On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 12:36:53PM -0700, Larry Colen wrote: > On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 12:17:39PM -0700, Brendan MacRae wrote: > > http://www.popphoto.com/Features/American-Photo-Editor-s-Choice-2009-Advanced-DSLRs > > > > Shared honor w/the D90 . . . > > > > Old news I suppose. > > > > Also, Pop Photo finally got around to testing the K-7 in the latest > > edition. They thought is was a bit pricey for the features and didn't like > > the slow AF speed in dim light. But there was also a lot they liked about > > it (build quality/toughness, viewfinder, IS). > > Heh! And they start off with a mistake: > > "The brand-new K-7 retains the 14.6-megapixel resolution of Pentax's > top-of-the-line K20D," > > Isn't it a different 14.6 MP sensor?
They don't say it's the same sensor - just the same resolution. It's a different variant, albeit basically the same sensor. I believe the biggest change is going to 4-channel readout (for faster performance). -- 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.
