The K-7 is definitely the best Pentax DSLR I've owned of all in my Pentax stable which includes the *ist D, *istDS, and K20D.
I highly suspect the exposure accuracy is due to the 77-segment metering and new alogorithms as opposed to being any attribute of the sensor. If the next Pentax top-of-the-line APS-C DSLR is not more than 14.6 MP they'll be missing the boat IMO. I'd want a camera that meters like a K-7, has faster AF, and has higher resolution. Why higher resolution? Simply because I'm not going to purchase a 3rd 14.6 MP DSLR, and Pentax's top body in this format should at least match the competition's mid-range offerings. FF would be nice... :-) Tom C. On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 12:33 PM, paul stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> wrote: > > On Apr 28, 2010, at 12:13 PM, William Robb wrote: > >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "P N Stenquist" >> Subject: Re: K-7 replacement? >> >> >> >>> But the Samsung sensor in your K20 doesn't produce the same results as the >>> sensor in the K7. Far from it. >> >> What big differences are you seeing? >> My thoughts are that the K7 rendering is a slight bit warmer, which is >> probably more software than hardware, but that's about it. >> I don't feel really comfortable taking the K7 over ISO 640, which was also >> where I started seeing unacceptable noise off the K20. >> > > K7 exposure is far more accurate than the K20's, the dynamic range seems > about a stop better, and noise is improved as well. The deer pics I showed > the other day were ISO 800. My pic in the PDML annual is at ISO 3200. I got > decent results at the pool tournament shooting 6400. K7 noise level isn't as > good as Kx, but it's somewhat better than K20. > Paul > PS: When you first got your K7, you noted all these improvements and praised > the k7 effusively. If I had time I'd look it up in the archive. So I suspect > you're just being argumentative now. Of course you wouldn't do that:-)). > Paul >> William Robb >> >> >> -- >> 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. > > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
