I won`t ask how you would know that!!!


Regards - Pete

Even if you could afford to buy the Lens you would still have to employ someone to help you carry it! What astonished me is that it is only 200-500 f2.8 which on the surface does`nt seem all that extreme. couple of decent primes and a couple of bodies would do the same job and you`d still have £20,000 change!


Regards - Pete.

With third party batteries coming in at under a tenner for the later cameras, that's no longer a reason to put off upgrading.[/quote]I agree my Duracell Nimh batteries have been re charged dozens of times over the past 3-4 years and are still good, Which? Magazine recommends RECYKO Batteries which last longer still and are a lot cheaper.

As for Memory Cards i use 2 Sandisk Extreme111 8 gig for my K7 even they are too small for shooting Video i will get some larger cards when the price of class 6 ones drop a bit, I regularly Format them every few months to avoid any corruption of the data, I also photograph my Name, Phone and E-Mail Details on each card after Formatting using the lowest quality JPEG then lock it so that it does`nt get erased. I have some older 1 and 2 gig Sandisk Extreme III`s which i use when my 8 gigs are full.

Best Regards - Pete.

I'd rather have more dynamic range than high iso...
what's the dif?
all the raw shadow to highlight detial captured in a 7 stop hdr image in a single click would mean more data to work with with less blown highlights and less muddy shadows....

who cares if you can shoot in near total dark, when a single match being lit results in blown highlights on the subjects face? Who wants to do 7 different exposures for an hdr image of a moving subject?

I want seven more stops worth of range in a single raw file than what we currently have....[/quote]Hi,
Actually i read in AP last year that this is likely. The proposal is for a single exposure so that there would be no need for different shutter speeds or aperture, Though quite what that would do for creativity in a DSLR type camera i do not know! I presume that it meant just for Point and Shoot Camera`s. But i suppose it could have a use in a more limited way to expand dynamic range, Provided we could keep the range of exposure control.
Best Regards - Pete[/quote]set the aperture and shutter in camera, dial in how much dynamic range you want in post..[/quote]The article said that the intention was to REMOVE the need for aperture and shutter control which is why i concluded that it was referring to a use in point and shoot type Camera`s. I only suggested that it could only have a use in DSLR type Camera`s if these creative controls were retained.

Regards - Pete

I'd rather have more dynamic range than high iso...
what's the dif?
all the raw shadow to highlight detial captured in a 7 stop hdr image in a single click would mean more data to work with with less blown highlights and less muddy shadows....

who cares if you can shoot in near total dark, when a single match being lit results in blown highlights on the subjects face? Who wants to do 7 different exposures for an hdr image of a moving subject?

I want seven more stops worth of range in a single raw file than what we currently have....[/quote]Hi,
Actually i read in AP last year that this is likely. The proposal is for a single exposure so that there would be no need for different shutter speeds or aperture, Though quite what that would do for creativity in a DSLR type camera i do not know! I presume that it meant just for Point and Shoot Camera`s. But i suppose it could have a use in a more limited way to expand dynamic range, Provided we could keep the range of exposure control.
Best Regards - Pete

Nice Lens Shame about the weight! (And Price)link

Regards - Pete

If i had noticed that it was not FF then i would`nt have posted my previous comment! I must admit i presumed it to be FF at that price point!
The only spec info that i read only went as far as the ISO figures! My preference would be a Pentax FF even if it was only good for 800 ISO but High ISO Performance would be of great use to me and if Pentax don`t have a FF in the lineup by the time i`m ready for an upgrade then who knows where i might go shopping! (Maybe a D700x?)

Regards - Pete

Hi,I find the screen to be very accurate and if you are using Manual focus you have the luxury of 10X magnification (with autofocus set then it is 6X), You might need to shade the screen if strong sunlight falls directly onto it but otherwise it is perfectly usable in bright light, There is a very fine line grid when the live view is not being magnified and you can show bright/dark portions on the screen in live view too.
You can move the sensor by up to a couple of Milimetres in any direction which is very useful in macro as sometimes moving the tripod can mess things up. Another very useful thing with the K7 is a Timer, I don`t just mean the 2 or 12 second delay but a proper interval timer that can be set to take up to 99 shots at any interval up to 23 hours 59 min so great for time lapse of say a flower opening.
I hope that is of use to you!

Best Regards - Pete.

I don`t think that anyone would be using those sort of ISO numbers in normal lighting conditions (unless 1/8000th sec at small aperture was a must) But in low light when Flash is not an option i would certainly be tempted though for me my next Camera will have to be full frame regardless of anything else.
I bought the DA 16-50 and 50-135 f2.8 lenses for low light photography but even with the K7 800 ISO is about the limit for salable images this gave me an acceptable 1/200th sec at f3.5 at a recent music festival but when Midge Ure was playing the light levels were reduced dramatically, I needed 1600 ISO but the images were not good enough quality to use.

Regards - Pete

Absolutely Stunning,
What planet were they taken on again?

Regards - Pete.