On Apr 10, 2010, at 11:34 PM, Tom C wrote:
> "It's exposure system often gives me files that take a lot of
> massaging to get good results from."
>
> If the K7 hadn't fixed this issue I'd have switched brands. I am
> loathe to pick up the K20D and may be have shot with it once since
> getting the K7.
>
K7's exposure accuracy doesn't get as much attention as it deserves. It's truly
exceptional.
Paul
>
> On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 1:47 PM, P. J. Alling
> <webstertwenty...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Ok, I'll preface that by saying I actually like the K20D a lot. True it's
>> quite a bit bigger than any other Pentax camera I own, Film or digital. It
>> doesn't have an aperature simulator, (yea, that still torques me off a bit,
>> so sue me), It's exposure system often gives me files that take a lot of
>> massaging to get good results from. However over all it's a using it is a
>> very positive experience.
>>
>> Just a couple of days ago I had an experience that just takes the cake. I
>> was changing SD cards when I fumble fingered the camera and dropped it.
>>
>> The good news was I had the strap over one shoulder... Which was also the
>> bad news.
>>
>> The strap managed to impart a radial motion to the camera, and in a freak
>> circumstance that I don't think that I could accomplish if I tried the SD
>> card door latch, (the part of the latch that clicks into the camera body,
>> caught my belt loop... AND SHEARED OFF!
>>
>> Apparently that little plastic extrusion is more fragile than you'd expect.
>>
>> Also the strap wasn't as securely on my shoulder as I would have hoped and
>> after being slowed the entire camera hit the wooden floor I was standing on,
>> (imparting a slight bend to the left hand strap lug.
>>
>>
>> Now I ask you. What happens if the SD Door latch doesn't engage? Yes
>> that's right the camera won't operate. The micro switch that tells the
>> camera the door is closed is inside the latch, /rendering/ /the/ /entire/
>> /camera/ USELESS!
>>
>>
>> Ok, I'm calm again.
>>
>>
>> So we're back to the good news bad news again.
>>
>> Good news. I was able to recover the plastic doohicky that used to be part
>> of the SD door latch.
>>
>> Bad news. No glue that I have available to me will hold that piece of
>> plastic in the right place, (I knew it wouldn't work but I just had to try.
>> Well didn't I?)
>>
>> Good news, my field expedient, (after much language not appropriate to a
>> family list), to simply the the plastic doohicky to sit in the latch with
>> the door closed, (gaffers tape is wonderful stuff), seems to work, it even
>> stays put, if I remember to not use the open control allowing the camera to
>> take photos.
>>
>> The bad news is know I'm just going to loose it changing cards in the field
>> eventually.
>>
>> So it's off to Pentax repair...
>>
>> eventually.
>>
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