Dennis Gibson wrote:
The MX is still a great camera,
but I never shoot film anymore. Are most of you shooting digital only?
I shot film years ago, but lost interest in the '80's. I regained
interest in 2007, bought a K100D Super kit and discovered then what LBA
really means. So I shoot 100% digital. I was never one to take any
interest in the film/chemicals side of things. I love digital darkroom
processing though.
Sometimes I have digital images made into 4X6 or 5X7
prints to show to others, and I think six megapixels is plenty good
enough for that.
Oh, most definitely, and more!
For instance, I needed 6 shots for a mini gallery (local hotel lobby)
and I selected 3 recently taken with my K20D and 3 from the K100D. All
were "normalized" to fit 14 3/4" x 11". Most were cropped to begin
with, and one of the 6 megapixel shots was cropped on 3 sides such that
when resized to fit the mat it ended up being a mere 140 DPI. (All the
K20 shots were 300 DPI or better.)
All were printed on a large format printer (Canon iPF8100). The results
for all six images were outstanding (other than the red colour in one
shot--should have been a candy-apple red, ended-up being a burnt red.
This was before I monitor-calibrated).
Despite having large areas of solid colours with gradients, I couldn't
see any pixelation in the K100D shots. (The shots are of classic car
details.)
So 4x6 and 5x7 are absolutely no problem.
Due to the sensor problem and wanting something
inbetween a small point and shoot and an SLR I bought a superzoom; it's
not a Pentax and I'm very happy with it. I've been disturbed by the
consistently poor reviews recent Pentax gear has been getting.
You've been reading the wrong reviews. :-) I realize that's your
impression, but my impression of Pentax reviews, especially recently (ie
the K20D and the K-7) has been the exact opposite: very very good
reviews. (I can't speak for the non-SLR Pentax product reviews as I
have little interest in those, besides perhaps the W80.)
-bmw
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