Christine, I agree with everything you say (except that I haven't tried the various filters; just shooting RAW). I'm at about 1100 exposures on my K7, and it's beginning to feel "normal".
The only K10D function I wish the K7 had was switching back to the center AF sensor by pressing the AF button. Cheers, Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Sun, 8/15/10, Christine Aguila <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Christine Aguila <[email protected]> > Subject: I think I'll keep the k7 :-) > To: [email protected] > Date: Sunday, August 15, 2010, 2:06 PM > Shooting with this camera, for me, is > quite different than the K20. My rhythm is off--I'm > behind, and the K7 is ahead of me. I've been working > on keeping up. :-) One factor involved here is > the K7's sounds are different--lens focusing and shutter > etc--I can barely hear anything, which is good, but it's > thrown me off a bit. Funny how you get used to the > sounds of a camera. That horizon level is amazing. I > certainly do A LOT less crop adjustments. I didn't use > the creative filter options on the K20, but I'm having fun > with the K7's filters--pretty fun, in my view. Love > the fish-eye, watercolor, and toy camera filters: > http://www.caguila.com/caguila/k7play > > The view finder is great, and it's easier to see > through. I'm not shooting with the battery grip > because I haven't purchased it. A part of me would > like the vertical buttons, but I have to say, it's been so > much fun shooting with a really light camera. That K20 > is a tank, especially with battery grip. > > Moving through a crowd with the K7 is fun. It's so > quiet. I can get closer, and I'm quieter. Of > course, if you get noticed, you get noticed, but if you > don't and take a picture folks aren't going to hear > much. I worry a lot less about exposure due to the > K7's improved exposure accuracy, and find I'm not > chimping as much--though I do some--but still this is > quite liberating. Post-processing seems quicker--less > cropping adjustments et al. > > If the rumor is true that a K5 is coming, it's going to be > really interesting to see what the improvements are. > > So, I think I'll keep K7. I know I'm singing to the > choir here, but I just wanted to get my say in :-). > http://www.caguila.com/caguila/korean2010 > > More testing and play here. Comments welcome. > Cheers, Christine > P.S. I know there are two color pictures in this > black and white gallery, but I just couldn't get rid of the > playful purple. :-) > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > 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 [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
