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Comment by Greytop posted on Pentax K-7, Grip, lenses and Flash for sale at 20/03/2010 - 23:41
Jon is quite right if you are happy with PP'ing RAW files then a K-7 is a wonderful camera, it is without doubt the best camera body I have been fortunate to own and I had the K20D before it.
Just my opinion
Comment by Greytop posted on K7 to buy or not to buy ???? at 20/03/2010 - 23:39
Comment by Greytop posted on Back into Photag w/ DSLR at 20/03/2010 - 23:34
- However unless I'm missing something the supplied Pentax software DOES NOT apply the lens corrections. It does have manual correction adjustments but nothing that takes account of the embedded information.
(I'd read this on the dpr review and on elsewhere before I bought my K7 and was slightly miffed to find I'd been misled.)
If you are happy using jpg and don't mind the slowdown in continuous shooting then turn on those features, otherwise disable those options.
Well to be honest I haven't used it much as I prefer CaptureOne Pro
Comment by Greytop posted on Lens correction feature on K7 at 20/03/2010 - 17:17
PM sent re DA18-55 WR
Archie
Comment by Greytop posted on Pentax K-7, Grip, lenses and Flash for sale at 20/03/2010 - 16:10
Thanks Greytop
Matt
Comment by Greytop posted on Pentax K-7, Grip, lenses and Flash for sale at 20/03/2010 - 13:11
Thanks Chris
Comment by Greytop posted on Pentax K-7, Grip, lenses and Flash for sale at 20/03/2010 - 13:10
Comment by Greytop posted on Lens correction feature on K7 at 20/03/2010 - 12:56
Comment by Greytop posted on Winterseries from the Gemmipass, Switzerland at 20/03/2010 - 12:39
Not being much of a tech wizard, I am a bit confused by some of the features on my K7. Recently I have been wondering how much difference the lens correction features (distortion and chromatic aberration) on the K7 make: more specifically, how much it reduces the difference between a kit lens (I have the two WR kit lenses) and a higher spec lens that the camera does not correct. Or is the camera not doing anything that can't be done with software? Is what is done in-camera in any way comparable to say, DXO Optics Pro software, which has a database of lenses, images from which can be corrected automatically? I have also wondered if using this feature in any way affects the quality of the image. I would be most grateful if someone could explain exactly what the lens correction function does, as I am a bit confused!
The other point to note is that it cannot and doesn't improve the sharpness of the image, so you will not for example be magically able to improve a DA 18-55WR to a DA* 16-50s quality. One other point, it only actively corrects Jpeg output although if you PP the RAW file in the supplied Pentax RAW converter the information is retained for that software to implement the same changes as in camera.
Hope that helps.
Comment by Greytop posted on Lens correction feature on K7 at 20/03/2010 - 12:35
Thanks Archie