K7 poor image quality

That's exactly how I learnt my lesson . After a few films I started giving more attention to details and exposure levels, rather than shooting and then tweaking and then shooting again, until I would find the correct exposure.

I think that after 2 years on the forum we can safely say you are no longer a "newbie" Amin.

I've never been called a real community stalwart before. Thank you.

G

How's life on HMS Steadfast George? You've been absent for a while.

I'd rather assume that practice helps to improve. No one is ever going to say perfect with respect to an image. Might say that about the content but not the image.

Best regards

The K-7 is not a stellar performer but it should be better than you're apparently seeing. Remember the P&S cameras apply a lot of processing automatically to get the result you see. With a DSLR like the K-7 it's up to you how much processing you do & how you want the image to look. Don't think that as you've bought a good camera it will do it all for you. On the contrary, it's much more up to you.

First of all I would shoot in RAW (my preference is for PEF but DNG will do just as well). Then process your photo as a PEF (or DNG) file which gives the maximum latitude & will yield the best results. Then when all processing is done save for printing as a jpg file.

Having said I shoot in RAW as PEF files on the weekend I attended a dance rehearsal where I started shooting in RAW but decided to change to jpg. BIG mistake. The jpg's were nowhere near as good as the PEF files. Of course if I set my in camera processing to get the best out of jpg files I might have been happier but the plain fact is that the jpg files just didn't come up as well.

If you'[re worried about processing all these RAW files & converting to jpg I have found that the "Process Multiple Files' command in Pentax Digital Camera Utility 4 does an excellent job of bulk conversion producing pleasing results with minimum input from me.

he might be, but I actually like G's contributions. Sometimes, you need people on here who make people stand up, stand back and think for a moment. It might sometimes hurt, but meant with the best intentions...

I too had my fare share of problems with the K7 when I first got it three months ago, you may remember I bought two and returned one and bought a K5 because I thought it to be soo bad! After a while however you learn the Sensor so to speak, and given a bit of time it will reward you. You have to expose Bang on there's not too much forgivness here but it's worth learning...

I never had any problems getting quality images straight out of the camera on my DL2! Have been considering upgrading to K7 or K5, but this sort of problem is very offputting.Why should an entry level DSLR be more proficient at doing a good job in camera than a high end model? And with only 6 million pixels! I know there are no doubt very good answers to this, but nonetheless, it is a point. I really would like the build quality, the lovely viewfinder and LCD screen of a K7,but do not fancy spending hours at PP to get a decent image! I am sorry, but I do strongly feel that high end DSLR'S should be able to produce decent JPEG'S without having to spend hours on a computer.


MX,SuperA,MZ5N,Assorted Pentax lenses.

I have a DL2 and have always obtained fine images straight out of the camera. I have considered upgrading to a K7 or K5, but find the comments regarding image quality on the K7 rather offputting. Why should a so-called entry level camera be so much better at producing decent JPEG'S than a high end model? No doubt there are plausible answers to this. I love the look of the build quality, the viewfinder and quality LCD screen of the K7, but I do not fancy having to spend hours on a computer just to be able to get a decent image!




MX,SuperA,MZ5N,DL2,Assorted Pentax Lenses.

Don't be put off I've had no problems with my K7, I find it quite amazing that when the K7 was launched is was regarded as a good camera, all of a sudden the K5 comes along and the K7 takes a bit of a slating.

I'm ordering a K5 next week not because I think the K7 is a bad camera (I'm keeping it) but I do a lot of wildlife and sports photography so the 7fps, faster focussing and high ISO performance are too tempting.