K7 Sharpness

pezking · 2011-09-06T20:46:39+0100

I've had my K7 for a few months now. I had a K100D Super before that, and recently bought a bargain of an *ist DS to share with my girlfriend. I shoot with a few lenses particularly: Sigma 24-70mm f2.8 Pentax A 50mm f1.7 Sigma 100-300mm (maybe f4-6.7) recently replaced by Pentax DA 55-300mm I am really struggling to get sharp images with the K7. At first I thought it was just me not being used to the new camera, but now I am not so sure... I am convinced that I took sharper photos with the K100D and currently with the *ist DS. Could there be something wrong with my camera? Or is there something I am doing wrong? I am really not happy with my camera right now, and to be honest, having used a Nikon over the weekend which produced much better results I am considering switching...

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Pentaxophile Pentaxophile

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Posted 07/09/2011 - 09:31 Link

The exposure comments are nothing to do with the subject of this thread, unless it was another case where a photographer with an issue with his kit has his photographic skills questioned as the first point of call before the actual issue is addressed...

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dougf8 dougf8

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Posted 07/09/2011 - 10:58 Link

chrissinkpen wrote:

dougf8 wrote:

chrissinkpen wrote:
I can see that the images look over exposed to me

Which?

I feel they look as though some detail has been lost because of the exposure setting. That is how I see it.Of course there are so many variables,I have worked out the settings that work for me and my K7.
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Chris

Chris, the aim of posting was to show an image straight out of the camera with a wide aperture to give an idea of sharpness that can be expected. The exposure reflected what I wanted to portray and the light conditions at the time. The crop shows 1:1 pixel detail.

Perhaps contributing a similar image that op can use to understand their issues might be more constructive than stating the bleeding obvious.

Lurking is shirking.!

chrissinkpen chrissinkpen

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Posted 07/09/2011 - 11:46 Link

Offering feedback is something I struggle with, but is something i try now and again. Looks like I was barking up the wrong tree on this one.
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Chris

Pentaxophile Pentaxophile

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Posted 07/09/2011 - 12:26 Link

No need to apologise Chris. I shouldn't have been so snappy, its easy to misread threads sometimes.

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