Make that "Nice description". -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Desjardins, Steve Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 2:14 PM To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' Subject: RE: "The Tool" versus "The Toy" (K-x vs. K20)
Next description, at least it seems like that to someone who owns neither. ;-) -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dragan Grašic Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 12:49 PM To: [email protected] Subject: "The Tool" versus "The Toy" (K-x vs. K20) Sealing and hardware controls are the only few features where the tool (K20) beats the toy (K-x). Without weather sealing you simply cannot perform some tough shoot situations. With K20 you can take splash of saltwater without concern, I tried it, this is something of an extra! Yet sealing brings a little more body mass and if you don't tend to challenge the elements you don't need weather sealing. On the other hand, the toy is very well made, it's body quality is probably best in class. First I thought the viewfinder of K-x would be inferior (penta-mirror vs. glass-prism) but in practice you don't even notice the difference. If you are into action shooting, the K-x has a big advantage, it has faster/better/more reliable AF and can shoot series of 4,7 fps. It also has better shutter mechanism with 1/6000, so you will be able to freeze more of the action or use your lenses fully open more often with lower ISO. The toy also beats the tool in high ISO performance by far. The tool is more simple and straightforward camera. You don't need to dig into menus because of lots of buttons, switches and wheels. But the toy is much more complex camera on the inside with a heavy load of features, although on the outside it looks the other way around. K-x is a camera for the experimental/playful/creative type of photographer, while K20 is made for traditionalist who likes direct access to most vital camera parameters. 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. !SIG:4afb0cf076081865714497! -- 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.
