New Pentax camera?

Gwyn · 2009-04-14T11:33:57+0100

This appeared first on a Chinese forum and since then on the Pentaxforums. Rumour has it it is the new model - a radical departure from the previous couple according to those in the know. Who also say there is an announcement due at the end of the month :wink:. As you can see the top is very different to the K10D and K20D.

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Thordell Thordell

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Posted 14/04/2009 - 17:52 Link

May be I should ask this elsewhere but does anyone use the live view?

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Hyram Hyram

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Posted 14/04/2009 - 17:54 Link

Thordell wrote:
May be I should ask this elsewhere but does anyone use the live view?

Not so far

Hyram

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Anvh Anvh

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Posted 14/04/2009 - 17:59 Link

I can see that it come in handy if your camera is very low on the ground and you can look at the screen instead of lying on your belly and looking through the view finder.... please don't ask me what I was trying to photogarph

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Gwyn Gwyn

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Posted 14/04/2009 - 18:06 Link

I don't use it, but if they come up with a better version (a la Olympus, or the new Nikon, with a tiltable screen) I probably would.

Thordell Thordell

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Posted 14/04/2009 - 18:09 Link

Anvh wrote:
... please don't ask me what I was trying to photogarph

No, do it myself but always look down at the lens and try to guess what I am shooting, may be of use over someone’s head but I would have to stop to read the book to find out how to do it and by then the Queen would have driven past long since.

Jackie H
K7, K20D, istDS, Optio SV, ME
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50mm f1.4, 60-250mm, 28-80mm,
Sigma 105mm 2.8 Macro & Bertha 50-500

scottthehat scottthehat

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Posted 14/04/2009 - 18:14 Link

i had the s**y a350 and that has the best liev view of any dslr, so if it had liev view like that it would be better

just keep snapping,

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Edited by scottthehat: 14/04/2009 - 18:15

Thordell Thordell

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Posted 14/04/2009 - 18:22 Link

Use it all the time with video but the screen needs to tilt to really be of use as you are never in the correct place or the light makes viewing impossible, so IMO if you are going to have it, it has to be of the type used on the S**y video cameras.

Jackie H
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50mm f1.4, 60-250mm, 28-80mm,
Sigma 105mm 2.8 Macro & Bertha 50-500

scottthehat scottthehat

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Posted 14/04/2009 - 18:25 Link

like the s**y a350
http://a.img-dpreview.com/news/0801/Sony/sony_a350_LCDup.jpg

Mike-P Mike-P

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Posted 14/04/2009 - 18:30 Link

I would have bought the K20D a long time ago if the Liveview had been better with a tiltable screen.
What I am after is something like the Canon 40D where you can zoom in 100% and use it as a focus aid for macro.

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fatspider fatspider

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Posted 14/04/2009 - 18:33 Link

Quote:
It is a five-sided reflecting prism and tends to take up quite a bit of space.

Unless of course Pentax are going to present the camera world with another "first" and have something different but equally as good up their sleeves.

IMO I think Pentax may be returning to the smaller camera with the next model, imagine the istD with 14MP, Shake Reduction and Video, and what about a Wireless connection to a nearby laptop or PC

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Gwyn Gwyn

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Posted 14/04/2009 - 18:37 Link

impotentspider wrote:
imagine the istD with 14MP, Shake Reduction and Video, and what about a Wireless connection to a nearby laptop or PC

As long as it takes SD cards not CF I'd be a happy bunny with what you just described

Thordell Thordell

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Posted 14/04/2009 - 19:12 Link

Wireless, not sure about that just gone back to a wired network at home as it seems impossible to keep others out of the system even if they don't want to be there, imagine the copyright problems someone could have published your work before you got home

Jackie H
K7, K20D, istDS, Optio SV, ME
Most used glass
50mm f1.4, 60-250mm, 28-80mm,
Sigma 105mm 2.8 Macro & Bertha 50-500

Edited by Thordell: 14/04/2009 - 19:13

gartmore gartmore

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Posted 14/04/2009 - 19:54 Link

How about a DSLR without the hopeless built in flash?

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Mike-P Mike-P

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Posted 14/04/2009 - 20:05 Link

gartmore wrote:
How about a DSLR without the hopeless built in flash?

I use the built in flash 90% of the time when doing macro and find it far from useless.

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