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K-7 now £799!!
With the K-7 you get micro focus adjustment, weather sealing, 100% viewfinder, more fps, another wheel, top lcd and probably a few other things that (to me) justify the price difference. My complaint is the noisier sensor. It's about 1 stop worse than the K-x, but the low ISO noise is better than...
Posted by RichardDay on 22/01/2010 - 19:33
K-7 now £799!!
No - there's at least two of us! I find the noise of the K-7 very easy to process from RAW files, and with less chroma than K20D (so less objectionable). Looking back at the test on DPR, of the high ISO samples, I much prefer the Pentax approach. OK it has more noise than the Nikons and Canons, b...
Posted by JonSchick on 22/01/2010 - 23:22
K-7 now £799!!
[quote:3496ace15f="Mike-P"]I was hoping they were going to do it just before the end of the cashback but no such luck. I have my eye on something else at the moment. A new television set :?: No, I want to take my macro shooting forward a jump or two and unfortunately the lens I need is only availabl...
Posted by Daniel Bridge on 23/01/2010 - 12:04
K-7 now £799!!
That K7 super would be nice, especially if it did full HD (1920x1080) video at 25fps, and you could select screw drive or SDM focus for SDM lenses.
Posted by MarkD on 23/01/2010 - 22:07
K-7 now £799!!
and you could select screw drive or SDM focus for SDM lenses. Naaa, can do that now on my K10D. :)
Posted by Mike-P on 23/01/2010 - 22:10
K-7 now £799!!
That K7 super would be nice, especially if it did full HD (1920x1080) video at 25fps, and you could select screw drive or SDM focus for SDM lenses. The movie modes of Pentax now are now 30fps, I hope they can keep that speed. :|
Posted by Anvh on 23/01/2010 - 22:19
K-7 now £799!!
A K-7 Super definately appeals, what I would like to see in it:- - FASTER AUTOFOCUS! - FASTER AUTOFOCUS! - FASTER AUTOFOCUS! - FASTER AUTOFOCUS! - FASTER AUTOFOCUS! - FASTER AUTOFOCUS! - FASTER AUTOFOCUS! So in your opinion (and no holding back) .. what do you think Pentax c...
Posted by Mike-P on 24/01/2010 - 09:05
K-7 now £799!!
I don't believe the explanation I put forward is anywhere near as farfetched as you imply, Hefty. I would point to the episode where the apparently useable movie mode autofocus in pre-production models was subsequently canned. The only explanation proffered from a nameless executive was that the...
Posted by hefty1 on 25/01/2010 - 10:44
K-7 now £799!!
Who said anything about conspiracy? It is a reality that the Pentax/Samsung dslr strategic partnership has broken down. It is also a reality that in an informal partnership (ie not a joint venture et al) each of the parties owns and controls various component technologies. That is all. The ...
Posted by hefty1 on 25/01/2010 - 10:55
K-7 now £799!!
Just back from the seashore trying out my new 55-300 (thanks, SRS). I had to pump things up to 800 ISO to get the shutter speed and aperture I wanted. The raw results didn't look bad on-screen, although some noise was evident when pixel-peeping. I ran a couple through Neat Image and printed them out...
Posted by Aero on 25/01/2010 - 16:29
K-7 now £799!!
Autofocus on a video camera is a guaranteed 100% total waste of time. No professional video or motion picture film cameras have it for good reason. I thought the K7 was aimed at a pro market. On the subject of high noise levels, in pictures, I see very few pictures posted here that are taken at t...
Posted by Shaky on 25/01/2010 - 20:55
K-7 now £799!!
Based purely on a back of the envelope calculation it seems to me that the market for slrs has grown by a factor of maybe 7-10x from the late days of film to today’s market dominated by digital. This market growth has undoubtedly been driven by rank amateurs who demand functionality and ease of use....
Posted by bretti_kivi on 25/01/2010 - 21:38
K-7 now £799!!
Autofocus on a video camera is a guaranteed 100% total waste of time. No professional video or motion picture film cameras have it for good reason. I thought the K7 was aimed at a pro market. On the subject of high noise levels, in pictures, I see very few pictures posted here that are taken at t...
Posted by gartmore on 26/01/2010 - 10:05
K-7 now £799!!
This is what my computing lecturer used to call "creeping featurism". When SLRs first got in-built lightmeters people went "wow", now we have 64 segment zone metering with more computing power than it took to get to the moon (and it still goes wrong), single stroke film wind-on, then motordrives, n...
Posted by womble on 26/01/2010 - 19:51
K-7 now £799!!
This is what my computing lecturer used to call "creeping featurism". When SLRs first got in-built lightmeters people went "wow", now we have 64 segment zone metering with more computing power than it took to get to the moon (and it still goes wrong), single stroke film wind-on, then motordrives, n...
Posted by robbie_d on 26/01/2010 - 22:27
K-7 Lens correction function
The camera can do CA and distortion correction for certain lenses as well, but I think you are talking about Auto Focus Adjustment. This is for auto-focus lenses and the correcting of back/front focus. The camera does not come with any pre-stored AF Adjustment settings. It allows you to enter set...
Posted by iceblinker on 24/01/2010 - 11:27
K20 AF POINT ADJUSTMENT
After using the Tamron 28-300 DI on my K10 I decided to give it a go on the K20. With Mr Borque`s chart it had an even front/back focus with + 8 on the K20. K10 was + 500 (different scale). Bit boring trying this on a black and white focus chart so I had a go with a model of the new "Tornado." Much ...
Posted by cedricd on 24/01/2010 - 15:24
K20 AF POINT ADJUSTMENT
AF often behaves differently for very close focusing distances, so test with a subject at a more typical distance if you want your AF adjustment to be useful. Focus charts are the work of Stan.
Posted by iceblinker on 24/01/2010 - 16:10
K20 AF POINT ADJUSTMENT
I have been playing with the hacked firmware on the K10D and altered the focus by +60. Only been using it for a day but it seems to have made quite a difference.
Posted by Mike-P on 24/01/2010 - 15:40
Faster lens
Take a look at the older manual-focus A series lenses, if you find that your zooms aren't fast enough. The Pentax-A 50mm f1.7 is a superb lens and will work with all modes on your DSLR. It'll cost a good deal less than the FA 50mm and is a lot more compact than a zoom. I'd love an F/FA 50mm or a ...
Posted by Dangermouse on 25/01/2010 - 16:55
