Larry and Adam, thanks for the replies. I'm very glad to hear about the low light capabilities. I have been using rangefinders primarily for the past 10 years because lack of mirror flap and fast lens availability made low light work possible (at least with film). I have followed Fuji reviews for about 5 years because of their famed low noise at low light levels, but didn't want to switch to the Nikon lens format. The Pentax K-x is priced about the same as a digicam, and I have several fast lenses (Sigma 30/1.4 and Pentax 50/1.4) that I could put to good use on the K-x. The combination of the Sigma 30/1.4 and the K-x is sounding very good it me right now for indoor work.
Thanks again, Jeffery On Apr 30, 2010, at 6:29 PM, Adam Maas wrote: > On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 7:15 PM, Jeffery Smith <[email protected]> wrote: >> While it is apparently marketed toward the average Joe/Jane who might want a >> bit better digital camera, what is the verdict on the Pentax K-x? Does >> anyone on the forum have and use one? >> >> Jeffery Smith > > Several of us have them and by and large we're happy with them. > > I've been using one for a few months now and overall I'm very > impressed by them. I do a lot of low-light work and simply put, the > K-x is the best APS-C format camera with regards to high ISO > performance (note I've. It's also nice and small and quite responsive. > The only real weakness I've found is the metering, the K-x retains the > older 16 zone meter which isn't all that reliable. The AF point issue > (No AF point illumination in the viewfinder) isn't a problem for me as > I simply locked the camera down to the centre point and leave it > there, just like every other AF Pentax I've had. > > Overall, it's a whole lot of camera for the money, but it does have > its limitations, primarily the basic build quality, small buffer,AA > batteries (Battery life is pitiful compared to the D300 I used to > have), no grip, no support for a remote release and poor Live View > implementation. > > -- > M. Adam Maas > http://www.mawz.ca > Explorations of the City Around Us. > > -- > 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.
