Thanks Dragan and keep reporting !! (and thanks to the other contributors for the battery advices)
Yesterday I visited the Barcelona's best assorted with Pentax equipment photo shop and the K-x was already there: 479 EUR body only, very tempting... Regards, Jaume ----- Mensaje original ---- > De: Dragan Grašič <[email protected]> > Para: [email protected] > Enviado: dom,8 noviembre, 2009 02:02 > Asunto: K-x body, anyone have any experiences to pass on? > > Hello all, > > I am new on the list, having a K20 (love it!) and a couple of Limited series > lenses. My girlfriend just bought the K-x this week and I must say I am > impressed. I haven't got the chance to experience the K-7 yet, but comparing > to > K20 the smallish K-x has notably faster and more reliable AF. Ergonomics is > good > for my average sized male hands, everybody with smaller hands will love this > camera (those with large hands should check first). I thought glove operation > is > impossible with K-x, but my girlfriend just today has demonstrated that it > goes. > > Only thing that surprised me is that image review after capture would last > longer than expected to show up (usually I use the RAW+ setting). I thought > this > would be same or faster than K20 (because the K-x has smaller files and > faster > processing) yet it takes a whole lotta more. Maybe the extra processing power > is > eaten up by the new features which I all turned on (shadow correction, > distortion correction, lateral chromatic aberation correction). I haven't > done > any direct comparative tests between K20 and K-x, but it seems to me that the > K-x files have a tad more dynamic range, the files are incredibly smooth and > have very soft transitions. > > This is a surprisingly featured and able camera and from my point of view the > ideal 2nd body and a perfect companion for the diminutive sized Limited > series > lenses. I haven't played with the movie option yet, but the live-view is > maturely implemented and more usable than on K20. Very positive are the > interactive status display and the control panels display, which allow to > make > changes on most important functions without the need to dig into menus. > > For those who are worrying about the AA-batteries, worry no more! I used AA > batteries with my old Optio 33L and with Canon A640 with excellent results. > Just > buy a good set of rechargeables with a quality brand charger and off you go. > Only thing is you have to sort your NiMHs more carefully, you shouldn't mix > different sets. You should refresh & check them from time to time and if one > battery goes dead dispose the whole set of 4. I use Hahnel and Sony power. > > That's it for the start, I will report more when I dig deeper into the > camera. > Expect also to see some K-x photos on my photostream > http://www.flickr.com/photos/dragra/ > > cheers, > Dragan > > > > -- > 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.
