On Feb 24, 2010, at 9:50 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: > On 25/02/2010, Adam Maas <[email protected]> wrote: >> Personally, I need a decent viewfinder, decent AF on the centre point, >> good high ISO quality, good metering and compact size. The K-x has the >> first 3 (I'm amazed at the high ISO quality, it's closer to D700 than >> D300) but is still lacking on metering. >> >> If Pentax did nothing but put the K-x's sensor and processing chain >> into a K-7 and increase the buffer to K-7 levels, I'd have exactly the >> camera I want. The K-7 is essentially there aside from high ISO >> performance. >> >> -Adam >> Who'se overjoyed with the K-x's high ISO and processing ISO 6400 shots >> with NR off. > > I'm right there with you, considering flogging off the K20D whilst the > going's still relatively good. The K-x will easily tide me over 'til a > K7 replacement with decent high ISO performance appears.
The K7 high iSO performance is decent -- at least a stop better than the K20D. It's quite acceptable at 6400 and darn good at 3200. And it's metering is apparently far better than the Kx. That counts for a lot at high ISO. Paul > -- > Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) > Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours > Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio > > -- > 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.
