Drove to Oshkosh and the EAA 'fly-in' yesterday. Sat down at a picnic table in the concession area with a Pentax user (MZ-S). I didn't notice his Pentax at first, but he asked "Is that a K-7 ?" I offered to let him take some shots, but he defered - claimed it was too tempting. (His *ist D was in the shop after long/heavy service.) There is great potential in demonstrating these cameras. Regards, Bob S.
On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 8:56 AM, Charles Robinson<[email protected]> wrote: > I got a chance, along with about 25 other people, to play with the K-7 last > night. > > They had about 4 bodies floating around the table, and just about every DA > lens that Pentax currently makes was there to play with. > > One of the bodies had the vertical grip on it. > > Impressions (as a K10D users): Small, fast, light, quiet. Exposure and > autofocus are much improved. I put the 540 on top and shot across the table > with a mirror in the background - the K7 photo exposed the room correctly > and blew out the flash which was visible in the mirror. The K10D right > after that exposed for the "highlight" (the flash) and everything else was > dark. You can probably guess which I'd prefer. > > After about an hour and 15 minutes of slideshows and demonstrations (during > which I was grabbing various bits and testing things.. everyone else sat > there and watched the screen at the front of the room), they held a drawing > and one lucky person left with a new K7 in his hands. Bummer it wasn't me! > My odds were 1-in-25 which wasn't too bad. I was bummed. > > I foresee a new camera in my future. It was very nice. Too bad I'll have > to do it mail-order. No stores in Minneapolis carry the K7. :-( > > -Charles > > -- > Charles Robinson - [email protected] > Minneapolis, MN > http://charles.robinsontwins.org > http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson > > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
