On Sep 27, 2010, at 8:39, Boris Liberman wrote: > Hi! > > Like I wrote to Tom on the other thread, Galia is complaining a bit about AF > of her K10D. I could, in principle, proceed towards spending our time > together whereas I'd be telling her about the way AF is supposed to be used, > etc. This can prove beneficial to her to some extent. > > The alternative is to get her a different set of gear which may or may not be > a good idea. Suppose for a moment it is a /good/ idea. > > What would you suggest? Please let us not limit this conversation to Pentax > only. Galia's kit is K10D, DA 21/3.2, FA 50/1.4 and FA 100/3.5 whereas she > always is asked to select a single lens before the shoot and she puts all her > three lenses is fair use. As an example of what I have in mind I'd suggest > this: Panasonic GF1 or GH2 or whatever, freshly announced 14/2.5 for wide > angle, 20/1.7 for normal and 45/2.8 macro for, well, macro. > > Ideally I'd like to keep this discussion on target. That is there is no need > whatsoever to compare brands here. I'd simply like to know how would you > approach this issue. >
Like William Robb said, the K7 is a natural direction to go. Much-improved AF is one of the benefits compared to the K10D. It is also a little bit smaller and much quicker to respond (hard to describe, but you feel it when you use it). Control interface (two wheels, top LCD, some dedicated buttons) is similar although not identical to the K10D so it wouldn't take much adjusting for her to get used to it. And with the K5 coming up, it's possible that a good deal can be had on either a new or lightly-used K7. -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- 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.
