I've thought of giving the K20D to my son or a friend at a bargain basement price, but the K7 is just all around so much better that my conscience prevents me from doing so.
On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 10:10 PM, paul stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Apr 10, 2010, at 11:34 PM, Tom C wrote: > >> "It's exposure system often gives me files that take a lot of >> massaging to get good results from." >> >> If the K7 hadn't fixed this issue I'd have switched brands. I am >> loathe to pick up the K20D and may be have shot with it once since >> getting the K7. >> > K7's exposure accuracy doesn't get as much attention as it deserves. It's > truly exceptional. > Paul >> >> On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 1:47 PM, P. J. Alling >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Ok, I'll preface that by saying I actually like the K20D a lot. True it's >>> quite a bit bigger than any other Pentax camera I own, Film or digital. It >>> doesn't have an aperature simulator, (yea, that still torques me off a bit, >>> so sue me), It's exposure system often gives me files that take a lot of >>> massaging to get good results from. However over all it's a using it is a >>> very positive experience. >>> >>> Just a couple of days ago I had an experience that just takes the cake. I >>> was changing SD cards when I fumble fingered the camera and dropped it. >>> >>> The good news was I had the strap over one shoulder... Which was also the >>> bad news. >>> >>> The strap managed to impart a radial motion to the camera, and in a freak >>> circumstance that I don't think that I could accomplish if I tried the SD >>> card door latch, (the part of the latch that clicks into the camera body, >>> caught my belt loop... AND SHEARED OFF! >>> >>> Apparently that little plastic extrusion is more fragile than you'd expect. >>> >>> Also the strap wasn't as securely on my shoulder as I would have hoped and >>> after being slowed the entire camera hit the wooden floor I was standing on, >>> (imparting a slight bend to the left hand strap lug. >>> >>> >>> Now I ask you. What happens if the SD Door latch doesn't engage? Yes >>> that's right the camera won't operate. The micro switch that tells the >>> camera the door is closed is inside the latch, /rendering/ /the/ /entire/ >>> /camera/ USELESS! >>> >>> >>> Ok, I'm calm again. >>> >>> >>> So we're back to the good news bad news again. >>> >>> Good news. I was able to recover the plastic doohicky that used to be part >>> of the SD door latch. >>> >>> Bad news. No glue that I have available to me will hold that piece of >>> plastic in the right place, (I knew it wouldn't work but I just had to try. >>> Well didn't I?) >>> >>> Good news, my field expedient, (after much language not appropriate to a >>> family list), to simply the the plastic doohicky to sit in the latch with >>> the door closed, (gaffers tape is wonderful stuff), seems to work, it even >>> stays put, if I remember to not use the open control allowing the camera to >>> take photos. >>> >>> The bad news is know I'm just going to loose it changing cards in the field >>> eventually. >>> >>> So it's off to Pentax repair... >>> >>> eventually. >>> >>> -- >>> {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 >>> Courier New;}} >>> \viewkind4\uc1\pard\f0\fs20 I've just upgraded to Thunderbird 3.0 and the >>> interface subtly weird.\par >>> } >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. > -- 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.
