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New K-7 adopters, what's your impressions?
Mine only arrived yesterday lunch time and then I had to wait for the battery to charge up. Coming from a K20D one of the, albeit small, problems that I have been having is that the green button has moved. It seems to have swapped places with the +/- ev button. I use the green button a lot as I t...
Posted by GlynM on 14/07/2009 - 16:48
GX20 Live View
Now don't get me wrong - I love the GX20 and I am very happy with it as an upgrade from the K10D (except for the grip - the ergonomics are different and I couldn't get on with it.) But I cannot understand what the liveview is all about - it won't let you do anything and the focus is never right. T...
Posted by TonyM on 11/07/2009 - 23:05
GX20 Live View
when in liew view mode you should use the af button on the back of the camera just hold it untill its focused, and your right its not the best, i had a sony a350 witch supposedly has the best liev view of any dslr, and it was awsome but it means nothing when you can't use your images from iso 400 an...
Posted by scottthehat on 11/07/2009 - 23:37
GX20 Live View
Thanks for the comments everyone - I hadn't realised about keeping the AF button pressed down to focus, and the macro use seems worth trying as well. So maybe not quite as bad as I thought, in which case this thread has served its purpose! Thanks again.
Posted by TonyM on 12/07/2009 - 13:39
K20D or K7?
. . . the decreased noise of the K7 is wedging me into a corner. It shouldn't, early reports from users suggests that the K-7's IQ and noise control is no better than the K20D, which is one of several reasons I bought another used K20D. I won't get to try my K-7 properly until mid August whilst bac...
Posted by K10D on 26/07/2009 - 13:52
Help please: cracked istDS
My *ist D dropped from a chair onto a carpeted floor with a flashgun mounted on it. A part of the top plate under the hotshoe was torn right off. I sent it to Pentax and after a couple of weeks it came back, all cleaned up, with a new plate and looking like new. The cost was about £80.00, and i...
Posted by George Lazarette on 12/07/2009 - 20:53
Help please: cracked istDS
My *ist D dropped from a chair onto a carpeted floor with a flashgun mounted on it. A part of the top plate under the hotshoe was torn right off. I sent it to Pentax and after a couple of weeks it came back, all cleaned up, with a new plate and looking like new. The cost was about £80.00, and i...
Posted by gartmore on 12/07/2009 - 20:59
Help please: cracked istDS
Thank you all. I will try superglue and report back. The damage was a sideways hit onto a wall as the camera was hanging on my shoulder. The strap lug too most of the force but looks slightly bet, which probably cracked the plastic. Who does repair Pentax cameras these days?
Posted by smc on 12/07/2009 - 21:06
K100d Super Holiday SLR
I find the K100D Super an excellent camera - lightweight and good handling. I bought a refurbished body from Pentax UK via their eBay shop as a back up.
Posted by SteveF on 13/07/2009 - 22:14
K100d Super Holiday SLR
Certainly I wouldn't put any of my cameras in the hold but would always carry them on as part of cabin baggage. I returned to SLR photography a few years ago with the K100d (without the super) and it has been a joy. Fairly recently I bought a K-m and was very, very disappointed. No complaint...
Posted by patduffy on 09/08/2009 - 21:46
Not a anti K-7 rant.........but
With great wonder I am following all the discussions about the new Kid on the block. And like most of the pentax users I think its great news there is another potentially great camera to choose from. But......after reading all the discussions about noise, frps, wb and in camera hdr I am asking my s...
Posted by Malo1961 on 13/07/2009 - 22:47
Not a anti K-7 rant.........but
Yes, I too agree wholeheartedly! I have been very much a traditional photographer using mechanical Km and MX camera`s with Pentax manual focus Primes from 20mm through to 300mm and even after moving to digital i used mostly the same lenses and shot 90% in manual mode. My Ist*DL went twice round the ...
Posted by PeteL on 14/07/2009 - 00:38
Not a anti K-7 rant.........but
The same was true for the previous 35 years until about 1990 when the first DSLRs came out, now IQ is more or less the same (taste and flavours) between the cameras like it was between types of film. The camera was just a method for exposing a film. The new Olympus is more or less the same as t...
Posted by Critical-i on 14/07/2009 - 02:44
Not a anti K-7 rant.........but
With great wonder I am following all the discussions about the new Kid on the block. And like most of the pentax users I think its great news there is another potentially great camera to choose from. But......after reading all the discussions about noise, frps, wb and in camera hdr I am asking my s...
Posted by PeteL on 14/07/2009 - 08:45
Not a anti K-7 rant.........but
Fair enough, but I believe that the real reason that some people switch is not because the new camera feels better, but because they have convinced themselves that some aspect (high ISO performance, AF, noise, or whatever) will somehow improve the quality of their results. And of course, in most ca...
Posted by George Lazarette on 14/07/2009 - 21:56
Not a anti K-7 rant.........but
Hold on guys surely the point here is that some people will get good value for money by trading up because they enjoy feeding their hobby. I doubt that they really care if they take artistically better photographs but are delighted with some of the improved technicals and the potential for better ph...
Posted by mikew on 14/07/2009 - 22:54
Not a anti K-7 rant.........but
Getting a bit gritty I'd say. Mike It's getting late, so you might have a point. I'll shift back to a lower gear. Thanks for pointing it out. :D Ps: surprise me tomorrow, ok?? :wink: Martin.
Posted by Malo1961 on 14/07/2009 - 23:20
Not a anti K-7 rant.........but
I like new gadgets and gizmos very much, and it is fun if you can afford it. I am however sticking with the K10 for the moment. I have not used all the functions yet ! However i am reminded of a joke I heard a while back about the photographer with "all the gear" who at the end of a superb meal a...
Posted by pschlute on 15/07/2009 - 00:40
Not a anti K-7 rant.........but
I've held back from adding to this thread to see where it went first! Will a K-7 make anyone a better photographer? On it's own, the answer is probably no. Will a K-7 make a difference to how you view your photography? For a lot of people, the answer is yes, definately. For some it may make th...
Posted by Unlocker on 15/07/2009 - 18:52
Not a anti K-7 rant.........but
I really enjoy this thread and I echo what Unlocker just said, new and extra functionality can only enable the user. The HDR example is great. If you don't have photoshop or don't purchase any software that can create hdr pics then it is quite hard to generate the required HDR effect. The K7 now mak...
Posted by ericp on 15/07/2009 - 19:16
