On Jan 10, 2010, at 4:24 PM, Margus Männik wrote: > It doesn't have a dedicated light source like K-7, but the raised internal > flash acts as an AF assist lamp. > As I thought. I'd be very surprised if that were as effective as the K-7's light source. If it's anything like the flash assist on the K20, it would be almost useless. Paul
> BR, Margus > > paul stenquist wrote: >> On Jan 10, 2010, at 3:32 PM, Margus Männik wrote: >> >> >>> I had an opportunity to shoot in the dim winter forest with all those three >>> bodies some weeks ago. Honestly said, K-7 is quite a small improvement in >>> terms of low-light AF. K-x is much more significant step ahead. >>> >>> >> Does Kx have the low light autofocus assist that the K7 has? I found that >> for shooting events like wedding receptions in low-light the K7 autofocus is >> far better than the K20. With the K20 I had to resort to manual focus -- or >> when too dim -- focus by lens barrel markings. The K7 seems to be able to >> handle focus in a rather dark room. >> Paul >> >>> BR, Margus >>> >>> >>> Adam Maas wrote: >>> >>>> On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 12:36 PM, Gonz <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Is there any combination of Pentax body/lens (digital) that does >>>>> relatively well in low light? I took my K20D and K200D to a wedding >>>>> and the autofocus sucked in a big way with the both a DA 12-24 and an >>>>> FA 50 1.4. I tried to focus manually when I noticed about 1/2 of my >>>>> shots were out of focus, but my eyes dont do well in bright light let >>>>> alone low light. >>>>> >>>>> -gonz >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Not really. The K-7 and K-x are definite improvements but no Pentax >>>> body has really good AF. >>>> >>>> >>> -- >>> 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. -- 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.
