Thank's for the report. I'd be interested to know if they have addressed the long exposure amp glow problems of all their previous DSLRs.
Cheers, Dave 2009/7/4 William Robb <[email protected]>: > I actually took my time getting over to the pusher's store to pick up my > K-7. I had breakfast and I decided it would be nice to have an armed guard, > so to speak, so I hitched up Jester and off we went. > This is the Pentax I've been waiting for. > It feels smaller than the K20, but at the same time, just as substantial. It > does fit my hand better, and the vertical grip is more rounded on the front, > making it more comfortable as well. There is more grip to grip, so to speak. > There are a LOT more menu adjustments, but they've done away with the pages > and pages of depth, instead opting for a tabbed style of menu, with only one > page of depth per tab. > Overall, if you can work a K20, the K-7 won't be difficult, though there are > some pleasant surprises hidden in menuland. > > My major nitpik with the camera so far, and I expect reading the manual will > answer it, is that the camera defaults to the rocker switch panel > controlling the Fn functions rather than the AF point select, and I haven't > found a menu option that will let me change it. This makes it really easy > (possibly to easy) to adjust Fn settings, but it will be frustrating until I > get used to having to push the OK button every time I turn the camera on so > that the rockers adjust the AF point. > > Hopefully I'll find a solution in the manual, but if not, I hope Pentax > writes it into a firmware update so that the camera will remember that > setting, along with the other settings it is happy to remember. > > Something they have done that I think I'll appreciate is to put a lock > button on the mode dial. No more accidentally changing the mode by brushing > up against the to of the camera. This is a good thing. > The User mode is still, as far as I am concerned, broken. I would really > appreciate it if one could lock a discrete shutter speed and aperture value > combination into the user mode by offering the settings to the user mode > set-up. I find that I have a tendency to bump the dials when I am shooting > quickly at weddings, so I am constantly having to babysit the camera. > > We now have the option of switching noise reduction off, both for long > exposure and for high ISO. > As well, there is the standard weak, medium and strong settings. > > So far, I am thinking this is quite a step upwards for Pentax from a > performance POV. The camera truly does feel more responsive. The screwdrive > AF is definitely faster, the jury is still out on whether SDM focusing is, > as the partially charged battery that came with the camera died almost > immediately, so I am running it on AA alkalines, which are also trying to > die just from setting the camera up. > More on this later when I have a fully operational camera. > > William Robb -- 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.
