I saw the Kx at a store the other day. It had instant appeal when I picked it up. The size and ergonomics made it seem like an "optic wonder", that compact toy kids can get that are a telescope, microscope, magnifier, compass, etc. all in one. For the money it seemed like a camera I could see getting for my wife or son, or as a backup.
I can't compare sensor/IQ either. Tom C On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 7:17 PM, paul stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Apr 13, 2010, at 9:04 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: > >> On 14/04/2010, Steven Desjardins <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Ok, so we're all having fun with the inexpensive little Pentax that >>> has this annoying habit of producing fine images. Why is that? Is >>> the sensor and electronics that much better? I'm just curious. It's >>> been a while since one of the low end cameras caused such a fuss. >>> (The colors have been an amusing touch as well.) >> >> It's actually just a pretty decent camera, a combination of physical >> and performance attributes that make producing a decent image easy and >> fun. >> >> I'll probably get roasted for the following but I think that the >> decision Pentax took to go with the Samsung sensors in the later DSLRs >> was a poor one, maybe it got them out of potential insolvency but >> honestly their image quality was not comparable to the competition. >> It's such a pity that the K7 doesn't contain better sensor (mainly >> from and DR, noise and sensitivity perspective), it would really be >> quite an impressive camera then. >> > No roasting:-). But based on what I've seen, I think the K7 sensor is > considerably better than the Kx at all but high ISO. And even at high ISO, it > renders more detail. Now, I don't have both cameras, so my opinion is based > on impressions gleaned from web images, but I'd be surprised if real testing > didn't reveal the same. That being said, I think the Kx is a fine camera for > the money. It doesn't match my shooting style or needs, so I wouldn't want > one, but I applaud the success that Pentax has had with it. > 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. > -- 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.
