Hi Stefan

Machine gunning is quite good for taking pics of set pieces like penalty kicks. You can put them together into a sort of movie!

Geoff

Hi Guys

Well the weather is frustrating my first trials with the KX -but what i have taken today shows me already that the kit 55-300 lens is a pretty decent performer on the front of the KX.

Its a slowish telezoom at the 300 mm end but even at ISO 800 there was no real noise so the slow lens is compensated for.

We've no chance of any outdoor team sports until the snow melts!

Cheers all
Geoff

Cheers Hefty1

I will report back in time.

The first differences I can mention right from the box is that the KX is smaller and lighter. Feels good. Feels like it wants you to take pictures!

The 10D feels more substantial.

I might well miss the TAv setting which the K10 has and the KX doesnt.

I hope to see better low light performance in situations where flash is not a way forward.

Geoff

Hi All

I am now the proud owner of a KX. I now need the weather to improve in time for a floodlit game on Weds 13th!

Should give me long enough to get to grips with the new baby!

First impressions are that its a lightweight beast but well built and easy to hold.

Thanks again for your various comments

Geoff

Thanks for helping me to understand the differences between the k7 and the KX from a real life viewpoint. Spoilt for choice really! If the K7 wasn't there then the KX would be the clear winner -and vice-versa!

If I lived closer to SRS I'd be handling both cameras and making my choice based on that experience.

Geoff

Hi Peter

My IR remote (Pentax F) has only one button. What does the other button on yours do?

The K10 at least allows me to fire remotely from behind as well as from in front of the camera.

Its a useful piece of kit for photographing people who are camera shy!

The main restriction I find is that it is quite short sighted -maybe only works up to 5 metres.

Cheers
Geoff

My experience with the K10 did improve with the advice that John gave me a while ago. That was to use the AF button for the focus (yes centre point only) and then fire the shutter when the picture presents itself. (this is for football or group subjects). This combination of AF button and shutter release has certainly helped to get those split second shots -thanks again John!

Accepting that auto focus is not perfect does anyone feel that either the KX or the K7 have done anything to improve on the results possible with the K10?

Back to the subject of this thread when we focus manually we surely depend on the accuracy of the lens/mirror/screen distance being identical to the lens/sensor distance. I presume that there is no way a user can check on this other than by taking pictures. I don't know how this thought fits into autofocus methodology -I guess like John mentions the mirror is likely to be a major influence then? Might it be worthwhile for Wolfson to disable the SR function whilst running his test shots?

Geoff

Hi Guys

This all sounds too familiar to me. I have a K10 which has a poor spot on focus rate. One blames oneself, the lenses but I let my camera get out of warranty before feeling that it might be a friday afternoon model.

I'm told that other makes of DSLRs show similar autofocus issues as presumably so must the 35 mm big brothers also do (and wouldnt they have had narrower depths of field?)

I wonder how many similarly afflicted Pentax dslrs there are out there?

I was given to undersatnd that if you manually focus then you should get the expected performance from the lens/body combination -which is what I thought I'd read that Wolfson had done in his tests?

Good luck
Geoff

Thanks Mike, Pete and Stefan - very helpful.

I confess I am wavering about which route to go down for a second body. If I choose the KX I'll get the lighter option while still having my K10 for the damp days and maybe with a standard zoom for use alongside the tele lens on the KX body at other times. If I go for the K7 then this would become the first choice for all uses and offers a faster frame rate for continuous shooting.

Cost is not to be forgotten and the seemingly galling factor is that the "expert" reviews are rating the KX high ISO performance as the best available in this class!

Does anyone know if a K7 mark 2 is likely soon (to incorporate the hardware advantages of the KX)

Mike I see you support either Prestatyn or Rhyl - do they ever play in this part of the world (E Midlands)? I'd like to hear your assessment of the A4 prints of any of the flcikr pics.

Cheers
Geoff

Thanks Pete

I agree that single point is the way and do use this on my K10D.

What I now understand is that the KX will allow single centre point focussing but if I read correctly you have to guess where the centre of the frame is during shooting.

Maybe this is one of the economies that have to be expected/traded off against the lower high ISO noise when comparing Pentax DSLR offerings?

Geoff