Pentax K-7 meet, Sunday 14th June - Wiltshire!
Danny had secured a shady location in the Red Lion's garden!
Steve decides to test the K-7 on the longest tele-zoom Pentax ever made, the K 135-600 f6.7! link
They check the image and decide that using Live View is the best way to focus the beast!
Steve decides he just has to have one. Another deposit for Chris at SRS!
I'll let them post images from the K-7, I didn't take any shots myself (I didn't want to be tempted!).
A comment on the video mode - Even though it was very low on my priorities (at the bottom actually), I will say the video is really first class and it has risen to being high in the top ten of it's impressive features.
I believe that this camera is not only a huge step forward for Pentax, I really think it will be one of the finest and most desirable DSLR's on the market. Properly marketed it will make a dramatic leap in the brands' image and popularity, especially if they bring out an equally competent model between it and the K-m (due later this year, I believe)
Pity I can't afford one having blown my annual budget on the DA*60-250!
Pity I can't afford one having blown my annual budget on the DA*60-250!
Just change your tax year so it ends in June - problem solved!
Pity I can't afford one having blown my annual budget on the DA*60-250!
Just change your tax year so it ends in June - problem solved!
I should be so lucky!
I shall wait until the K-7 has been around for a while and maybe I will get one next year when it's being discounted for it's replacement, just as I did for the K20D!
To be really honest, I don't "need" the many benefits that the K-7 brings to the table. I never shoot continuous and I don't need LV or movie, not that it wouldn't be nice to have. The quieter shutter appeals as well.
The K20D is still beyond my needs or skill level.
Had a great day yesterday, fantastic venue, beautiful weather and it was great to put some faces to names! Just a shame that by the time we got home, had a stinking headache, put my head down for an hour and woke up 12 hours later! Think this K-7 testing lark is wearing me out!
Part of me is now wishing I hadn't got this for testing, as I just have to have one! By the time I add a grip I'm looking at £1400! Saving is going well though, I'm at £900, but I may just have to let the K20 go, or pass that down to Fiona and see what we can get for a K10D GP!
Like others, I don't need it but it is just going to be too damned hard trying to go backwards from here! It's just too exciting and too damned good. It may be £200 less by Christmas, maybe not, but I'll get more than £200 enjoyment out of it between now and then, especially now that we have National Trust membership!
Will post some pictures tomorrow, as I'm just having a nightmare day at work!
PS thanks for bringing the kit along Steve, that was good fun, and I learned a bit especially with regards to the 1.7x adaptor!
Part of me is now wishing I hadn't got this for testing, as I just have to have one! By the time I add a grip I'm looking at £1400! Saving is going well though, I'm at £900, but I may just have to let the K20 go, or pass that down to Fiona and see what we can get for a K10D GP!
Well in the last few weeks I have sold my Pentax 12-24mm,Sigma 15-30mm, Sigma 135-400mm, Pentax M 50mm f4 macro, Pentax 16-45mm, Pentax F 50mm f1.7 and Pentax AF360 flash. I now just about have enough for the K-7 but need to offload something else for the grip but I am struggling to find something I don't mind getting rid of.
Looking at those photos reminds me I really need to lose some weight!
Had a great day yesterday, fantastic venue, beautiful weather and it was great to put some faces to names! Just a shame that by the time we got home, had a stinking headache, put my head down for an hour and woke up 12 hours later! Think this K-7 testing lark is wearing me out!
Part of me is now wishing I hadn't got this for testing, as I just have to have one! By the time I add a grip I'm looking at £1400! Saving is going well though, I'm at £900, but I may just have to let the K20 go, or pass that down to Fiona and see what we can get for a K10D GP!
Like others, I don't need it but it is just going to be too damned hard trying to go backwards from here! It's just too exciting and too damned good. It may be £200 less by Christmas, maybe not, but I'll get more than £200 enjoyment out of it between now and then, especially now that we have National Trust membership!
Will post some pictures tomorrow, as I'm just having a nightmare day at work!
PS thanks for bringing the kit along Steve, that was good fun, and I learned a bit especially with regards to the 1.7x adaptor!
Well I think Pentax should give you the camera, the amount of work you have put in doing a superb "selling" job, making most of us on the forum wanting one.
So Pentax let the man keep it, "You know he's worth it"
Well I think Pentax should give you the camera, the amount of work you have put in doing a superb "selling" job, making most of us on the forum wanting one.
So Pentax let the man keep it, "You know he's worth it"
Thanks, you're making me blush!
These are for Hefty, not sure if they are good enough, but these were took with, IIRC, a M 50 1.4, in AV mode. Just whacked it on and fired away.
These are for Hefty, not sure if they are good enough, but these were took with, IIRC, a M 50 1.4, in AV mode. Just whacked it on and fired away.
If those were taken wide open then it looks like the K-7's done an excellent job of metering
Did you try the M50 in video mode too?
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