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Comment by Pentaxophile posted on why pentax is better? at 02/05/2010 - 01:27
Comment by Pentaxophile posted on GX20 and 10-20mm For Sale at 01/05/2010 - 20:52
[quote:3496ace15f="mayday"]we won`t see St Georges Day as a Public/Bank holiday in England,the UK Government will never allow it lest it upsets anyone.There were very few cars driving around Bristol last friday flying the George Cross flag and the only place I found in the city where they were on sale was an independantly run Texaco Petrol Station...and they were only selling them because of the fast approaching World Cup.
Nic
Comment by Pentaxophile posted on Another pointless thread at 01/05/2010 - 14:04
Comment by Pentaxophile posted on Das Störrische Muli at 01/05/2010 - 13:38
Are the streaks from the multiple exposure or reflections on a pane of glass?
Comment by Pentaxophile posted on Das Störrische Muli at 01/05/2010 - 12:04
Comment by Pentaxophile posted on HDR vs straight shot at 01/05/2010 - 11:53
Comment by Pentaxophile posted on M-135/3.5 - Is it the Most or Least Popular lens here ?! at 30/04/2010 - 21:42
Comment by Pentaxophile posted on Ses Salinas, Salt Pans at 30/04/2010 - 14:51
Comment by Pentaxophile posted on rumor of Pentax K5 ??? at 30/04/2010 - 14:28
Why cant they move forward and produce a camera better than the K7,whats the point in back peddling . Will they come out with something worse than the K20 or even the K 10 which are now out of production!, surely the only way to work is to improve on the current top model and scrap the one at the back!.....or am I just being silly?
But from what I can see, the K-7 has all the iq and features I could want for the price. And it's sexy.
Comment by Pentaxophile posted on rumor of Pentax K5 ??? at 29/04/2010 - 23:51
As far as Pentax 'dropping behind the rest', I have not seen this opinion raised as a general point in any actual reviews of Pentax's latest SLRs. In fact in the areas where Pentax traditionally fares slightly worse - AF and exposure metering - they seem to have made real improvements recently, although still not quite there yet! In the core Pentax areas of IQ, ergonomics, and value, the current models are particularly strong at the moment.
The Pentax is smaller, lighter, has the same quality build and I think it handles noise better than the Canon. The Pentax K-7 has more features built-in to it and colour is recorded nicer as far as I'm concerned but the camera is a bit slower in focusing and continuous shooting. I'm not a sports or action photographer so those things don't really bother me. Another advantage is the backwards compatibility of the K-7 meaning that any Pentax bayonet mount lens will fit onto it although you may lose focusing and advanced metering options.
As a photographer who uses the K-7 features such as the HDR, I prefer the Pentax over the Canon and it's performed the best in this comparison test. I think the £120 extra is worth it for the obvious benefits that the camera will offer. If you prefer to do most of your work on camera, I think you'll also prefer the Pentax K-7 over the Canon EOS 50D.
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The K-x is a very capable little camera indeed. Pentax has managed to squeeze what is, for this class of camera, an impressive feature set into the camera's minuscule, rather inconspicuous, body and the image quality, especially in low light, is the best we have seen so far in the entry-level bracket of the DSLR market. To put some icing on the cake, all of this comes at a currently, compared to the closest rivals, very attractive price point. To us the lack of visible AF points is the camera's only real drawback but if you can live with this omission you can't go wrong with the Pentax K-x.
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