P. J. Alling wrote: Well if what you need is better high ISO capability, they I can't argue with that. I'm just pointing out that it's not particularly compact compared to it's two immediate predecessors, but all the reviewers and Ricoh itself seem to be making a big deal over it.
The K-3 took a pretty big hit in battery longevity over the K-5 family with the same battery. There seems to be a smaller hit taken with the KP with a smaller battery, merely for the "appearance" of a smaller camera. I'm not buying the hype about size, plus there's a lot of people who think that keeping the same metaphor in camera controls is boring, but there's a reason that Canon hasn't made a major change in it's camera body design in unpteen zillion years. If you pick up a Canon camera, and you've used an EOS built in say the last 20 years, you know pretty much know where everything is and how it works. I've moved from a *ist-D in conjunction with a Ds, to a K20D, then to a K-5II each time there's always been a serious period of adjustment. I sometimes still find myself trying to press the green button on the K-5II and end up pressing the exposure compensation button, and the K-5II has been my primary camera for about three years now. I still occasionally shoot with the K20D, and I have to get used to it all over again __________________________________________ I take your point on the size. The battery is a pain, and I'll have to order another on Monday, as I can't swap them about. I've not found swapping cameras about a problem, but I do use different cameras regularly .My *ist D got used yesterday (I still like that camera, it feels right in the hand). Malcolm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
