I love the look on the hawk's face. "Really? A Pentax? The f'ing eagles get Nikons. Aren't those things for comorants?"
On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 12:33 PM, paul stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> wrote: > On the other hand, if you plan to shoot in bad weather or if you work your > cameras as hard as I do, you'll probably want the K7. While the K7 does begin > to show some noise in exposures at ISOs above 400, the noise doesn't ramp up > all that much at levels above 400. My photo for the Pentax show in Chicago > was shot at ISO 3200 with the K7: > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9902961&size=lg > > I've had reasonable success with the K7 at 6400: > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10541951&size=lg > > And I regularly use it at ISO 800: > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11014855 > > Film grain never bothered me a lot, and a bit of digital noise isn't a > problem for me or my clients. But I will be adding a K5 to the arsenal when > it becomes available. My k7 is closing in on 30,000 frames, so it's time to > send it to back-up mode. > > Paul > > > On Aug 31, 2010, at 12:02 PM, Bruce Dayton wrote: > >> Funny thing about the low light question...before I got a K-x, I didn't >> shoot low light much without a tripod but that was really because my K20 and >> earlier cameras couldn't shoot low light. Now that I have a K-x, my >> shooting techniques and style s have been changing due too the new >> capability. So the K7 represents the best of shooting the old way and the >> K-x represents the opportunity to do some new and exciting things. For >> me at this stage, I would go for the K-x. If you buy from B&H you have some >> time to return and exchange. That would be ideal. Get the K-x because it >> lets you try things you haven't done before. If you find you aren't >> delighted with it you can return it and get the K7. >> >> For me, at this point I never use my K20 anymore unless my daughter is using >> at the time I need it. Given the choice, I always pick the K-x over the K20. >> -- >> Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. >> >> "Dario Bonazza" <dario.bona...@virgilio.it> wrote: >> >>> Steven Desjardins wrote: >>> >>>> I thought of that, but I'd like to buy a new body. KEH has two K7 now >>>> for $789 and $819 which is not much of a savings, and I don't think >>>> I'd buy one off ebay, etc. >>>> >>>> I do like your comment "But K-x has a sensor second to none." I think >>>> Canon and Nikon might contest that. Of course, it could be a better >>>> sensor than the K7. I'm not one that too fussy about micro-artifacts >>>> however. >>> >>> I've used both the K-7 and the K-x and my advice is simple: >>> 1) Do you shoot mainly in good/reasonable light, using ISO 100 to 400 and >>> add flash in low light? Go for the K-7, which is an overall better capable >>> camera for sure. >>> 2) Do you shoot with available light? The K-x is far better for that. IMO, >>> all of the K-7 pluses put together cannot compensate for the huge difference >>> in image quality in favor of the K-x above ISO 400. >>> >>> Whichever you choose now, it is likely after Photokina you'll want to jump >>> all feet on such camera and replace it with one of the new ones for a good >>> reason :-) >>> >>> Dario >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. > -- Steve Desjardins -- 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.
