It's a very nice camera. I shot three straight days in 90+ heat on a
job. Just got home. Anyway, at the end of day two, I had one more low-
level tripod pic to shoot and picked up the camera out of my box,
screwed on the 60-250 and, knees aching, got down on the ground. The I
realized I had picked up the K20. I thought "should I just finish up
with this, now that I'm down on the ground." Hell no. Got up and
swapped in the K7. Knees be damned (I actually burned my right knee on
the tarmac. Must have been hot enough to cook on.)
Paul
On Aug 15, 2010, at 2:06 PM, Christine Aguila wrote:
Shooting with this camera, for me, is quite different than the K20.
My rhythm is off--I'm behind, and the K7 is ahead of me. I've been
working on keeping up. :-) One factor involved here is the K7's
sounds are different--lens focusing and shutter etc--I can barely
hear anything, which is good, but it's thrown me off a bit. Funny
how you get used to the sounds of a camera. That horizon level is
amazing. I certainly do A LOT less crop adjustments. I didn't use
the creative filter options on the K20, but I'm having fun with the
K7's filters--pretty fun, in my view. Love the fish-eye,
watercolor, and toy camera filters: http://www.caguila.com/caguila/k7play
The view finder is great, and it's easier to see through. I'm not
shooting with the battery grip because I haven't purchased it. A
part of me would like the vertical buttons, but I have to say, it's
been so much fun shooting with a really light camera. That K20 is a
tank, especially with battery grip.
Moving through a crowd with the K7 is fun. It's so quiet. I can
get closer, and I'm quieter. Of course, if you get noticed, you get
noticed, but if you don't and take a picture folks aren't going to
hear much. I worry a lot less about exposure due to the K7's
improved exposure accuracy, and find I'm not chimping as much--
though I do some--but still this is quite liberating. Post-
processing seems quicker--less cropping adjustments et al.
If the rumor is true that a K5 is coming, it's going to be really
interesting to see what the improvements are.
So, I think I'll keep K7. I know I'm singing to the choir here, but
I just wanted to get my say in :-).
http://www.caguila.com/caguila/korean2010
More testing and play here. Comments welcome. Cheers, Christine
P.S. I know there are two color pictures in this black and white
gallery, but I just couldn't get rid of the playful purple. :-)
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