Heck, even a K10D is a huge improvement on the istD, and they can be had for very little money.
http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Sun, 1/10/10, Ken Waller <[email protected]> wrote: > I wouldn't discount the K20D, since you'd be upgrading from > the starkist! The K20D would be a major leap forward and you > can get it for less money than the K7. > > Kenneth Waller > http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tanya Love" <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: A K7D for Fairygirl (Was Re: Fairygirl is in > the house!) > > > > Thanks Paul! I figured as such with the video - > not "needing" it, but there > > has certainly been times, mainly on a personal level > with my kids etc, when > > I've been out with them, camera over my shoulder and > I've thought to myself, > > "oh, if only the *istD had a video capability" when > they've done something > > particularly cute. Plus the HD aspect and HDMI > input is certainly > > attractive. > > > > With the Live Preview, I am the same, never having had > one with the *istD > > and that being the ONLY camera I have shot with in oh, > about 6 years now! I > > don't see myself ever using it, as like I said, it is > a battery sucker, > > rather than anything else, especially with the > viewfinder having 100% > > coverage on the K-7. I just mainly wondered if > anyone else had found that > > it has an application that I hadn't already thought of > that was > > disadvantaged by it's slowness on that point. > > > > Tan. :) > > > > Paul wrote: > > > > The video capability is nice, but it requires manual > focus. However, that's > > not too much of a problem when using wide lenses in > relatively good light. I > > bought a hood with diopter adjustment for the live > view screen. That makes > > manual focus fairly easy, even when moving. I think > the HD video capability > > in combination with the excellent lenses would be > useful for serious > > applications. I've been thinking about trying to shoot > a demo 30-second > > commercial with it. For kid's birthdays and stuff like > that, my Sony video > > camera is a better choice. > > > > I never use live preview mode and rarely shoot in live > view, so I can't > > offer any input there. I have used live view > occasionally for framing in > > situations where I couldn't get to the viewfinder, and > I found it useful. > > But I prefocused. > > Paul > > > -- 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.
