K7, should I wait ?
Best wishes, Kris.
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That said, as Kris noted above, I've seen a thread in DePressing Review where somebody ran an Imaging Resource ISO3200 shot from the K-7 through the latest version of Lightroom, and compared it to the Nikon D300s. The K-7 compared very favourably, so perhaps Lightroom may be the answer. Would be worth trying it with some images from the K10D to see if it makes a difference?
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When do Pentax "normally" announce new cameras and the like ? Isn't there a time each year, like the car manufactures, where they announce new stuff ? ...
So all in all I thought I could wait till after Photokina, and then some... (the stuff anounced needs to hit the stores )
So having to wait probably a year, we'we decided to buy the k-x and then sell it when they anounce a new.. HURRAY
I generally don't like the idea of buying (read: K-7) something that I already feel is a bit outdated... (I know it isn't, but knowing that I can get a better ISO performance in another pentax).
I know it isn't, but knowing that I can get a better ISO performance in another pentax
Depends, if you mean the K-X then that isn't true for the lower ISO and if you mean the K10D, the k7 is better at higher ISO.
I know it isn't, but knowing that I can get a better ISO performance in another pentax
Depends, if you mean the K-X then that isn't true for the lower ISO and if you mean the K10D, the k7 is better at higher ISO.
Well, I mean, k-x has better performance at high iso (800+) than K10D and K-7 ?
I kinda assumed that they all were approx equal at low iso (100-400'ish) ?
I kinda assumed that they all were approx equal at low iso (100-400'ish) ?
Not fully right the K10D is a CCD sensor, its more uniform and has a wider dynamic range then the CMOS sensors therefore it's hard too beat at the lower ISO.
As for the K7 vs the KX, the KX sensor produce quite some moiré and demosaicing artefacts while the K-7 is cleaner and it also has more pixels, therefore with the lower ISO where the noise is low these play a part how clean the photo looks and that's why the k-7 is better.
At higher ISO the K-X is surely one of the best camera's though.
K.
It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera… they are made with the eye, heart and head. Henri Cartier-Bresson
Lots of film bodies, a couple of digital ones, too many lenses (mainly older glass) and a Horseman LE 5x4.
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Where "another camera" could be the KX, I'm really happy with my weather seal. BUT I hate the iso-performance of my K10, (rarely go beyond ISO 400).
So higher ISO-performance means A LOT to me, but so does weather seal (and the rest).
SO, do you think there, in any distant future will be a upgrade on the ISO performance on the K7 ?