Clunk free shutter from Pentax

What can I say my new pentax K7 arrived and fitted my 50mmFA1.4 onto it.Beautiful crisp shots with a broad range of dynamic tones. I have two canon bodies 5D & 5D MkII full frame with professional lenses. Very nice to have and produce nice photographs. Large to carry around and with zoom I need to use a monopod most of the time due to the weight. Have been looking at the pentax gallery and some of the images are truly outstanding with a full dynamic tones and sharp throughout. The one thing that stands out for me with the K7 is the shutter. No clonking or banging of the return mirror like my canons. The shutter I find is like the olympus DSLR, smooth, refined and clunk free, providing sharp images. Will use the K7 some more then consider selling all my canon stuff and getting some top notch pentax fit lenses.I'm not a professional photographer, just a hobby for 35 years.

That's one thing that I've noticed with the Pentax K-7, coming from a Canon 40D and 50D. The shutter is just so much quieter and more refined, which makes it very useful for me during church ceremonies.

Interesting, is there much difference between the K7 and K20 sound wise? I own a K20/12 and was thinking of selling both to upgrade, would you?

Yes I noticed quite a difference when I went from the K20D to the K-7.

Thanks for that.

I thought the shutter sound on the K20 was a lot better than the K10 until I got the K7, it was a huge difference.

I agree with Clarky the K20 is much quieter than the K10. Don`t know about the K7 `cos I don`t have one. yet.

Cedric

When I tried a K7 at the SRS open day I was impressed by the K7 shutter, very subtle compared to the K10/K20 ans extremely subtle compared to an LX!

K.