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Why is nobody selling K-7s?
I don't think there's been any questioning over the IQ improvements the K5 brought with it - the 14bit capture vs K7s 12 must add something It's mainly just that the Sony Exmor sensors are just better and more efficient than the old Samsung one in the K7. There's not really much difference in perfor...
Posted by Pentaxophile on 26/08/2013 - 16:08
Why is nobody selling K-7s?
Depends on the processing. You simply cannot pull shadow detail out of an ISO100 shot n the K-7 like you can at ISO100 on the K-5 Agreed, good point. I was thinking more about noise as the K-7 goes higher up the ISO scale. The whole point of image making is the quality of the final result, so I...
Posted by davidstorm on 26/08/2013 - 17:58
Why is nobody selling K-7s?
The whole point of image making is the quality of the final result, so I still am bemused by your argument. Lets go back to 35mm film SLRs. You chose a brand / system and got a collection of lenses and accessories. You could swap bodies within the system, say between a bottom end consumer grade slr ...
Posted by McGregNi on 26/08/2013 - 19:13
Why is nobody selling K-7s?
There was no "configurability" Nigel....we were lucky to have aperture priority auto exposure. That was, of course, fiercely resisted by some who thought there was nothing that could replace a hand held meter. Some things never change. Perhaps 'configurability' (as we understand it to mean now, like...
Posted by McGregNi on 28/08/2013 - 16:03
split prism/microprism
does anyone on the forum have any knowledge/experience with this type of screen. i assume this makes manual focus ,easier to use, but my concerns are this screen is poor ,at f8 and above . also does the screen affect autofocus in any way? my main concern is low light shooting.this screen is on a...
Posted by theonenadeem on 24/08/2013 - 18:59
split prism/microprism
I bought a Katzeye screen about a month ago. It was OK, but the actual prism ring is somewhat annoying. So I took it out again and put my existing screen (K5) back again. If I could get a screen without the prism ring, but with only the split part, I would buy this. As it was, it seemed a bit of a...
Posted by Horst on 28/08/2013 - 14:28
split prism/microprism
I had a KatzEye screen (split prism and ring) for my K20 and it functioned very well apart from affecting metering on one of the modes (I forget which). With the K5 I trust the autofocus more, so have kept the original screen; on the rare occasions when I focus manually it seems easier than with th...
Posted by Stanovich on 28/08/2013 - 18:51
magnified display
Hello, Do you know if it is possible to zoom the live view image during manual focus on the k5 like it happens on the k30
Posted by sebas77 on 26/08/2013 - 20:55
magnified display
Yes it is! Well, it should be. The K7 does, and most of these type of functions are carried on with the K5 exactly the same. Its the same for Af or M focus - when in LV mode, press the 'Info' button to magnify. Keep pressing to jump to higher magnified views - eventually it'll go back to 1x (full...
Posted by McGregNi on 26/08/2013 - 21:52
k5 video stuff.
I've been shooting video for a little while now with my K5 with some friends making a movie and I thought I would share some of the things I have learned. 1) Pentax camera's look pretty nice in a video rig, and the rubber on the focus rings of the da* lens work without any addon for follow focus ...
Posted by usuqa on 27/08/2013 - 20:28
k5 video stuff.
The video rig is nice, it makes manual focusing much easier especially on the 16-50 which has a short distance from close to infinity on the focus ring, it also helps make the video much more stable due to having more contact points. I use a LCD loup also to make the screen easier to see and adding ...
Posted by usuqa on 27/08/2013 - 21:43
k5 video stuff.
Quick update: the K-01 will only record in MPEG-4 H.264 file format; it isn't possible to record in AVI. Regards David Ouch.. I didn't expect that the gf1, gh2's I use let me switch if I want too. If im right the bitrate is pretty low on the k-01, we hacked the gh2's get much more room and it ma...
Posted by usuqa on 28/08/2013 - 00:18
k5 video stuff.
The mechanical shutter isn't used in the video process on the k5 and most digital camera's.. infact I would be supprised if they are at all? Old film camera's still used a mechanical shutter, or a rotary disk shutter (or mirror to project an image onto a focus screen. While the electronic shutte...
Posted by usuqa on 28/08/2013 - 19:06
k5 video stuff.
Yeah the limit is on the length of non stop recording you can do. If its capable of more than 30 mins then it's classed as a video camera, and falls into a different tax section?! On a DSLR the physical shutter holds up/stays open for the duration of your video recording. As mentioned above y...
Posted by richandfleur on 29/08/2013 - 01:09
The K5 holds its ground!
Certainly the 700D has all the usual buttons (had one on a workshop today), but the touchscreen means that when viewing images you can just swipe through them, or just tap the screen in live view to tell it where to focus, or on the info screen, rather than navigating around with the 4-way buttons, ...
Posted by Daniel Bridge on 31/08/2013 - 23:35
The K5 holds its ground!
I have a can*n s110 compact with touch screen. It does not have a viewfinder and I find it very convenient to use the touch screen for focussing, changing settings and playing back. Gajan
Posted by Gajan on 11/10/2013 - 10:25
The K5 holds its ground!
I think the phrase "entry level" has an idea attached to it that it's something more basic, although in reality it will not hold anyone back from producing great images. The "entry level" Pentax is of course the K-500, simply being the lowest cost way into the Pentax system. It's still a superb c...
Posted by johnriley on 11/10/2013 - 18:23
K-5ii, K-5iis pricing discrepancies
This post will probably get lost in the mountain of spam, but I'm in the market for a K-5iis and a walk around lens such as the 18-135WR, on checking our favourite Pentax Pro dealer there seems to be quite a discrepancy in pricing. To illustrate:- K-5ii body £649, with 18-135mm £909, additional £2...
Posted by CIBarker on 30/08/2013 - 09:42
Shake reduction behaviour
Short version: What happens if you take a picture before shake reduction has stabilised? Can this affect image quality/sharpness? Longer version: I've been having some trouble recently with my K10D images appearing less sharp than I had hoped for. I normally disable the autofocus that occu...
Posted by Epithet Man on 30/08/2013 - 20:03
Shake reduction problem.
Hi, I hope anyone can help me. I have a K5. The shake reduction is switched off. I try to switch it on again, but the shake reduction line is grayed out. Can you help me? The lens I use is an Pentax auto focus lens. Regards, Horst
Posted by Horst on 31/08/2013 - 07:55
