Had a go with the K-7 today

Mike-P · 2009-08-07T13:45:09+0100

Found a camera shop with the K-7 so decided to pop in and have a look. Apparently they had just come in and the shop had sold one this morning so the girl had to unpack a new body ... don't get many shots with an uncharged battery and liveview .. well you can forget that :roll: Anyway, from my QUICK play with it the shutter is much quieter than my K10D, the AF is def quicker (and quieter) with screw drive lenses but didn't really notice much difference with my DA* gear. Image quality is superior to my K10D (but then I was expecting that) and the extra fps is noticeable as well (dont use it much but nice to have) So all in all it seems a very nice camera ..apart from one thing. It's TOO RUDDY SMALL. I don't have large hands by any means but have to say it felt terrible to me, totally unbalanced with my 60-250mm, hate to think what it would be like with the Bigma on it. I suppose a grip would make it better (as it did with my K10D) but I am loathed to pay £250 extra just to make a camera feel right in my hands. Then I thought I would try the Nikon D300 which is the same price, I will leave that there though as this is a Pentax forum.

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Road_Dancer Road_Dancer

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Posted 09/08/2009 - 09:15 Link

Personaly, I wouldn't wish to use my K10d without the Grip unless I'm on a Tripod. I rarely use the secondary controls in Vertical shooting, mainly because I forget about them(:rolls, but the extra battery and comfort from using it with the grip is great for me.

The only thing I don't like about the grip is the tripod mounting point, as it off centres the lens from the tripod itself. But... Eh... That's not exactly a problem unless I hapen to want to shoot panorama's.

Which I've so far done, precisely, never.

The grip is nothing about looking macho, for me it's function over form. It just feels 'right' to me.

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