I am very disappointed with the K-7 as the "new" flagship
model. It's nothing more just the K20D with a class-closing (or how
should I call the opposite of class leading? :D) HD video feature and
tweaked features. The nice big red balloon seems to be popped out...
But don't get me wrong... I still love the K20D and the Pentax Side of
Life :)
Regards,
.timber
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