Thanks for the comparison. It seems that one of the weak points of my K20D, the AF, is somehow addressed. I hope that the change is more noticeable that when I moved from the istDs to the K20D...it improved, but not that much.
The lack of hyperprogram is a shame. I love the ability to be in P mode and still be able to change the aperture or shutter speed so easily. I also like to be able to easily change the metering mode and, less frequently, the AF mode. I don't care that much about the SR on-off dial and the braketing one. A couple of questions (so far... ;-) ): Can you turn off the status screen so it only turns on 'on demand'? How about the shutter sound. My K20D was praised by a D300 owner in this respect and it improves clearly the istDs. The sound that I heard in a K-7 was even quieter, but I suspect that the k-x won't be that good in this respect...am I wrong? Thanks again, Jaume ----- Mensaje original ---- > De: Dragan Grašič <dra...@gmail.com> > Para: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> > Enviado: mié,11 noviembre, 2009 21:32 > Asunto: Re: RE: "The Tool" versus "The Toy" (K-x vs. K20) > > There is one drawback concerning AF operation though, K-x has no indication > of > active AF points in the viewfinder! You ought to remember which point you are > using if you set some off center point, for example. This is rather odd (for > a > K20-user) if not totally pointless! Another quirk is the activity of status > screen which is emitting very much light, this is very disturbing when > shooting > in low light - something this camera is made for! The screen also doesn't go > off > when you look through the finder, this annoying to the eye. Yet it is > possible > to dim the screen or even turn it off by pressing INFO twice. > > Desjardins, Steve wrote: > > Next description, at least it seems like that to someone who owns neither. > ;-) > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > > Dragan > Grašic > > Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 12:49 PM > > To: pdml@pdml.net > > 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 > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > > follow > the directions. > > > > !SIG:4afaf90976084636616141! > > > > > > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
