On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 04:08:55PM -0400, John Sessoms wrote: > > The two things I really noticed is it's gonna' take a different battery > than the K20D & K10D and it has a PC socket for studio flash (or pocket > wizards ...) > > Different battery doesn't appeal to me. It means I got to carry an > additional battery charger if I want to carry a K10D/K20D as a backup > body.
That's one of the things I don't like, either. Extra battery charger, and no way to share spare batteries between bodies (although at least with the new battery grip I can use AA batteries at a pinch). > If Nikon can get an x-sync up to 1/250, Pentax should be able to do so. > Is someone going to tell me Pentax's engineers aren't as good as Nikon's > engineers? I doubt if either company actually make their own shutters; I'm sure they are a commodity part bought from a third party (Sanyo?). Presumably it's a matter of cost. > All things considered, I'll probably be in the market for a used K20D or > else I'll be waiting to see what the "K20D replacement" that's supposed > to be on the way this fall (??) has to offer. Postings on the DPReview forums strongly suggest that the K-7 *is* the K20D replacement, a.k.a the K30D. > There's just not enough "got to have" increase in the functionality for > me to justify spending the money. That's a cost/functionality tradeoff that's going to be different for every photographer. Some folks who already have the K20D still see enough extra (frame rate, metering, AF improvements, small size, ...) to warrant the purchase, although others see no compelling argument. It's a little more tempting if you're coming from a K10D (or earlier), as this also gets you the improved low-light performance of the CMOS sensor (and the extra pixel count). > Looks like a nice camera though. I hope Pentax can sell a shit pot load > of them. So do I. Judging by the initial reviews they probably will, too. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
