Paul, Unlike you, a small majority of the digital work I shoot is in very dim light. I've shot more frames on the K-x at ISO 1600 and up than below since I tend to shoot film in better light. I'd like the other advantages of the K-7 (accurate exposure, sealing, deep buffer) but I need that high ISO performance and the K-x simply delivers there in an exceptional fashion. K-x vs. K-7 is for me a need vs. want comparison.
-Adam On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 11:34 PM, paul stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> wrote: > I don't think that way. My K7, which now has 15,000 frames on the clock will > be due to retire into backup mode by the time the next top of the line Pentax > camera is released. At that time, my K20 will be sold. The K7 has been so > vastly superior to the K20 that I couldn't imagine having been without it all > this time. I don't shoot a lot of low light, but the K7 has served me well at > up to 3200. (My Chicago gallery pic was shot at 3200 ISO.) It shows a bit of > grain, but I don't find that objectionable in low light photography. On the > other hand, I do need accurate exposure, a substantial frame rate, bad > weather capability, and a fast buffer. > Paul > > On May 20, 2010, at 8:26 PM, Miserere wrote: > >> Pretty much my thoughts. Let's wait to see what September brings. >> >> >> --M. >> >> >> On 20/05/2010, Adam Maas <a...@mawz.ca> wrote: >>> On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Charles Robinson <charl...@visi.com> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Yes, the K7 addresses almost everything from the K10D that bugged me. >>>> Specifically: >>>> 1. Unpredictable exposure (with or without flash) >>>> 2. Loud. That shutter. Wow. Loud. >>>> 3. Unpredictable autofocus (will it lock or not?). Too many missed shots >>>> as I had to flip to MF and focus it myself. This looks like that will be >>>> a thing of the past now. >>>> >>>> I'm already thinking that keeping it for the wife to use would almost be >>>> cruel. But that's what our budget allows for the moment and I'll get her >>>> a K-x somewhere down the line. >>>> >>>> I'll reiterate, though, that the image quality of the K10D did not leave >>>> me wanting. When you wrestle the exposure and focus to where you want >>>> 'em, the resulting images were/are top-notch. It was just the "user >>>> experience" handling the camera which would drive me batty way too often. >>>> >>>> -Charles >>> >>> The K-7 pretty much nailed everything I wanted fixed about earlier >>> Pentax DSLR's except the high ISO performance, which wasn't good >>> enough to get me to upgrade. >>> >>> I still want a K-7x, the K-x is a great little body but the K-7's VF, >>> build and sealing and LiIon batteries would be a big upgrade for me, I >>> just need K-x level high ISO from it. >>> >>> -Adam >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >> >> -- >> Sent from my mobile device >> >> >> \/\/o/\/\ --> http://WorldOfMiserere.com >> >> http://EnticingTheLight.com >> A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment >> >> -- >> 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. > -- 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.
