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Comment by wadna posted on Most wanted feature? at 08/11/2010 - 10:08
"Could be a very, very long wait"
Indeed it could Gwyn. Who knows? Only Hoya & they aren't talking. They did pour cold water on FF some time back but I suspect it's coming..................
Indeed it could Gwyn. Who knows? Only Hoya & they aren't talking. They did pour cold water on FF some time back but I suspect it's coming..................
Comment by wadna posted on best kit lens replacement at 07/10/2010 - 11:12
"I was a bit disappointed after comparing the results of my k-x with a friend of mine (sony A900 with excellent lenses), Mostly about contrast and sharpness."
A "full frame" sensor (eg. Sony A900) with excellent lenses is going to knock spots off your camera/lens combination pretty well whatever you do because of the much larger sensor size. You can u/g your lenses but you with a sensor 2.3x bigger than the K-x & twice as many Mp to compete with you're going to have to get very good glass.
Does your friend have zoom or prime lenses?
I use option 1 (with other lenses: 105 macro, 70-300, FA50 & FA31 Limited) but you need to decide what you're using the lenses for & how much quality you want or can afford.
Of course you can always wait for a full frame Pentax so if you buy lenses make sure they will accommodate a full frame camera without cropping the image.
A "full frame" sensor (eg. Sony A900) with excellent lenses is going to knock spots off your camera/lens combination pretty well whatever you do because of the much larger sensor size. You can u/g your lenses but you with a sensor 2.3x bigger than the K-x & twice as many Mp to compete with you're going to have to get very good glass.
Does your friend have zoom or prime lenses?
I use option 1 (with other lenses: 105 macro, 70-300, FA50 & FA31 Limited) but you need to decide what you're using the lenses for & how much quality you want or can afford.
Of course you can always wait for a full frame Pentax so if you buy lenses make sure they will accommodate a full frame camera without cropping the image.
Comment by wadna posted on best kit lens replacement at 07/10/2010 - 10:40
As a public service I rang CR Kennedy (Pentax agent in Oz) informing the service dept. of the lens correction "feature". The bloke who took my call got quite defensive saying they had done lots of firmware upgrades on the K-7 without a problem. I told him it was an uncommon occurrence but I knew of one other person who had the same problem (slow to download image file to card & max of 4 RAW or jpg shots on high speed continuous shooting) as me after the u/g. I told him it was obviously an uncommon problem but if someone rang them complaining about this they would be able to help the customer. He didn't seem rapturously enthusiastic but did sort of thank me.
Comment by wadna posted on K-7 slow to process RAW images after installing firmware 1.1 at 29/09/2010 - 04:42
beakynet wrote:
The manual says the default setting for lens correction is OFF. It seems firmware 1.1 can change that to ON in some upgrades. Very odd.wadna wrote:
It seems a likely possibility to me, I suggest turning it on, both chromatic and distortion, taking a picture and then turning it off, take another picture and see if there is any difference in the write time.beakynet wrote:
One though is that the list of supported lenses has increased for distortion correction etc. I had no problems with the upgrade, however when I tured on the lens correction functions, I had the same behaviour.
I'm sure I didn't have lens correction turned on unless it occurred during the u/g.One though is that the list of supported lenses has increased for distortion correction etc. I had no problems with the upgrade, however when I tured on the lens correction functions, I had the same behaviour.
Comment by wadna posted on K-7 slow to process RAW images after installing firmware 1.1 at 26/09/2010 - 08:27
beakynet wrote:
I turned on lens correction as you suggested to find it took 4s. for the card activity light to come on & continuous shooting stopped at 4 frames.wadna wrote:
It seems a likely possibility to me, I suggest turning it on, both chromatic and distortion, taking a picture and then turning it off, take another picture and see if there is any difference in the write time.beakynet wrote:
One though is that the list of supported lenses has increased for distortion correction etc. I had no problems with the upgrade, however when I tured on the lens correction functions, I had the same behaviour.
I'm sure I didn't have lens correction turned on unless it occurred during the u/g.One though is that the list of supported lenses has increased for distortion correction etc. I had no problems with the upgrade, however when I tured on the lens correction functions, I had the same behaviour.
Thanks for solving the mystery!
Comment by wadna posted on K-7 slow to process RAW images after installing firmware 1.1 at 26/09/2010 - 00:54
beakynet wrote:
One though is that the list of supported lenses has increased for distortion correction etc. I had no problems with the upgrade, however when I tured on the lens correction functions, I had the same behaviour.
I'm sure I didn't have lens correction turned on unless it occurred during the u/g.One though is that the list of supported lenses has increased for distortion correction etc. I had no problems with the upgrade, however when I tured on the lens correction functions, I had the same behaviour.
Comment by wadna posted on K-7 slow to process RAW images after installing firmware 1.1 at 25/09/2010 - 23:55
aliengrove wrote:
Ok I will try that, thanks!
I'll be interested to hear how you fare.Ok I will try that, thanks!
Comment by wadna posted on K-7 slow to process RAW images after installing firmware 1.1 at 25/09/2010 - 11:30
aliengrove wrote:
I have just updated the firmware to V1.1 and have the same problem as Wadna. Unfortunately I can still only shoot 4 frames in continuous, after a reset. Also, after performing the reset, several of the menu items I had changed since getting the camera had not actually reset to defaults: in fact, the only settings that appeared to change after a reset were highligh and shadow correction, file type and the horizon indiacator. Any ideas??
I would try another reset.I have just updated the firmware to V1.1 and have the same problem as Wadna. Unfortunately I can still only shoot 4 frames in continuous, after a reset. Also, after performing the reset, several of the menu items I had changed since getting the camera had not actually reset to defaults: in fact, the only settings that appeared to change after a reset were highligh and shadow correction, file type and the horizon indiacator. Any ideas??
In the manual there is a long list of settings that cuuld be changed back to default if the camera is reset (pps. 284-289)
On p 281 is the list of settings in memory (2 pages on the camera screen) unaffected by a reset.
Comment by wadna posted on K-7 slow to process RAW images after installing firmware 1.1 at 25/09/2010 - 03:09
I reset to defaults & all went well so then I progressively added SR, shadow & highlight correction testing each time & it works fine. I can't explain it.
Comment by wadna posted on K-7 slow to process RAW images after installing firmware 1.1 at 23/09/2010 - 08:49
2/ better sensor; not necessarily more pixels but more detail.
I haven't tested them side by side
but I feel for detail my old 6Mp *istD at least equals if not betters my K-7
My immediate reaction to this assertion is that it must be wrong, but I'd be interested to know why you have this feeling?
Where does the K-7 sensor rank? Below the K-5, K-x, K-r, K10D, K20D, K200D & the Km. That sums it up.