On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 5:15 PM, John Francis <jo...@panix.com> wrote: > On Sat, Feb 06, 2010 at 12:38:26PM -0600, Stan Halpin wrote: >> >> There has been discussion here about the K-7, enough to make me think that I >> would see some improvement over the K20, but not a significant >> order-of-magnitude change. So I am inclined to put that purchase off until >> the K-77, or whatever the next model will be called, which will probably >> include the K-x sensor and related firmware that people give such high >> marks. Even though that will cut into the resale value of my K20's. > > As I pointed out in an earlier post, I don't think a K-7x (or whatever) > will use the K-x sensor. Partly because of the (slightly) lower pixel > count, but mainly because it would not have the higher frame rate made > possible by a four-channel readout from the sensor.
Why would it not have the higher frame rate? The K-X is already 4.7fps (all of 0.5fps slower than the K-7) and the same sensor achieves 5fps in the Sony A500. That said, I'd expect to see the Sony 14.6MP CMOS sensor from the A450/A550 instead. No MP drop and more available performance than the 12MP version(it can do 7fps). -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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.
