On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 9:23 AM, William Robb <[email protected]> wrote: > Unfortunately, the common wisdom seems to be that if you can't make the > photo with a Pentax you are a crap photographer who needs to gain more > skills,
I'm a crap photographer who needs to gain more skills. > or that epic fail of apologism, that being the Pentax sits several > hundred dollars under the price of the competition, so the comparison isn't > a valid one. I want a Ferrari at the price of a Fiat. > > > I've run into this attitude a number of times with the no mind fanbois on > PentaxForums and to both of these pearls, I call bullshit.. > Pearls before bulls? > With the K7, they've come part way in that the exposure system can now > mostly be trusted (a first for Pentax), with the K-x they seem to have > solved some of the noise issues, but they had to walk away from Samsung to > do it, but they still haven't addressed their really big technological > failing, which is the AF system, which was lifted bodily out of the *ist > film camera and has seen, at best, a few minor tweaks over the past decade > or so since it was released. > The AF is still slow, and it's accuracy is dodgy at best. In my portrait > work I find that I have to shoot at f/8 to have any hope of securing > something close to being in focus most of the time. > > You are right, going forwards, these issues must be resolved before going to > a 135 format camera, as there is absolutely no point in putting an expensive > sensor into a camera that performs at the level that the K7 is capable of. > Agreed. For what I do I generally find the AF accuracy adequate. I was down at the Snake River several months ago and there was paragliders jumping off the bridge (this is maybe a mile from where Evel Knievel attempted the infamous motorcycle jump over the Snake River Canyon). From about 100 yards away, using the DA 18-250 (when it used to work) on the K7, it focused accurately and achieved focus in time, about 90% of the time. -- 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.
